Principal's Report

Year 4 – 6 Swimming Carnival

This Friday, 24th November, our Year 4 to 6 students, will have the opportunity to put their swimming skills into practice at our House Swimming Carnival. This will be held at the Blue Fit Swim Centre in Tulip Street, Sandringham.  A big thank you to our PE Teacher, Kirsten Travis, for all her work in preparing for this event. 

Billy Cart Grand Prix

On Friday, 8th December our Year 6's will test their billy cart building prowess as they race off in their teams at the Annual Gardenvale Grand Prix.  All members of our school community are most welcome to join us at the Senior Campus as we cheer on the Year 6 Billy Cart Teams. Each team and cart will be decked out in their colours and competitors will be wearing their specially designed costumes.

Parent Helpers’ Morning Tea

After the big race on Friday 8th December at 10.30am we will be holding our 'Parent Helpers Thank You Morning Tea' in the MPC. The staff are constantly amazed by the wonderful support we receive from the parents and extended family members. We would love to see all of you that have helped with class programs, excursions, camps, working bees, the Family Fun Day or supported the school in anyway at the morning tea. 

Year 6 Transition Program

Our Year 6 students are currently involved in a very valuable Secondary School Transition fortnight. This program is unique to Gardenvale and has been developed and run for the past 7 years. For a fortnight the Year 6 students follow their own individual timetable that is based on a secondary school model.  The students start the day with a home room teacher and then are responsible for getting themselves to classes on time.  Some of the classes they are attending include Politics, Geography, Anatomy, Indigenous Studies, French, Food Technology, Textiles, Ancient History and Woodwork. Past students will be returning to speak to current Year 6’s about their experience in transitioning to Secondary School.

Smile Squad

The Smile Squad will be commencing at Gardenvale PS next Monday, 27th November. Smile Squad is a Victorian Government funded program which will provide all Victorian public primary and secondary school students with free dental care. Please follow the QR code below if you would like your child to have a free oral health check.