Glen Iris Primary School

17/08/2026

Athletics Day on Friday was as an amazing day of sport and our school values in action. Thank you to all staff, parents and students who helped us with a fantastic day. Congratulations to all students progressing to the next stage.

16/08/2026

Check out the three generations of sewers who joined us alongside many parents, grandparents and friends at last Friday's 'Crafternoon' helping prepare costumes for our upcoming production!

30/07/2026

Congratulations to our preps on their 100th Day of School! Our prep team and leaders are moving a bit slower today! 👴🏻👵🏽

30/07/2026

29/07/2026

A huge thank you to Jesse Matthews and Ash Howarth from Marshall White for their generous sponsorship of Glen Iris Primary School in 2026. Marshall White

Thanks to their support, our students are proudly wearing brand new jerseys. We are incredibly grateful for Marshall White’s investment in our school community and the opportunities it provides for our students. 💜💛

28/07/2026

Welcome back to the Melbourne Demons who taught us about the origins of footy with Marngrook and the possum-skin ball. Thanks for sharing today and good luck with the game this week.

25/06/2026

This week our students and staff were honoured to participate in a Smoking Ceremony led by Uncle Glenn.

We thank Uncle Glenn for sharing his knowledge and culture, providing a meaningful opportunity for our school community to deepen our understanding of Aboriginal traditions, respect and connection to Country.

21/06/2026

Grade 4 has been working on ‘Location, Location!’, developing and practising their mapping skills by creating bird’s-eye view maps of GIPS, with some students even mapping their journey to school. Students have applied their understanding of compass directions, scale, coordinates, and keys to create maps that are clear, accurate, and easy to read.

17/06/2026

🐸✨ Jumping, Jiggling and Learning in Prep! ✨🐸

Our Prep students had a wonderful time making Frogs in a Pond as part of a hands-on literacy learning experience. Students helped make the jelly before placing a chocolate frog inside and watching it set. Activities like these bring learning to life by connecting language, phonics and real-world experiences in a meaningful and memorable way.

Throughout the activity, students used oral language to discuss the process, describe their observations and sequence the events in order. We then reflected on the experience together and shared what happened from beginning to end.

To connect our learning with phonics, students had fun sharing alliterative phrases such as "Jumping jelly and jiggly jelly." This helped them hear and recognise the repeated /j/ sound in different words.

While there was plenty of learning involved in making our Frogs in a Pond, the favourite part was definitely eating it all up!