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The Front Office is near the NSW Crescent entrance, and a Kindergarten Gate provides access to the Kindergarten area. A meeting area for Years 1–6 is in the Primary Quad, and a Year 7 meeting area is in the Secondary Quad near double doors. The Primary Library supports student learning. The canteen is run by the Parents' Association. Since 2018, Chromebooks are provided to Years 7–11 for use in class and at home, with new Year 7–10 students receiving Chromebooks at the start of Term 1 after signed permission forms.
The school has a bilingual education program. In Kindergarten to Year 2, French is taught for four days per week and English for one day (80:20). From Year 3 to Year 6, instruction is 50:50 English/French. The bilingual program includes up to three hours per week of bilingual periods where French and Australian teachers work with each class to operate in both languages; Kindergarten and Year 1 have three hours and Years 2 to 4 have one hour per week. By Year 6, students are bilingual at an age-appropriate level.
After School Care is available and is run by the Parents' Association. The site also features extracurricular activities organized through the school community, with information linked to the Parents' Association site for details.
Telopea Park School, Lycée Franco-Australien de Canberra, is a binational school for ages 5 to 16 offering a bilingual English–French program with Australian Curriculum, IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the French Curriculum. Opened in 1923, it is Canberra's oldest operating school and a member of the AEFE network under a bi-national agreement. In Kindergarten to Year 2 the program runs 80:20 French to English (four days French, one English), shifting to 50:50 from Year 3. Secondary students follow IB MYP; Brevet is taken in Year 9 and Baccalauréat in Year 12 through Narrabundah College link. The school provides Chromebooks for Years 7–11 and hosts a Gifted & Talented program (GILP). Extras include music activities with a choir and events such as the Primary Disco and Fête de la Musique. The Parents' Association, School Board and Alumni network support community life; Positive Behaviours for Learning supports wellbeing across year groups.
