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Education & Children
Possums Playcentre![](../attachments/Image/1412076142-possums2_icon.jpg?template=generic)
For 3 to 5 year olds.
Held at the Community Hall in Batchelor Way from 9 am -12 noon
Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays during school terms. $30 per session.
Enquiries and enrolments: Phone Lyn on 0418 390 432
Our Schools![](../attachments/Image/1412076182-schools_icon.jpg?template=generic)
Taroona has a State Primary School with Kindergarten, and a State High School. The schools have adjoining campuses on land between Channel Highway and the Derwent foreshore.
Taroona Out of School Hours Care![](../attachments/Image/1412076033-toshca_icon.jpg?template=generic)
Out of School Hours Care (TOSHCA) is facilitated by Lady Gowrie Centre and is held at the Primary School.
University - IMAS campus![](../attachments/Image/1412259556-imas.jpg?template=generic)
A Campus of the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies is located on the Taroona Foreshore at the end of Nubeena Crescent.