Posts by Glen Park Primary School
Term 2 finishes
We finished term 2 with a bang with an excursion (to Werribee Mansion and RAAF Point Cook) and an incursion from Heather (Swinburne Uni) for our second Science Day this year on States of Matter. (Refer photos) We also just finished upgrading our playground equipment and gardens (Refer photos) More work on improving our storage…
Read More2025
Another big year for Glen Park Primary School. We have started with 9 students with at least one student in each year level. Term One’s highlights were a science day incursion focussing on electricity and we went on our annual zoo excursion this year to the Ballarat Wildlife Park.
Read MoreVisit from old scholar’s family
Popped up to work one Saturday and found Mr Kellet (93) related to the Ralstons and his daughter parked out the front on a road trip today and stopped into relive some memories. They took photos of the honour roll, and I was able to find some information for him about Lois (his wife) and…
Read MoreTerm one 2024
Another big year for Glen Park Primary School. Once again 10 students have started the year from Prep to grade 6. Probably our biggest highlight for the term was the resumption of our science incursion program with Heather from Swinburne. This term we studied seeds and rocks. Some of our photos include landscapes, wildlife, Easter…
Read MoreEnd of 2023
Our year has come to an end. Finally, almost back to normal after the pandemic closures. I always say we had a busy year, but we certainly did in 2023. This year as far as excursions are concerned…we went to Mary Poppins, Old Melbourne Gaol, Melbourne Museum, the Aquarium, Sovereign Hill, the Ballarat Art Gallery,…
Read MoreEnd of term 3, 2023
Another big year at Glen Park Primary School. Photos include Katie our new MARC Van teacher, Kirrily our LOTE teacher and Linda our tutor and Music Therapy teacher. There are also photos of our new shade sail and picnic table, one of our students in period costume for our grade 5 two-day program at Sovereign…
Read MoreStart of 2023
Big start for us in 2023 with 3 new Preps joining us. Our decking is completed, and we welcome back Kari (MARC Van), Kirrily (LOTE- Japanese) and Linda. (Music Therapy and tutoring) Adding to our new look we hope to replace our old picnic table, add shade sail to it, paint the outside of the…
Read MoreEnd of 2022
At the end of 2022 we finished with our traditional Christmas lunch, an excursion to Old Melbourne Gaol and the Aquarium and our tutor Alison, and Office manage Heather retired.
Read MoreSchool Experiences 2023
This year we started our excursions program again (post COVID) At the end of last year we visited the Old Melbourne Gaol, this year we went to see Mary Poppins, our senior students went to Somers Camp, we had an AFL footy clinic and a full day Science incursion run by Heather from Swinburn. Later…
Read MoreEnd of term 1
Another big term has come to an end. This is the first term back we’ve had for a while without any major disruptions. Thankfully no COVID here during the term but we have been prepared for it. Our air purifiers are working, the kids are distancing as much as possible and we are all wearing…
Read MorePlans for 2022
We gained a new family for 2021 and have a robust enrolment of eight in 2021 and about the same in 2022 unless we get a new enrolment or two. We are looking forward to a big influx of preps in 2023.Students of all year levels are welcome but we are always keen to have…
Read MoreCOVID in 2021
As we did last year, Glen Park provided ‘learning packs’ for individual students during lockdowns. These packs were all self-contained and included reading, writing, maths, and arts/humanities activities usually for 1-2 weeks. They would be collected by parents and changed over as required. Every pack had all the work, learning tools, books and consumables needed…
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