The Moorabbin Primary School Community touch the land and think of the Bunurong People and surrounding Clans of the Kulin Nation who cared for the land before us.

We share our gratitude to their Elders past, present and emerging. As we touch this land, we promise to treasure it, taking care of all its people, animals, plants and waterways. We at Moorabbin Primary School appreciate this land. Thank you.

Dear Parents/Carers,

Happy Chinese New Year!

It was fantastic to see Mr Fang and our LOTE leaders welcome in the new year with the annual “touch the lion” for good luck on Tuesday morning. A wonderful event that Mr Fang puts on for our community.

BABY NEWS FOR MRS TAYLA FEREN

We found out over the weekend that Mrs Tayla Feren and her husband had the arrival of their beautiful baby boy “Knox”! Mrs Feren was a couple of weeks overdue, what a lovely surprise to finally hear the great news that everyone was safe, healthy and well. We wish Mrs Feren and Knox all the best for the year ahead as she watches him go through the milestones in 2025!

STUDENT LEADERSHIP BADGES AND ASSEMBLY

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend a very warm and windy Thursday morning, where we held our first assembly. We began the assembly with Jaeden Williams. He was so engaging, charismatic and a proud member of the Boonwurrung people. He led us with a Welcome to Country and a smoking ceremony, taught us some greetings and affirmations for the land that we stand and work on.

Congratulations to our student leadership group. We look forward to the year ahead and the many responsibilities and tasks that you will complete as part of the student leadership group for our students and community. Well done to all.

MEET N’ GREET THE TEACHER

Thank you to all the families and staff for making time to meet with your child’s teacher and share crucial information about your child. Our teachers have noted how valuable and important this time was and so many positive conversations were had. The meetings are such an important part of the school home partnership to help support our understanding of each individual child as a learner of our community.

WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECKS (WWCC)

We encourage and value parental and community support at MPS. There are many ways that parents, grandparents and friends can assist at our school. We encourage all parents to obtain a Working with Children Check (WWCC) which will allow you to be very involved in your child’s education. Without one you cannot be a classroom helper or attend an excursion.

These checks are free for volunteers. Please ensure you nominate MPS as a place you volunteer. Once you have your WWCC please come to the office so we can photocopy this, and we will add your name to our list of parents who have a current WWCC.

Our parent helps program will start in Term 2, look out for timetables and a place to sign up for a helper in your child's classroom.

MOBILE PHONES AND SMART WATCHES

All students are required to turn off and hand in mobile phones and Smart watches at the office to prevent usage during school hours. Students are not to use smart watches or Smart watches where the call and messaging function can connect to the student’s phone. Devices need to be handed in to the office at the start of the day and collected at the end of the day.

NAPLAN Dates

Our NAPLAN dates at Scoresby for 2025 are:

Wednesday 13th March

Year 3 Writing

Year 5 Writing

Thursday 14th March

Year 5 Reading

Year 3 Writing

Friday 15th March

Year 3 Language Conventions

Year 5 Language Conventions

Monday 18 March

Year 3 Numeracy

Year 5 Numeracy

If you have any questions or concerns about Naplan and your child's participation, now is the time to speak with classroom teacher to discuss Naplan.

We have legal and moral obligations to contact authorities when we are worried about a child’s safety, which we follow rigorously. Our school is committed to preventing child abuse and identifying risks early and removing and reducing these risks. Our school has robust human resources and recruitment practices for all staff and volunteers.

Our school is committed to regularly training and educating our staff and volunteers on child abuse risks. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children, the cultural safety of children from a culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and to providing a safe environment for children with a disability.

We have specific policies in place for our community to view on our website and as a hard copy upon request, procedures and training in place that support our leadership team, staff and volunteers to achieve these commitments. If you believe a child is at immediate risk of abuse phone 000.

Noxia Angelides

Principal

PARENTS & FRIENDS