Kallista Primary School
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Kallista Primary School is a public primary school for both boys and girls[1], from prep to grade 6 in Kallista, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[2][3] founded in 1919[4][5]
| Kallista Primary School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
72 Monbulk Rd, Kallista VIC 3791 Australia | |
| Information | |
| Former name | South Sassafras School |
| Type | Primary School |
| Established | 10th March, 1919 |
| Principal | Christine Finighan |
| Grades | Prep - 6 |
| Enrollment | 148[6] |
| Color(s) | Blue and yellow[7] |
| Website | https://kallistaps.vic.edu.au/ |
History[edit]
- Kallista's location was formerly known as South Sassafras and the school known as South Sassafras School. The change in name to Kallista was made in 1925 and is Greek for "most beautiful".[8]
- Kallista Primary School won the Warragul most improved garden award for the gardening in the gardening inspectorate in 1951.[9][10]
- In 2018 electronic speed signs were put in place to ensure children's safety around the roads and crossings[11][12] There were petitions for these signs to be made for years by parents, since around 2016.[13][14]
- The school's centenary was in 2019, when they celebrated 100 years of Kallista Primary School.[15][9]
- In 2019, the school put forward a design to get funding for, for The Inclusive Schools Fund. The design was for a sensory area for children to have a calm environment.[16]
Kitchen-garden Program[edit]
- In 2008 the Stephanie Alexander kitchen-garden program was brought to Kallista Primary School.[17]
- The kitchen-garden program teaches the children about cooking and gardening, which are useful skills to have.[18][19]
- The children use recipes from the Stephanie Alexander books[20]
Notable alumni[edit]
- Roy Best, professional opera singer[21]
- ↑ "Kallista Primary School". Good Schools Guide. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- ↑ "Kallista Primary School". Good Schools Guide. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- ↑ "Kallista Primary School". Mapcarta. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ↑ "History". Kallista Primary School. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- ↑ Hui, Jin (2019-02-04). "Kallista celebrates a centenary". Ranges Trader Star Mail. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- ↑ https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/44694
- ↑ https://store.beleza.com.au/68-kallista-primary-school
- ↑ "Kallista | Victorian Places". www.victorianplaces.com.au. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Hui, Jin (2019-02-04). "Kallista celebrates a centenary". Ranges Trader Star Mail. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ↑ "Trove pg 33". Trove National Library Australia. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Keeping Kids Safe At Kallista Primary School | James Merlino". Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- ↑ "Keeping Kids Safe At Kallista Primary School". Premier of Victoria. 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ↑ "'It doesn't take much for a tragedy to happen'". www.heraldsun.com.au. 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ↑ "Deadly road 'too slow' for signs". www.heraldsun.com.au. 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ↑ "Kallista - South Sassafras Centenary | Monument Australia". monumentaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ↑ "Kallista Primary School". www.schoolbuildings.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ↑ "From little things, amazing things grow". The Age. 2008-08-26. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ↑ Somerville, Margaret; Green, Monica (2016-04-29). Children, Place and Sustainability. Springer. ISBN 978-1-137-40850-1. Search this book on
- ↑ Green, Monica (2015), Somerville, Margaret; Green, Monica, eds., "In the Kitchen Garden", Children, Place and Sustainability, Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 126–142, doi:10.1057/9781137408501_7, ISBN 978-1-137-40850-1, retrieved 2020-06-02
- ↑ Alexander, Stephanie (2012). Stephanie Alexander. Lantern. ISBN 978-1-921383-13-7. Search this book on
- ↑ "Tenor by trade". The Age. 2007-08-29. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
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