Unique to Glen Park
Book Buying
As a reward to the children for achieving their Premier’s Reading Challenge targets for 2016 we visited Collins Books in Ballarat and the school bought the kids a book each…
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I’m sure there are some other schools where 100% of the students attending successfully reach their reading challenge target but there wouldn’t be very many (I’m betting they’re small rural…
Read MoreTours
Because of our size we were lucky enough on our ‘Sturt Street walk’ to get a tour of the Town Hall including the mayor’s rooms (We just popped in to…
Read MoreBeautiful spring weather
I know its not necessarily unique to Glen Park but we really enjoyed the last few days of glorious spring weather and our fantastic school site means we have a…
Read MoreVisit from an Echidna
We often get visits here from native wildlife including possums, koalas, kangaroos and of course kookaburras but yesterday we had a visit from an echidna for the first time that…
Read MoreCupcakes
After our visit to the ballarat Art gallery we had lunch in Ballarat and then on the way home stopped off at the Little Cupcake Shop and chose our own…
Read MoreNo waiting
One of the great things about Glen Park is that we are not constantly standing around waiting our turn….I’ve noticed that students from the huge school group doing gymnastics before…
Read MoreCompleted model
At Glen Park our students have time, space and resorces to complete quality projects they can be proud of. Such as this construction project where one of our students made…
Read MoreKeeping warm
Not only does every child get a sunhat at Glen Park but they also receive a warm beanie for those cold winter days.
Read MoreNew Books
When our students returned to Glen Park after their term 2 break they each had a pile of new books waiting for them bought specifically to meet their reading interests.…
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