In 1999, students from Cheltenham combined with students from primary and secondary schools from Southern Region, an area encompassing some 600 schools. Cheltenham primary provided guitar items and participated in the massed choir. It was a memorable experience for the children who performed on stage in front of a full house. The school has it's own native plant sanctuary in which a variety of native plants, grasses and orchids grow. The sanctuary also provides a haven for wildlife including lizards, possums , birds and rabbits.
Classes visit the sanctuary regularly with their teacher and carry out experiments and observations.
Our parents and friends of Cheltenham Primary help to maintain the sanctuary. Our vegetable garden is a very busy place. Each class has a vegetable plot in which seasonal vegetables are grown and used in the classroom cooking program. This year we have harvested beans, tomatoes, carrots, cauliflower, silverbeet and broccoli. As well as vegetables we have a herb garden, a cottage flower garden and a number of fruit trees.