School News

Whole School house Athletics

The Whole School House Athletics Carnival will be held on Wednesday 22 July at Proclamation Park during Week 2 of Term 3.

Thank you to everyone who has responded to our request for assistance. I will be in touch shortly to confirm your responsibilities for the day.

We are still seeking additional volunteers to help ensure the event runs safely and successfully. If you are available to assist, please complete this Google Form or email me directly at bonny.chisholm@education.vic.gov.au.

For volunteers assisting with the Senior and Middle School events, please arrive at the venue by 9:15 am. 

Volunteers assisting with the Junior School events should arrive by 11:15 am. The carnival is expected to conclude at approximately 1.00 pm.

Students in age groups 5/6/7/8 (Junior A and Junior B) will begin their events at 11:30 am and finish by 1.00 pm, returning to school by bus. All other events will run from 9:30 am to 2:30pm. approx. 

Age groups 9,10,11,12/13.  Students may be dismissed early from Proclamation Park if written permission is provided to their classroom teacher in advance, and they are signed out with their classroom teacher on the day. 

Thank you for your support. We couldn't run events like this without the assistance of our wonderful parent and community volunteers.

Make sure students wear their house colours .

Ford : Green, Cawley : Yellow, Jones: Red and Kenny: Blue .

Yours in fitness and health ,

Bonny Chisholm  

PE Specialist

Hawthorn AFL Game tickets

To Marlborough Primary School,

As a valued school within the Hawthorn Football Club zone, we are thrilled to be in touch with an exclusive $15 Adult General Admission ticketing offer for staff and families of students for our Round 16 match against GWS at the MCG on Friday 26 June. As well as information on KIDS GO FREE for this match.

What to include when sharing the offer (simply just copy the below and paste to your school newsletter or noticeboard, but don’t forget to attach the image in the link below).

HOW TO REDEEM R16 $15 ADULT GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS + KIDS GO FREE TICKETS

• Go to TICKETEK website or link here
• On “Select date” dropdown, choose option “Fri 26 Jun 2026 7:40pm - Club Members & Public Reserve.” 
• A box below will appear and copy your promo code MBPS16 in and click “Unlock tickets”
• You will be taken to a page where a map will appear. On the right-hand side, click “Find Best available”
• Select “Adult” ticket (maximum qty 10) and “Children 6-14 years”  (maximum qty 10) for kids go free ticket. Click next and follow steps to check out.
• General admission seating areas will be posted in the link here, 24 hours prior to the match.

Marlborough's very own author

 Sarah who is not only one of MPS's amazing ES in our junior unit, she is also an accomplished Author/Illustrator. Her stories and illustrations celebrate the everyday magic of our neighbourhoods, encouraging readers to slow down, look closer, and discover beauty in the familiar. 

We now have some of Sarah's beautiful books ready to borrow from our very own library.

Agreements and Consent

Review and acknowledgement by families of our Acceptable Use Agreement for Digital Technologies, and consent for a number of items is generally collected at the commencement of each academic year. However, moving forward as per Dept guidelines, permission now only needs to be given at the beginning of the students enrolment and will last until they leave the school.

If you did not complete this last year that means we currently do not have a record of consent/non consent provided by you. Please complete by Tuesday 10th February.

If you wish to change your permission at any stage you can email the school and it can be changed.

These permissions are found in the Course Confirmation menu, select 2026 Consent and Agreements. This page will give a description of each Permission/Agreement. At the bottom of the screen select ‘NEXT’, this will then give you the 4 Permission/Agreements, answer ‘YES’ or ‘NO’ to each of these then ‘PROCEED’

Please contact the office if you have trouble completing the permissions.

Step by Step Music Program

Step By Step Music is currently taking enrolments for Drums and Guitar Lessons at Marlborough Primary for 2026. The classes are for individuals for either half an hour or 20 minutes once a week during school hours at Marlborough Primary.

Attached is an information and application form

Piano Lessons

MPS currently has Laurel Galbraith who gives private piano lessons here at school. She has some places available if you are interested for your student to begin piano lessons return the below Expression of Interest form to the school office and it will be passed onto Laurel.

Just Brass

Do you love music? Would you love to learn an instrument along with your friends? Just Brass is coming to Marlborough Primary school again this year and we are offering free lessons and use of instrument for any interested students from year 3-6. The Ringwood Salvation Army is running this fantastic project to give back to the community and share the joy of music. 

The program includes weekly lessons at school and transport to and from the Ringwood Salvation Army 49-53 Wantirna road every Friday after school. There, all students will participate in a brass band rehearsal and a tasty afternoon tea. If required, we will bus you back to school or your parents can drop into rehearsal and pick you up if they prefer.

Ask for forms at your school office. The program will commence Friday February 20th, and limited spots are still available.

For any questions regarding the program please contact, Trudy Gittins (Just Brass co-ordinator) on 0450543651 or email trudyalg@gmail.com