News & Events
War on Waste
This year, National Recycling Week took place from 7th - 13th November. This event aims to provide opportunities for individuals and communities to learn simple methods of reducing their environmental footprint and reducing waste. In Karri, we ran with this idea and...
Performing Arts Night 2022
Treetops held its annual Performing Arts Night on Friday 9th September. With each new year, this event never ceases to impress. This year, Treetops re-introduced Secondary Dance, and for the first time, had Primary and Secondary Drama items. Jamie from ‘Schools Go...
Gingin Gravity Discovery Centre
The Karri class had an absolutely awesome time in Gingin at the Gravity Discovery Centre last week! Our day started with Work Cycle and a Dance lesson with Jaimie, we then ate an early lunch and loaded up the bus with all our luggage, sleeping bags, and mattresses,...
Languages at Treetops
Japanese has been offered at Treetops for nine years and our program is moving from strength to strength. We are in the enviable position of being able to guarantee continuity of language learning for students from Early Childhood through to Senior Secondary. This...
Planning for a Better Future at Treetops
In late 2019, the Treetops Board of Directors met to develop a new strategic plan. As a part of the process, we wanted to respond to data received via school community surveys seeking greater physical and outdoor education opportunities for our students, and we also...
Treetops Performing Arts Night
Treetops Montessori School greatly values student diversity and individual expression. We endeavour to provide our students with a diverse range of opportunities to develop their innate talents and abilities. Our Performing Arts Night is an opportunity to showcase...
Tim’s Retirement Morning Tea
First of all, I would like to explain to the younger children, how long Tim has been at Treetops. None of us who are teaching or learning at Treetops today have known Treetops without him here. Tim has been here for all the time it has taken me to have my children...
Sustainability Focus at Treetops
At Treetops, environmental awareness and sustainable practices are carried all the way through our students’ education. Forming these values early in our students’ learning journeys supports them to become more environmentally responsible, and encourages the...
Why small High Schools can be a great option.
Choosing a high school can be very stressful for parents as they attempt to find the best fit for their child amongst a daunting array of options. For many children, the move from primary to secondary education can be one of their most challenging periods at school....
Treetops – A Choice in Education
When Victoria passed the Education Act 1872, it ushered in the first free and secular education to Australian parents. This Act also introduced the idea of parental choice in education. Today the concept of choice is well embedded in Western Australia with some 159...
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Demystified
For many years the WACE ATAR programme has been seen as the only means of entry to university. However, the IB Diploma Programme is consistently gaining in popularity in Australian schools as a credible and preferred option. Treetops has been offering the...
What Happens at Treetops?
There has been a school at 12 Beenong Road for 50 years now. At the beginning of its history the school was very alternative – students determining how their day would be spent, with ‘ministers’ responsible for the various aspects of the education and decisions made...
Peace at Treetops
Maria Montessori lived and worked during the time that the dropping of the first nuclear bomb forced the inhabitants of our world to collectively face, at the same time, their own mortality in becoming aware that we now have the technology that can be used to destroy...