East Victoria Park Primary School

Last week, the student councillors, the Year 6 representatives in SRC, and the Cultural Captains went to the Kent Street Leadership Day Workshop. We learnt how to improve as leaders, what being a leader means to us and others, and how to contribute and communicate as a group.
The eight of us will be working on a project about how we can help life below the water.
Written by Phoebe.

Thursday morning, our students came together for a meaningful Reconciliation Assembly, reflecting on the importance of understanding, respect, and unity as we continue our journey towards reconciliation. Thank you to Room 6 and Mr Jones for hosting this important event.
Room 6’s Reconciliation Acrostic Poem
R – Respect: respecting culture, stories and traditions helps us learn from one another.
E – Equality: everyone deserves to feel included, valued and heard.
C – Connection: connection brings communities together through understanding and kindness
O – Opportunity: opportunity means creating a fair future for everyone.
N – Noongar: we proudly acknowledge the Whadjuk Noongar people, the Traditional Custodians of this land.
C – Caring: caring for each other and our environment builds strong communities.
I – Inclusion: inclusion means making sure everyone feels welcome and safe.
L – Learning: learning about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories helps us grow together.
I – Integrity: Integrity means doing what is right, even when nobody is looking.
A – Acceptance: Acceptance means celebrating our differences and learning from one another.
T – Together: together we can create a kinder and more respectful Australia
I – Inspire: we can inspire others through kindness, understanding and respect.
O – Open-minded: Being open minded helps us listen, learn and grow
N – Next Generation: The next generation can continue building reconciliation for the future.
The next generation is in safe hands!

METRONET TREE PLANTING
Many of you may remember the fire at our school a couple of years ago, which resulted in an evacuation and the loss of many trees. We are excited to share that this week, Metronet has been onsite replanting the area with a range of beautiful native trees.

We look forward to watching them grow over the coming years, attracting native birds and bees, and helping to create a greener, more welcoming outlook along the railway line. Thank you to Metronet for supporting the restoration of this space for our school community!

Our students recently joined thousands of children across Australia in celebrating National Simultaneous Storytime! 📚✨

Students gathered together to enjoy this year’s featured story, sharing in the joy of reading at the same time as schools, libraries and communities around the country. It was wonderful to see so much excitement, imagination and engagement as students listened, laughed and joined in with the story.

Events like Simultaneous Storytime help foster a love of books, literacy and learning, while bringing our school community together through the magic of storytelling. Thank you to our staff for helping make the experience so special for our students!

Recently, our staff came together to celebrate Australia's Biggest Morning Tea with a wonderful morning tea filled with delicious treats and great company.

A huge thank you to Mrs Walters and Mrs Ward for organising such a beautiful event for our staff to enjoy. Thanks to everyone’s generosity and support, we raised over $500 towards a fantastic cause. Well done to all involved!

Great to see East Victoria Park Primary School and the local community getting involved in Your Move's Glow Quest - Bike the Night event. 👉 Read the story.

https://yourmove.org.au/stories/🚲✨-glow-quest-bike-the-night-–-community-ride-✨🚲

More rides coming up - check them out via the link in our bio.

Last Friday we celebrated both National Walk Safely to School Day and Thank Your Traffic Warden Day — and what a fantastic morning it was!
It was wonderful to see so many students and families walking and riding to school, with the P&C Bike Bus proving to be a huge success. Students also enjoyed a healthy breakfast thanks to the generous sponsorship from Woolworths.
A very special thank you goes to our wonderful crossing guard, Susan. Susan reached out to the school afterwards to thank everyone for the thoughtful gift, sharing that she is “a very lucky crossing guard. She has a great school, lovely parents and polite wonderful children.”

We are incredibly lucky to have Susan supporting our school community each day. Thank you to everyone who helped make the morning such a positive and successful event!