Article featured in last Wednesday’s East Gippsland News 11 March, page 8. Thankyou to Noel for a very generous donation. Noel, Adam, Max, Greg and John ensured safe delivery of  the piano to the school.

As news of the bushfires in Australia reached around the world some remarkable stories have come to light. Students at Clifton Creek Primary School last week were visited by relatives of William Fitton, a Clifton Creek resident who fought at Fromelles, Northern France, in the first world war. Here are a couple of clips which tell the tale of two...

Tucker Tuesday is OPEN! So please support our students in developing their business skills and make sure that your child has a dollar or two on Tuesdays.   Toasties are $2.00 Liquorice 20 cents Crackers and dip $1.00 Zucchini Muffins $1.50 Vegetable people $1.00 Fruit smoothies $1.50 Milo $1.00

Students recently spent time creating stories using Lego as a starting point.

  We now have a new MARC Van teacher, Peter Robertson. Peter was a science teacher at Bairnsdale Secondary College for 15 years. He had his first day with CCPS last Friday and brought along a couple of his pets, two fabulous stick insects, and part of the session was absorbed in learning about these...

It was so lovely to see everyone arrive back safe and happy after the holidays. It was heart warming watching big smiles come bounding through the gate, eager for a new year of learning and adventures! A new year brings a new staff member to CCPS – welcome Carrie Jones! Carrie is a Graduate Teacher...

Clifton Creek Kids Hit the Slopes We have had  an amazing adventure – great snow, blue skies and sunshine – we couldn’t be luckier, and I couldn’t be prouder of our little group of skiers! They have shown great resilience and endurance. Yesterday we skied from Dinner Plain to JB Plain to see the old cattlemen’s hut and...

It was a very wet Tuesday last week, which inspired our raindrop art using the “resist” technique. With pastel and watercolours, the children drew raindrops falling into puddles capturing the moment that concentric circles of ripples are created.

Howitt Park Market Day and Firewood Raffle Clifton Creek Primary School had a great day on Sunday 24th June at the Howitt Park market, despite the chilly temperatures! With an enthusiastic band of parents and staff, our little school was able to not only able to set up an eye-catching stall complete with herbs, citrus, seeds...

Students at Clifton Creek are tightening up their hand drumming rhythms and tuning their vocal chords in preparation for the Howitt Park market on Sunday 24th June where they will be presenting  short performances at 10 and 11am. A market stall will also operate with some goods for sale from the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden...

It is lovely to see our youngest students becoming familiar with the learning activities in the garden and in looking after our animals.

Bike Club On Monday we were back on our bikes after cancelling the last couple of weeks due to illness. Everyone rode further than previously and confidence is growing. While after-school bike club is for our Grade 5 and 6 students, all of our students have been enjoying riding bikes and scooters around the grounds...