Partner Achievement Award Winners 2008
VCAL Partnerships
Stockdale Road Primary School, Latrobe City Council, Latrobe Community Health Service, Lavalla Catholic College – Kildare Campus
L–R: Stockdale Road Primary School Assistant Principal Allyson Armstrong;
Marnie Dans from Latrobe City Council; Minister Pike;
Brett Van Berkel from Lavalla Catholic College;
and Latrobe Community Health Service’s Michelle Crosby.
In 2008, these organisations joined forces to implement the ‘Kids – Go For Your Life’ program at Stockdale Road Primary School. Latrobe City Council and Victoria Police delivered training in coaching and leadership to the participating VCAL students. The students constructed a wooden train in which to grow vegetables and taught the children to make their own fresh pasta. They also held weekly lunchtime dance and pilates classes and ran a series of sports coaching sessions. As a result of this venture, Stockdale Road Primary and its partners in the project received the 2008 ‘Kids – Go For Your Life’ Award. They are the first school to do so through a partnership development program.
