Archive for 2016
External review completed.
Glen Park completed its four yearly external review with flying colors. This week we finished the last day of our review. We had a two day inspection and wide ranging discussion based on our self-evaluation encompassing all that we have done at Glen Park over the last 4 years.
Read MoreSmall School Conference
On Friday I attended the Moorabool Collegiate group Small School Conference (We were one of 18 schools attending).
Read MoreBusy in the break
Lots of work inside and outside has been completed these holidays. One big job that was done, while we had some sunny weather was adding some new soft-fall under our…
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 MoreM.A.D.E.
This week we visited the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka (MADE) in Ballarat. We viewed their impressive collection of artefacts and documents and explored their interactive displays
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 MoreArt Gallery Visit
Yesterday we visited the Ballarat Art Gallery. It was a great opportunity to view some iconic paintings and sculptures but to aslo view some new and exciting exhibitions that they…
Read MoreVisit to Sovereign Hill
As part of a maths unit we’re starting on money we went to the Ballarat Gold Museum to look at their exceptional collection of coins from around the world and…
Read MoreAlmost Spring
Well its almost spring here at Glen Park and our dozens of bulbs are popping up all over the place.
Read MoreJapan Challenge
This is the twelfth year of the Japan Challenge competition open to school children in the Ballarat area who are studying Japanese as a second language. This is the first…
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 MoreMaho visits
Simone, our LOTE teacher brought along a Japanese student teacher that she has visiting her, Maho from Osaka. She helped us with our language and also our Japanese cooking. We…
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