From the office....

Thank you-

Thank you to all those families that made Miss Cathy in the office feel so welcomed during the last few weeks while Melinda has been away. Cathy has had many years experience working in a school office and was dragged out of retirement to give us a hand. She loved her time with us, was amazed at all the children, their manners and the beautiful families we have in our school and is most welcome back any day!!

Reminder – Dogs on School Grounds

A reminder to all families that pet dogs and other family pets are not permitted on Moriac Primary School grounds, including during morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up.

While we understand that pets are an important part of many families, we need to ensure our school environment remains safe and comfortable for all students, staff and visitors. This includes members of our community who may have allergies, fears or concerns around animals.

If you are walking your dog when collecting or dropping off your child, please arrange to meet your child outside the school boundary, ensuring your dog remains under the control of a responsible adult.

Thank you for respecting this expectation and helping us maintain a safe school environment for everyone.

Parent Contributions 2027

Please keep an eye out next week for the updated parent contributions letter which will be released and explains the way parents can make contributions to our school, replacing the Parent Payments letter that we have previously published. Next year we will be inviting parents to provide their children with a small number of stationary items which they will own and use on an individual basis in the form of a stationary list. This was discussed this week at school council and approved and will be a great way to further support our school with growing costs for a number of items.

Attendance

If your child is going to be away sick, has an appointment or family holiday. Please make sure you add an attendance note via Compass. Otherwise you will receive a text message saying that your child has not arrived at school. 

Please try and enter attendance note prior to 9:00am.

Moriac Primary School recognises that being at school on time and attending every day contributes towards a student's learning and that maximising school attendance enhances academic outcomes.

For more information regarding attendance please follow the link to the Education Department's Attendance Policy

Calls to the office/last minute changes

We understand that plans can change, and we are always happy to pass on important messages to students when needed.

We would however, like to kindly ask families to provide messages or changes to afternoon arrangements as early as possible. We have been receiving an increasing number of last-minute calls, particularly close to the end of the school day. While we will always do our best to assist, these calls can be difficult to communicate to students before the bell, and frequent interruptions can also disrupt classes and learning.

Where possible, please contact the office earlier in the day if your child’s arrangements need to change. This gives us enough time to ensure the message reaches your child safely and with minimal disruption to classroom learning.

Thank you for your understanding and for helping us keep the end of the school day running smoothly. 

We appreciate your support!

School Bell Times

9:00am - Start of learning time

11:00am - 11:30am  - Recess

1:30pm - 1:35pm - Lunch eating time (or before during class time as per year level)

1:35pm - 2:15pm - Lunch play

3:15pm- Bus bell and bus students

3:20pm - End of school day

Lost Property

This is a friendly reminder to please make sure ALL of your children’s uniforms and other items are clearly labelled with their names.

All uniforms that remain in lost property at the end of the term will be added to the school pile for collection at the end of each term and any item that is not clearly named eg. water bottles, lunchboxes etc will be thrown in the bin.

We understand that replacing lost items can be expensive and frustrating. Naming items makes them easy for us to return.