Pender's Grove Primary School Official

Great final Garden Club of Term 2! Pumpkins, strawberries, flowers and trees planted, plenty of weeding and some brilliant snail patrolling! 🧑‍🌾 🍓🌻🪻🌳🐌

Thanks everyone for making the first half of the year such a great success - many hands have made lighter work 🙏🥰

Not long until our highly anticipated Winter Solstice!

This event is for our school community and includes free food, drinks, glow in the dark face painting and our annual lantern parade.

Thank you so much Jamsheed Wines ™ for generously supporting us with your magnificent mulled wine!

Hope to see everyone there on Thursday!

When the autumn leaves of the grand old trees match the new mural being installed 😍

Bright flowers on a grey winter’s day.

The perfect foreground to our Values Wall, painted by Pender’s parents Justin and Sonder 🥰🙏

Epic Excursion to the Melbourne Museum today! Thanks to our staff for all of the organising and effort it takes to create these learning experiences, as well as the parent helpers who attended 🚍🪰🦖🦋🔍🐜

Kat Theophanous MP visited our school this morning to officially open our upgraded toilets.

The whole school gathered for the occasion, and the message to the students and staff from our Principal Douglas and local MP Kat was that investing in schools, education and kids futures matters.

A nice toilet isn’t just about a place that looks pretty- it’s more important than that. It’s about ensuring students are comfortable in that space, that it is hygienic, that it’s not old and rundown which may mean some kids choose not to use them and hold all day. Nice facilities also send that subliminal message which is “you matter”.

Our school has a proud history of over 100 years, and as such, investment in the infrastructure is important. The culture of the school is so special, and now according to the kids 5 star reviews, we have the toilets to match!

Thank you to the students and staff for their patience during the works, the school staff and leadership, council and parent and carer community for their ongoing advocacy for Pender’s Grove, and to Kat for securing funding.

We hope this is the beginning of ongoing investment in our school’s physical environment and we’ll continue to foster the supportive learning environment that we are so lucky to have.

Garden Club heroes bright, early, a bit chilly but in good spirits!

Well today was delicious! Thanks to our volunteers for another great Friday Fundraiser to support our school 🥰🍩🙏

Enjoy the long weekend and we’ll see you on Tuesday!

Happy Donut Day 🍩🍩🍩

Our beloved Winter Solstice event returns on Thursday 18th June!

This is a free community event for our students and their families with an annual lantern parade, crafts, live music, games and glow in the dark face painting!

Warm up with toasted marshmallows, hot chocolate and mulled wine. Fill up with a sausage sizzle and soup - and don’t forget to BYO mug for soup.

A very special thanks to our event partner in Alphington who make the event look so spectacular.