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!

News from the Student Representative Council

The 2019 Junior and Senior SRC (Student Representative Council) meet on Thursdays for the first half of lunch. During these meetings students represent the ideas of their classmates and organise school events such as raising money for charities.

The first fundraising event the SRC has planned is raising money for the Royal Children’s Hospital (Melbourne) through its Good Friday Appeal (https://www.goodfridayappeal.com.au).
We ask students to wear casual clothes on the last day of Term 1 – Friday the 5^th of April and bring in a gold coin donation.

And the winner is...Green House!

Congratulations to Green House on winning our House Athletics Day last Friday. A special mention to Kary, Arden, Kamia, Adam, Sylvia, Angus, Deanna and Jarrod for receiving the highest number of points for their age group. Well done to all of our students for demonstrating excellent sportsmanship and school spirit on the day.

Avondale Primary is proud to say 'Bullying. No Way!'

Today we held a special assembly that highlighted our school commitment to building a positive school environment through friendship and getting along. Thank you to all students who purchased a friendship wristband and congratulations to our bullying prevention poster winners.
Let's take a stand together!

Our Vision

Last year teachers and students discussed our school values and chose three words to best represent what we stand for;
Achievement, Confidence and Pride.
The words on our school sign represent academic as well as social and emotional development as we aspire for our students to have a desire to achieve, self-confidence, personal pride as well as good social skills. 

Marvellous Mini beasts

Grade 1& 2s have been studying mini beasts this term. This week they enjoyed a visit from Sam Harrison who visited the school and brought with him stick insects, butterflies and a range of macropods straight from the Maribyrnong River. 

2019 School Council Call for Nominations

Nominations to join the 2019 Avondale Primary School Council are officially open. This period will run for 7 days.

Please see this week's newsletter for a timeline of this process.
Parents can also use the following link to find out more information about being on School Council.

https://www.education.vic.gov.au/parents/going-to-school/Pages/get-involved-at-school.aspx

Nomination forms can be obtained from the school office and close at 4 pm on Thursday 28th February 2019.

Prep Parent Welcome BBQ

Last week we held our prep parent barbecue welcoming the prep families to the school. Despite the cool conditions it was very well attended. Parents had the opportunity to meet for the first time and enjoy a relaxing evening. Thank you to the families and staff who attended as well as members of School Council.
        

Garden Club news

The staff and students at Avondale Primary School would like to extend a warm thank you to all the parents and families who came in to care for the garden at various times over the summer holidays. Your care and time is greatly appreciated by the Garden Club and school community. Many thanks.
In 2019, the student Garden Club will be running on Tuesdays over the lunch break from 1.30 until 2.15pm. Parents who wish to volunteer their time are asked to contact Nick Boffa.