Excerpt from Newsletter 19th September 2019

Walkathon 2019  -   I would like to express my gratitude to our students and families for the fantastic support they have given this year’s walkathon. Whilst money is still coming in, we have as of writing this taken over $4,500.00. Our sister school in the Philippines, Banacon Island School will put the money to good use to install solar panels and to run a feeding program for the many students who need it. I know they will be very grateful. Victorian charity State Schools Relief will also put their share to good use assisting needy Victorian government school students. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Congratulations - 6T

Well done to 6T students who presented their Rome projects to appreciative student and adult audiences earlier this week. The variety of presentations and the depth of knowledge the students demonstrated in their learning was wonderful to see. My favourite student comment was, ‘wow! I can’t wait until I’m in Year 6!!’

Congratulations - 4/5G

Congratulations also to the students and parents of 4/5G who enjoyed an International lunch to complete their unit of work on International Studies. The array of different foods was amazing and the students writing out of recipe origins were extremely interesting to read. I was also impressed by the wonderful table manners exhibited by the students and their willingness to try new unknown dishes. Well done to you all.

Congratulations - 6S

Many thanks and well done to the students of 6S who used their last formal cooking class to cook a ‘Masterchef’ style cook-off last week. The students designed their own menus, then presented their offerings to the appreciative judges, Shelley, Sue and myself. They were ’judged’ on presentation and flavour of their dishes. The remainder of the staff enjoyed the considerable leftovers after school that day. Well done Nikki and students who allowed your creativity to flourish.

Written By Maria Shearn - Principal (19th Sept 2019)

Excerpt from our School Newsletter 13th June

Despite yesterday’s gloomy wet weather, there was high excitement in the air as we readied ourselves for our very special visitor. Our Premier Mr Dan Andrews, accompanied by our old friend, local MP Nick Staikos, was most impressed by our lovely school and was most appreciative of the warm   welcome he received at our special assembly in his honour.

He spoke of how wonderful our whole school acknowledgement to country was and how impressively we all sang both verses of our national anthem. After that we were all treated to a fantastic performance from our extension orchestra led by our wonderful Felicite.

Mr Andrews then spoke of how exciting it will be when our new performing arts centre and classroom building begins to take shape, noting that this was Stage 1 of a 2 stage process to modernise our school facilities.

Written by Maria Shearn - Principal (13/6/19)

East Bentleigh Primary School Zone

The Department has released a new website that helps parents identify their local public school online.

Findmyschool.vic.gov.au was launched on 23 April 2019 and shows every school zone across the state. The new website highlights the choice of public schools available to the Victorian community.

If you’re interested in enrolling at East Bentleigh Primary School please visit the site, www.findmyschool.vic.gov.au

If you have further questions please call our office on 9570 3525.

Capital Works Program - Performing Arts Centre

At our school council meeting on Monday night Mario Duvnjak from ProArk presented the plans for our new building to ‘Schematic Design’ stage, (see photos below). Full plans are available for viewing in my office for anyone interested. On Wednesday, Sue and I attended a PREP meeting at the VSBA where the auditing company, along with representatives from DET and VSBA signed off on this stage. We will now have 8 weeks to work through the     all-important ‘Design Development’ stage where we decide with the architects more specific design features of our new building. Written by Maria Shearn - Principal (18/10/18)