Community News
Wider School Community, Local Community & Secondary Schools
Get Active Expo
Registrations are open for the Get Active Expo visit the Get Active Expo website.
It provides the Maribyrnong community with a huge range of ‘come and try’ style sessions. It’s a completely free four week program that showcases the sport, recreation and wellbeing opportunities available throughout Maribyrnong. This year’s Expo has over 200 individual sessions providing a diverse range of recreational activities for the community to enjoy. The 2025 Get Active Expo commences with the Launch Event at Footscray Park from 10am-12pm on Sunday 16th March and continues with sessions each day until Sunday 13th April. See attached flyer.
Cultural Diversity Week
Maribyrnong City Council is proud to celebrate our vibrant multicultural community during Cultural Diversity Week, 17- 23 March.
The 2025 theme, “Embrace the Journey, Shape Our Future,” invites us to reflect on our unique cultural journeys and those of others, fostering understanding, belonging, and connection.
We are thrilled to present Kiki and Zuki, a fusion of shadow puppetry and performative storytelling that captivates both children and adults. This performance beautifully embodies the theme by weaving together the emotions and experiences of migration, inspired by the artists’ own journeys of navigating life in Australia. The story follows a creature from the moon and the earthlings who communicate in different ways. Kiki and Zuki - Maribyrnong. This is just one of many exciting events taking place during Cultural Diversity Week. For a full list of events check the website Cultural Diversity Week - Maribyrnong
See attached flyers
National Playgroup Week
Join us for a fun-filled morning of play, learning, and community connection! Tuesday 18 March, Braybrook Community Hub 10-12pm
Celebrating National Playgroup Week - Maribyrnong
See attached flyer
Raising bilingual children
Monday 24 March, 7.30 – 9.00pm.This online session is suitable for parents and carers with children birth to five years of age. It will include the importance and challenges of supporting home languages for children, strategies for maintaining home languages for children attending early childhood education settings, and how they can support your child’s home language.
Raising bilingual children - Maribyrnong
What’s on for families
Sign up for our quarterly e-newsletter highlighting events for children, young people and their families. Next edition will be out in the first week of Term 2 (end of April) See attached flyer
Maribyrnong City Council Events
Check out the events page for a full program on what is coming up Events - Maribyrnong
RecWest BraybrookFree basketball class on Wednesdays, for children aged 8-12. See attached flyer
OSHClub Newsletter
LunchBox (Thursday Lunch Order)
Congratulations to all the prep students on your first weeks of school! You are so brave and confident. We are loving meeting you when you come to collect your lunch bags and your frozen juice cups. We hope you are all having a wonderful time making new friends and learning lots of new things!
To order delicious HOT food for your child-head to theluncbox.au our schools or follow the instructions below.
Have a great week,
The Lunchbox team.
Anglicare
Asthma Support
Mary Mackillop Today
Secondary School News
Emmanuel College
Mount St. Joseph Girls' College
VISIT US
Visiting our College is a great way to explore our dynamic learning spaces andexperience learning in action.
You will meet our Principal, students and staff and see why Mount St. Joseph Girls' College is the best choice for your child. Tours of the College are led by our studentambassadors. This gives visiting families the unique opportunity to ask questions andgain an honest insight into our programs and what it is like to be a student at Mount St.Joseph Girls' College. Please register for one of the following Open Events by visiting our website.
Open Mornings – 9:15am – 10:30am
Thursday 13 March
Thursday 19 June
Thursday 24 July
Thursday 07 August
Thursday 4 September
Open Day – 10am – 2pm Sunday 18 May
APPLY NOWStudents wishing to attend Mount St. Joseph Girls’ College for Year 7 in 2027 should apply in Grade 5 of their primary school education.Applications for Year 7 in 2027 are now open. Apply online via the College website. The closing date for applications is Friday 15 August 2025. For application to Years 8-12, there is no application closing date, but vacancies arelimited and waiting lists may apply.For all enquiries, please contact:
Sherri Collins: registrar@msj.vic.edu.au133 Maidstone Street, Altona(03)8398 2000 www.msj.vic.edu.au
Academy
St. Aloysius College
https://www.aloysius.vic.edu.au/enrolments/campus-tours
School Family Business
Family and Newborn Photographer Specialising in Outdoor and In-home Photography
Family and Newborn Photographer Specialising in Outdoor and In-home Photography
Maribyrnong City Coucil
Get Active Expo
Registrations are open for the Get Active Expo visit the Get Active Expo website.
It provides the Maribyrnong community with a huge range of ‘come and try’ style sessions. It’s a completely free four week program that showcases the sport, recreation and wellbeing opportunities available throughout Maribyrnong. This year’s Expo has over 200 individual sessions providing a diverse range of recreational activities for the community to enjoy. The 2025 Get Active Expo commences with the Launch Event at Footscray Park from 10am-12pm on Sunday 16th March and continues with sessions each day until Sunday 13th April. See attached flyer.
Cultural Diversity Week
Maribyrnong City Council is proud to celebrate our vibrant multicultural community during Cultural Diversity Week, 17- 23 March.
The 2025 theme, “Embrace the Journey, Shape Our Future,” invites us to reflect on our unique cultural journeys and those of others, fostering understanding, belonging, and connection.
We are thrilled to present Kiki and Zuki, a fusion of shadow puppetry and performative storytelling that captivates both children and adults. This performance beautifully embodies the theme by weaving together the emotions and experiences of migration, inspired by the artists’ own journeys of navigating life in Australia. The story follows a creature from the moon and the earthlings who communicate in different ways. Kiki and Zuki - Maribyrnong. This is just one of many exciting events taking place during Cultural Diversity Week. For a full list of events check the website Cultural Diversity Week - Maribyrnong
See attached flyers
National Playgroup Week
Join us for a fun-filled morning of play, learning, and community connection! Tuesday 18 March, Braybrook Community Hub 10-12pm
Celebrating National Playgroup Week - Maribyrnong
See attached flyer
Raising bilingual children
Monday 24 March, 7.30 – 9.00pm.This online session is suitable for parents and carers with children birth to five years of age. It will include the importance and challenges of supporting home languages for children, strategies for maintaining home languages for children attending early childhood education settings, and how they can support your child’s home language.
Raising bilingual children - Maribyrnong
What’s on for families
Sign up for our quarterly e-newsletter highlighting events for children, young people and their families. Next edition will be out in the first week of Term 2 (end of April) See attached flyer
Maribyrnong City Council Events
Check out the events page for a full program on what is coming up Events - Maribyrnong
RecWest BraybrookFree basketball class on Wednesdays, for children aged 8-12. See attached flyer