AFTER SCHOOL ARRANGEMENTS 

Please ensure your child is aware of what is happening after school, where they are going, who is picking them up and they know the plan if a after school activity is cancelled. 

A reminder to families that the school day finishes at 3.30pm. Please ensure your child/children are collected from school in a timely manner. If you are running late, please notify the front office. 

BUS TRAVEL 

Any changes to your afternoon bus travel arrangements are to be made by 2.30pm for the day of travel. This can be made via the Audiri App by selecting Resources, Forms, then Bus Travel or calling the front office on 5775 2325 & follow the prompts. 

If your child has started a new after school activity for the Term, football/netball/cricket training for example, please update their regular bus travel arrangements. 

Absences

If your child is absent from school, we ask that you contact the school by 10am on the day or as soon as practicable. Absent messages can be submitted through our school app Audiri, by phone or email. 

Medication

All medication for students during the school day must be given to the front office staff and a medication authority form is to be completed.  

Student Toilets

Please be mindful that the student toilets are for students only. There are toilets located at the front office, please see the office staff if needed. 

Supervision Before & After School

MPS Yard is supervised before school from 8.30am and after school until 3.45pm.

Two teachers are on duty in the yard at these times wearing an orange vest and students can go to them with any issues.

Any students in the yard outside these times will be asked to move to the front office to wait until supervision begins.

Audiri

In an emergency our school app Audiri will be used as our main source of communication to our families. This is a reminder to families to download Audiri.

Please note (if you have not already updated) to update your child/s year level on Audiri. This is done by opening Audiri selecting resources, groups, & then selecting your child/s grade including whole school. 

Family Details

If your family contact details have recently changed - residential address, contact numbers & or emergency contacts please update via Audiri by selecting resources, forms & then change of details. 

SCHOOL UNIFORM

Uniform to be ordered through Spartan School Supplies.      

We have a full range of uniform on display at the front office for you to view before making your purchases online. 

LOST PROPERTY

Please note we cannot return items that have no name. Please ensure uniform & drink bottles are clearly labelled with your child's name. 

SPARE CLOTHES

If your child has come home in spare clothes from school, we ask that you please wash & return these items.

HEAD LICE

A reminder to families to be checking for head lice & taking the appropriate steps to treat hair if lice are found. 

On Thursday, 24th July, four of our talented students proudly represented our school at the SSV State Cross Country Championships held at the Yarra Valley Racing Club in Yarra Glen. This prestigious event brought together the best runners from across the state, and we are incredibly proud of our students’ efforts and achievements on such a challenging course.

Competing at the state level is a huge accomplishment, and we commend Sienna (29th), Luca (57th), Scout (33rd), and Charlie (74th) for their hard work and dedication to their training. They’ve not only represented our school with pride but also inspired their peers with their resilience and passion for cross country running. Well done to all four competitors – your school community is very proud of you!

On Wednesday all the Year 3’s got to go to Mount Buller for snow play day. We had so much fun! My group first went to the tobogganing park, and we could have two rounds! After that we went back to eat lunch at Alpine Plaza. I saw my sister there too. She said she could buy me a donut. Back outside we went to do gnome roaming we spotted 1 and 2 gnomes hiding at the big clock, then Miss Cesarec said let’s go to the skiing place, and when we got there, I saw 3 MPS people skiing. We played in the snow, me, Gus and Rohan made Mt Buller.

Eric 

All the Year 3’s went to Mount Buller to do snow play snowboarding and skiing. I reckon snow play was fun. We got to do so many things like tobogganing gnome roam and a whole tonne of other stuff. Me Eric and Rohan even made Mount Buller but a mini version we called it mini Mt Buller. My favourite thing was tobogganing because we sled done the snow.

Gus 

On Wednesday 23/07/2025 all grade 3’s went on Mt Buller for tobogganing and then on a gnome roam or skiing or snowboarding. I went on a toboggan and then on a gnome roam and tobogganing was my favourite one out of them all. The funniest part in my opinion is me getting snow all over my body but also the favourite part as well.

Nigel 

We are having fun playing lots of TUNED Percussion in the music room to start Term 3. We use mallets to strike and roll on notes and enjoy playing familiar songs and learning new music too.  The Year 3s and Year 6s are busy working on their Musical items.  “Dinomotion” for Year 3 will be performed in the last week of Term 3. All the buddy classes and families get to come watch. More information will be sent closer to the date. Lots of students are remembering to come practise at 2nd Lunchtime if they would like more time on instruments, puppets or dance. Shout out to Seb (3A), Jayden (6A), Jax (1A) and Aceson (4B) for coming many times to practise their skills this week. This term, we will also be writing music and more drama activities across the classes.  It’s always lots of fun in our Performing Arts classes! 

Monica Sketcher

Performing Arts Teacher – Specialist Team Leader