Principal's Report 

 We, at Miners Rest Primary School, would like to acknowledge the Wadawurrung people of the Kulin Nation.

We pay our respects and thank the Wadawurrung people. May we share your land. We promise to look after it, as well as the animals and people too.

We want our Parents and Carers to tell us what they think!

Our school is conducting the annual Parent / Carer Opinion Survey offered by the Department of Education and is seeking your feedback. The survey is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of families’ perceptions of school climate, student behavior, and student engagement. The survey is optional, but we encourage and appreciate your participation.

Our school will use the survey results to assist in identifying areas for improvement and professional development needs in the school, to target school planning and improvement strategies. 

The Parent / Carer Opinion Survey will be open online from Monday 17 August to Friday 18 September 2026.

All families are invited to participate in the survey. 

The survey will be conducted online, only takes 20 minutes to complete, and can be accessed at any convenient time on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones.

The online survey will be available in English and 10 other languages including Arabic, Greek, Hakha Chin, Hindi, Japanese, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Turkish, and Vietnamese. Resources are also available in additional languages to assist parents / carers who speak a language other than English at home. Please reach out to your child’s teacher, or the school directly for survey guides in your language.

Please speak to your child’s teacher if you would like more information.

School Council Community Meeting

The Miners Rest Primary School School Council Community Meeting is being held on Monday September 7 at 7:00 pm.

This is an open meeting held at our school for any of our school community to attend - we look forward to welcoming any interested parents/caregivers/guardians.

What's next?

As we enjoy Science Week and Bullying No Way Week this week, we also look forward to...

Book Week

Family Maths Night

Tony Bones - Books to Life Incursion

Write a Book in a Day

Father's Day Stall

Colour Run

ICAN Expo

Student Led Conferences

Walk to School Day

Footy Colours Day

Book Week Celebrations

Please note, due to Book Week celebrations our Assembly scheduled for Friday August 28 will be cancelled to accommodate the Parade and Open Afternoon.

Lots to look forward to over the coming weeks,

Kylie Nissen.