Events & reminders
Important dates
School events to add to your calendar for 2025.
Mother's Day Lunch
This is a chance to celebrate and spoil the wonderful mums and guardians at PMPS.
When: Friday 9 May 2025, 12pm – 8pm
Where: The Pier, Port Melbourne
Tickets: Buy tickets online
Parents Battle of the Bands
Tickets are on sale now for the most rocking night of the year! Support our parents band, The Portals!
When: Thursday 15 May, 7pm
Where: The Prince Bandroom, St Kilda
Tickets: Buy tickets online
Term 2: 22 April – 4 July 2025
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Holidays | |
| 5 April | Melbourne Pollinator Corridor gardening session, 2-4pm Everyone welcome. |
| Week 1 | |
| 21 April | Easter Monday public holiday |
| 22 April | First day of Term 2 |
| 25 April | ANZAC Day public holiday |
| Week 2 | |
| 28 April | Assembly, 2:50pm |
| Week 3 | |
| 6 May | Mother's Day Breakfast |
| 7-8 May | Mother's Day Stall |
| 9 May | Mother's Day Lunch |
| Week 4 | |
| 12 May | Assembly, 2:50pm |
| 15 May | Parents Battle of the Bands |
| 16 May | District Cross Country |
| Week 5 | |
| 21 May | Grandparent's/Special People Day 'You Show Us' open classroom |
| 23 May | Active Travel Morning (Prep - Year 2) |
| 23 May | Berthe Mouchette French Poetry Competition |
| Week 6 | |
| 26 May | Assembly, 2:50pm |
| Week 7 | |
| 6 June | Student Free Day TeamKids vacation program available |
| Week 8 | |
| 9 June | King's Birthday public holiday |
| 12-13 June | Year 3 Camp |
| 13 June | Year 2 ScienceWorks excursion |
| 13 June | Year 5/6 AFL Gala Day |
| Week 9 | |
| 20 June | AFLW Tommy Lahiff Cup |
| 20 June | Winter Solstice |
| Week 10 | |
| 23 June | Assembly, 2:50pm |
| 27 June | AFL Tommy Lahiff Cup |
| Week 11 | |
| 2 July | Bastille Day celebrations |
| 3 July | Reports available |
| 4 July | P-2 Athletics Carniva |
| 4 July | Term 2 ends 2:30pm Happy Holidays! |
Neighbourhood watch
If you're near school during the Easter holidays and see anyone climbing on the roofs, shade cloths, or damaging school property, please report it to the police. There have been incidents of risky behaviour and vandalism caught on CCTV outside of school hours.
We greatly appreciate your help in keeping our school safe and secure. Thank you!
Furniture sale
We have multiple round tables with adjustable legs for sale. They're great for kids, collaborative activities, crafts, homework, dining. Tables are $15 each, or discounted for bulk buy.
- Diameter: 1200mm
- Adjustable height: 550mm – 750mm
Check out our Facebook Marketplace page or email us at port.melbourne.ps@education.vic.gov.au .
Assemblies
In Term 2, assemblies will be held every second week, except for Week 8 (King's Birthday) at 2:50pm:
- 28 April
- 12 May
- 26 May
- 23 June.
Student free days
Our staff planning and report writing days are booked in for the year. Students are not required to attend school on the following days:
- Term 2: Friday 6 June
- Term 4: Friday 21 November and Monday 8 December
You can book into the TeamKids vacation care program on this day.
Camps
- Year 3 – Mt Evelyn, 12-13 June 2025
- Year 4 – Camp Jungai, 27-29 October 2025
- Year 5 – Marysville, 1-3 September 2025.
Dress up days
- Term 2: Bastille Day – last week of Term 2
- Term 3: Book Week – late August
- Term 4: Arts Day – Tuesday 11 November
Year 6 Graduation
Year 6 families, come and celebrate your child graduating on Thursday 11 December.
Socials
Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for a glimpse of what's happening at school.
Thank you to Cheyne Fox and WHITEFOX Real Estate – our major sponsor.