Tuart Hill Primary School was opened on the 25th of April 1910 in the suburb of Tuart Hill, 5 kilometres north west of the Perth CBD. It was initially known as Grenville State School. The main school buildings were constructed in the late 1940s, with new buildings added in 2010. The school prides itself on its multiculturalism, with a significant percentage of students speaking languages other than English.
Former student Peter Quinn recalls, "I was at THPS from 1954 in (as they called it 1st Standard). I remember two sets of bells. One was a series of small bells including an old cow bell. The other was the large one still hanging, which was located at the eastern end of the main quadrangle."
Jeff Wood states, "The old cow bells were still being used during the mid 1960s Students from my class (Mrs Sandiford - she passed away around 20 years ago and was over 100) were monitors and used to have to run around the infants school and ring them before and at the end of school at morning and afternoon recess ( then called play) and at lunch The upper primary grades 4 to 7 also had a big church style bell mounted and suspended between tow posts on a large frame that was rung."
