Principal's News 

Good afternoon families,

I hope you have all had a good week. We have had a very busy week and I am certainly getting my steps up as I do some of the walking to and from OSHC. I am very grateful to Their Care at Aspendale Garden's primary school. Our students are having a great time and the opportunity I get to have a chat to the students as walk to or from school. Some of the stories are hilarious and really make my day.

Mother's Day breakfast 

Thank you so much to the Year 1 parents for putting on this wonderful community event. It is always so well attended and the noise in the hall is fabulous. Thank you to the school choir for entertaining the mums and to Mrs Stefanec for training our choir. Always so lovely to see the dads serving the breakfast, a huge shout out to these dads.

Thank you to Anne and the Year 1 mums for running the Mother's Day stall. This is always something all our students look forward to each year.

Chelsea District Cross Country

Congratulations to all our 52 students who competed in this event yesterday. Thank you to the staff who attended  and supported our students. 

Prep 2026 

All parents who have siblings starting school next year, please put your enrolments forms in as soon as possible. We already have a large number of students enrolled for 2026 and we want to make sure that all our siblings are enrolled.

Year 5 camp 

On Monday our Year 5 students are off to camp. They are going to Sovereign hill in Ballarat. This camp supports the Gold unit the year 5 have been studying this term. Thank you to the staff who will attending the camp and making it possible for our students to experience camp life.

First Communion for Year 4  

Please remember our Year 4 students as they prepare for their First Communion. The Year 4 students will celebrate this Sacrament next Sunday 18 May.

A Mother's Day Prayer 

All-loving God, 

We give you thanks and praise for mothers young and old.

We pray for young mothers, who give life and count toes and tend to our every need;

May they be blessed with patience and tenderness to care for their families and themselves with great joy.

We pray for our own mothers who have nurtured and cared for us;

May they continue to guide us in strong and gentle ways.

We remember mothers who are separated from their children because of war, poverty, or conflict;

May they feel the loving embrace of our God whowipes every tear away.

We pray for women who are not mothers but still love and shape us with motherly care and compassion.

We remember mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers who are no longer with us but who live forever in our memory and nourish us with their love.

Amen.

I wish all the mums, grandmothers and anyone in a mothering role a lovely day on Sunday.

Carmel Stutterd 

Principal