Posts by Glen Park Primary School
Visit to the Wild Life Park
This week we visited the Ballarat Wildlife Park. We were very lucky to see some active Tasmanian devils, koalas and lizards.
Read MoreWorking outside in the fresh air
One of the great things about being at Glen Park in the warm sunny weather is that we have plenty of space and plenty of shade and we can take…
Read MoreStarting year 7
One of our ex parents (only from last year) popped in yesterday to tell me that his daughter has settled into year 7 well at Damascus. I also know our…
Read MoreGreat start to 2017
We started back fresh and ready to learn for 2017! we did a lot of work outside and reorganised our classrooms during the break and it was all systems go…
Read MoreHello 2017
Another year has begun and I have been busy at school getting organised for 2017. I reorganised our main learning spaces, prepared our learning for the first month (Treasure Island…
Read MoreLOTE again in 2017
Simone will be back to teach Japanese with us (Photo below shows Simone making Japanese calendars for 2017) and Lucy has volunteered to come back to teach Italian. Gina has…
Read MoreLast school day for 2016
Another big year over for our small rural school. The kids have finished and start their well-earned holiday. I’ll start getting ready for 2017 after Christmas. If you are interested…
Read MoreWarrnambool Camp
Last week we went on our annual overnight camp. This year we went to Warrnambool. We visited Fagstaff Hill, the beach and foreshore and climbed the Tower Hill volcano. We…
Read MoreTransition day
our new prep for 2017, Stella spent the day with us yesterday. The kids spent most of the day with her playing in the home corner and making Christmas craft.…
Read MoreHarmonious learning environment
I have heard lots of stories recently about students in some schools spending days in ‘doubled up’ classrooms working on the floor and doing ‘busy work’ because schools don’t replace…
Read MoreVolunteers
We are lucky to have some volunteers helping us this year. Lucy who had a teaching round here earlier this year has been visiting us every week to teach Italian.…
Read MoreBook 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…
Read More