School News

Koorie News

On Friday 3rd February we welcomed 2023, with a Smoking Ceremony being performed at our first school assembly. Thomas Harrison a Koorie Engagement Support Officer in the Outer East Region conducted the ceremony and spoke with our community about the significance of this tradition, and his role to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and their friends within school. 

A smoking ceremony is a traditional Aboriginal custom which involves burning native plants just enough to produce smoke. These ceremonies have been conducted for thousands of years. They are used to cleanse places and people of bad spirits, to promote the wellbeing of Indigenous people as well as guests on Country. People attending the Smoking Ceremony were invited to walk through the smoke for an individual cleansing.

We would like to thank Thomas for his visit and for sharing with the students about Aboriginal traditions.

Information from

Smoking Ceremony, Wurundjeri Tribe Council

School Photos

School photo's will be taken on Wednesday 15th March. Photo envelopes will be sent home with each student in the coming days.

Photographs will be able to be ordered online or by returning the photo envelope to the school office.  If you are ordering via the envelope and you have more than one child at the school you can use one envelope for all children.  The office will be unble to provide change for any cash orders so if you are paying by cash please make sure you include the correct money.

If you would like sibling photo's taken, envelopes can be collected from the office.

Foundation students will be photographed first so please make sure your child is at school on time.

Please see attachments for information on ordering and photo packs.

Sports News

If any student is interested in District Swimming Carnival, it is being held on Monday 27th February. Warrandyte district is 2.15 pm to 3.30pm. Tintern Pool.

Students can compete in two events but have to make their own way two and from venue. 

The events are all 50m in the following strokes: Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, the 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay and the 4x50m Medley Relay (Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, Freestyle).  The medley relay is an ‘open age’ event.  Each School is permitted to enter one boys/mixed and one girls medley team. Qualifying times are provided to assist with competitor selection (guide only).

NB: Tintern pool is a 25m pool so a “tumble turn” or a “touch and turn” will be required to complete 50m.

Please ensure that selected students are capable of swimming 50m proficiently in their preferred strokes.

Ask your students to submit times to you before this event to assist you in compiling your team.  It is a suggestion to not provide students with qualifying times, rather compare their submitted times to those below.

Qualifying Times:

The carnival is open to 10, 11 and 12/13 year olds. Nine year olds will compete in the 10 year age group.

Any interested students please email bonny.chisholm@education.vic.gov.au

Thank you 

Bonny Chisholm. 

Newsletter

Our newsletter is an intergeral part of our school and a main source of information and news about what is happening around MPS.

The newsletter is published fortnightly. In previous years it has been sent on the odd weeks of the term this year t will be sent on the even weeks.

Please keep your eyes open for our news letters as it is always full of up coming events, important dates to remember and communications to families.