Excerpt from Newsletter 14th November 2019

Woodworking Program

A number of our senior students have been working hard with Michael our
wonderful woodworking volunteer throughout the semester making tables out of recycled timbers. Jasper and Benji are very proud of their efforts. I am very grateful to Michael for giving so freely of his time and expertise to support our students. They are very lucky to have you in their lives.

Showcase Dinner

We held the second of these last night, this time with students from Years 3 to 6. Once again it was a wonderful night where our students are able to show much they have learned through the fabulous kitchen garden program they take part in at our school.
Watching them take their parent’s orders for dinner, to the careful carrying of soup, main meals and dessert, is a real treat to watch. Here is the menu we served last night. Once again my heartfelt gratitude to Nikki, Sue and our  wonderful teaching staff who work so hard to make it such a seamless night.

Written By Maria Shearn - Principal (14th November 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)