Lions Club International Peace Poster

Avondale Primary has been participating in the International Peace Poster Competition sponsored by The Lion Club of Essendon for a number of years.

2019 has been a successful year with the most entries entered so far.

The winner for 2019 was Kary Wu from 5/6A with her outstanding poster of Journey of peace showing people of different cultures and abilities come as one. Furthermore, this was represented by animals big and small joined in harmony. We wait to hear how Kary has gone in the regional finals.

Our runner ups were Claire Ragusa from 5/6A and Kamia Masonwells from 4/5A with their entries focused on people united together peacefully.

 

Remembrance Day

Today our student leaders represented Avondale Primary School at a Remembrance Day ceremony held at the Keilor East RSL. Each of our students read a verse from a selected poem and participated in laying a wreath on behalf of the students, staff and families of Avondale Primary School.

Lest We Forget.

Raising money for the Leukaemia Foundation

We are supporting members of our community who have been affected by a cancer by holding a Crazy Hair Day.

The highlight is a teacher head shaving event at assembly on Friday morning, October 25th, 2019. 

NAIDOC Week mural

We are very proud to reveal our NAIDOC Week mural painted by visiting indigenous artist Zachary Bennet-Brook from Saltwater Dreamtime. Using themes voted for by students, including the Maribyrnong River, community and journey, Zac was able to teach grades about the importance of art in culture.

Multicultural Week 2019

During Multicultural Week, our students celebrated Italian culture with a pasta making activity. Chefs from 'Big Pocket' educational cooks led students in multi-age groups to make and shape pasta, which students were then able to take home to share with their families.


Photos courtesy of Moonee Valley Leader newspaper

100 Days of Prep!!

Last Friday our Prep students had their one hundredth day at school. To celebrate this milestone our Prep students dressed as a centenarian and celebrated many things to do with the number 100. Many thanks to the parents and class teachers for their enthusiasm and ensuring students had a great day

Jump Rope for Heart

Thank you to all families who assisted us in raising $4,330.77 for the Heart Foundation.
During this week we also raised $886 in school fundraising money from our special lunch order day, which will go towards the purchase of equipment that students can play with during recess times.

Check out our new playground!

We wish to thank parents who have supported recent fundraising activities. We have recently used $20,000 of local fundraising money to install new playground equipment.

Our school council approved the installation of a new suite of playground equipment that has been a hit with all of our junior students.

News from the school garden

Our Garden/Italian blog is live for 2019. Please see our student achievements at

http://lastampa.global2.vic.edu.au/2019/02/27/gardening-club-2019/

Gardening Club runs on a Tuesday over lunchtime. All students are invited to join in. Parents are always welcome to come and lend a hand.

GRIP Student leadership conference

This week, twelve of our grade 6 student leaders participated in the GRIP Student Leadership Conference. We found out that leadership is about people, not position or power. We also investigated the 4 CORE character traits of a leader: Confidence with humility, Others focused, Empathy and Reliability.
Thank you to the Essendon Lions Club for supporting student voice at Avondale Primary School by covering the cost of our attendance at the conference.

Anzac Day commemorative ceremony

This morning our school captains and vice captains hosted our annual Anzac Day commemorative ceremony. It was fantastic to hear from our student representatives the interesting ways that classes selected to learn about this important day.
Lest We Forget.

Good Friday Appeal fundraiser

We are pleased to announce that our Student Representative Council Casual Clothes Day event raised $674.40 for the Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal.
Well done everyone!