Principal's Report

Year 3 Camp

Tomorrow morning our Year 3 students, teachers and volunteering parents will board the buses for their journey to Phillip Island Adventure Resort for their 3-day camp.  We wish our Year 3 students a wonderful time as they learn new skills and make new friends on their first school camp.  We sincerely thank the teachers and parents attending the camp, who will provide the students with a rich and rewarding experience.

Year 4 – 6 Swimming Carnival

This Friday, 29th 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 December 13th 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 wear their specially designed costumes.

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. The Year 6 students will follow their own individual timetable, which 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, Food Technology, Anatomy, Philosophy, 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.

Professional Practice Day

A reminder that Monday 9th December is a pupil free day. Staff will be accessing a Professional Practice Day (PPD) that is allocated to them as part of their workplace arrangements. They will be involved in planning for the 2025 school year. Team Kids will operate a long day program on this day, you can find the details on their website.

Have a great week,

Janine