Thank You

Thank you to all of our students, families and staff for a rich and rewarding year at Mount View Primary School. We have much to be proud of and I am grateful to each of you for the contribution you have made to our success. Our students have worked hard and have made impressive learning growth throughout the year. I have enjoyed watching them make friends, do their best and continue to strive to do their best. Thank you to our families for your support, words of encouragement and help with all of the different school events and activities. Your contribution has an impact on the learning experiences for our students and the community. I want to extend my sincere gratitude to our teachers and support staff for their professionalism and commitment to the learning and wellbeing of each student in the school. They work tirelessly to provide the best education to your children. Thank you.

Farewell to our Year 6 students

Congratulations to our Year 6 students who attended their graduation ceremony at Karralyka in Ringwood on Tuesday. We celebrated their learning and achievement throughout their time at Mount View. I am incredibly proud of the way they have led the school this year, as thinkers, inquirers and communicators. They have shown that they are principled and reflective and have made significant contributions to our school. We officially bid them farewell at our special whole school assembly yesterday and we wish them well as they head off to secondary school. I know that they will continue to represent Mount View with pride wherever they go.

Food for Families

A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to the Food For Families program.Your generosity ensured that we filled 35 boxes which will now be shared with families in need. Food For Families | Food Donations | Feed a Family in Crisis

Staffing

At this time of the year, we say farewell to some of our staff who have accepted positions and promotions to other schools. I extend my appreciation to the following staff members for their contribution to Mount View Primary School:

Amnah Asad

Lucy Cliffe

Billy Curtis

Chloe Easton

Gudrun Evans

Naomi Howel

Meggie Lecudennec

Jackie Mitchelll

Thu Pham

Laura Wallace

Alison Mclaren

Shereese Sack

I also extend a warm welcome to to the following staff who are returning to Mount View or joining the team in 2025:

Chanya Amarasinghe

Caroline Barron

Frances Braithwaite

Manira Chandrasekhar

Emily Fletcher

Christabelle Toohey

Aimee Williams

Classrooms in 2025

Families will receive an email in the week commencing 20 January that introduces your child’s teaching team, classroom location and line up area. This will support your children to have a positive start to the school year.

2025 Dates

Term 1

The first day of school for students in Year 1- 6 is Thursday 30 January.

The first day of school for prep students is Thursday 6 February.

Last day of term is Friday 4 April

Term 2

First day of Term is Tuesday 22 April

Last day of term is Friday 4 July

Pupil free day Monday 26 May

Term 3

First day of Term is Monday 21 July

Last day of term is Friday 19 September

Pupil free day Friday 1 August

Term 4

First day of Term is Monday 6 October

Last day of term is Friday 19 December

Pupil free day Monday 3 November

Celebrating our students

A big congratulations to Carey, Jana, Clayton and Ritul on receiving their Super Speak Achievement Awards.

Carey and Jana received the achievement trophy, which is presented to students who have completed 2.5 years of Public Speaking & Communication Skills training at Super Speak (equivalent to 100 hours) and presented 15 formal solo speeches.

Clayton and Ritul received the Honor Trophy, which is presented to students who have completed 4 years of Public Speaking & Communication Skills training at Super Speak (equivalent to 160 hours) and presented 24 formal solo speeches.

Congratulations to these students!

A special congratulations to the Mount View students who represented our school at the annual NEVR workshop at Blackburn High School. This three day event concluded with a special concert to celebrate their talents and collaboration. Thank you to Jack Lam for continuing to encourage our students to perform and for conducting one of the orchestras throughout the workshop and event program.

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