Bringing The Community Together

Our Vision

To build a high regard in our community for education at East Maddington Primary School.

Our Mission

Expand our students’ minds through inspiration and engaged learning.

Our Values

EMPSMaking our school a great place to work

We encourage a work environment that is respectful, welcoming and safe.

We encourage our staff to maintain a well balanced lifestyle.

EMPS Innovation

We dare to be different.

EMPS Pride in who we are and how we work

We display high personal standards of ethics, integrity and honesty.

We work collaboratively and share our skills and talents.

EMPSQuality and Service

We will deliver quality work for our parents and our co-workers.

EMPS Growing our school and its image

Skills that help us build our school and set the stage for continued growth.

Nicola Roxon MP, Federal Minister Launches Program At East Maddington Primary School PDF Print E-mail
  

MADDINGTON KENWICK SCHOOL KITCHEN GARDEN PROJECT

East Maddington Primary School has been involved in the Maddington Kenwick School Kitchen Garden Project which aims to increase the Fruit and vegetable consumption among primary school children in the Maddington Kenwick Area.  The project is a joint initiative of the local schools in the Yule Brook Cluster and the South Metropolitan Public Health Unit.  The project has also been made possible by support from The Maddington Kenwick Sustainable Communities Partnership, The City of Gosnells, Foodbank WA., The Public Education Endowment Trust and Child and Adolescent Health Services.
Today the Hon. Nicola Roxon MP, Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, launched a new federal initiative at East Maddington Primary School. Minister Roxon invited guests to join her and Stephanie Alexander in calling for Australian Government primary schools to express their interest in participating in the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden National Pilot Project.  The project will be implemented in up to 190 Government primary schools nationally over four years. Primary school students will learn how to grow, cook and share fresh food as part of the Government’s plans to promote healthy eating and tackle obesity.
MADDINGTON KENWICK SCHOOL KITCHEN GARDEN PROJECT

East Maddington Primary School has been involved in the Maddington Kenwick School Kitchen Garden Project which aims to increase the Fruit and vegetable consumption among primary school children in the Maddington Kenwick Area.  The project is a joint initiative of the local schools in the Yule Brook Cluster and the South Metropolitan Public Health Unit.  The project has also been made possible by support from The Maddington Kenwick Sustainable Communities Partnership, The City of Gosnells, Foodbank WA., The Public Education Endowment Trust and Child and Adolescent Health Services.The project uses a whole of school approach in implementing a range of evidence based school and community strategies for the promotion of fruit and vegetable consumption.  The long term goal of the project is to reduce heart disease, diabetes and obesity in the wider community by working with primary school children and the community to develop healthy eating habits.  The schools involved in this project are East Maddington Primary School, Maddington Primary School, Orange Grove and East Kenwick Primary Schools, Kenwick School and Yule Brook College.  As you can see below, each school has used the funding and community support available to make their own project unique.
EAST MADDINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL KITCHEN GARDEN PROJECT

Collaboration with the South Metropolitan Health Unit and the various organisations involved in establishing our garden project which linked to our Health and Wellbeing priority began over a year ago and has included;
  • Applying for funding
  • School community consultation and input into the design of the garden 
  • Fruit and vegetable tastings at our 2007 athletics carnival 
  • Create a ‘Fruit and Vege’ face competition 
  • Cooking workshops for parents and carers 
  • Canteen providing platters of fruit and vegetables from Foodbank to classes at lunchtime and menu including healthy “happy meals” ie. lunchbox with drink, sandwich, fruit, popcorn and toy or trinket 
  • Appointment of a Coordinator, Mrs Julie Moore and Community Liaison Officer, Mrs Diane Karniewicz to support the project 
  • Promotion through ‘Crunch and Sip’ activities 
  • Workshop for staff 
  • Ongoing working party meetings 
  • Establishment of our garden this term with whole school community support 
  • Market garden stall at our assemblies 
  • Team planning to engage the whole school in the garden project 
  • Whole school roster for garden maintenance including ‘bug busters’ and ‘weather’ monitors 
  • Whole school planning with links between seasons, planting, harvesting and cooking 
  • Students participating in regular cooking sessions using the produce from the garden and this then being sold through the canteen 
  • Raffle tickets for parent helpers and they win produce from our garden 
  • Baseline data being collected through surveys of the school community including students 
  • Promotions through our newsletter including healthy recipes
  • Garden diaries where classes record their involvement
This exciting project is continuing with us now planning a Visioning Workshop to plan for 2009 and beyond and may include a bush tucker garden and an orchard.  In addition, we are upgrading our kitchen facilities in each of the teaching clusters to support cross curricula learning.  A key consideration in our expansion of our garden is that this supports the City of Gosnells’ streetscape improvement program and this may present other learning opportunities for our students such as garden sculptures.  We also have a curriculum planning day organised for the end of this term where teachers will work with Clayton Chipper from the Health Department in developing a whole school plan with curriculum links for 2009.  Hub schools have been invited to participate and customise the plan for their school.   

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