Principal's Message

Thank You Parents

In celebration of our wonderful teachers at MPRPS&K parents have been dropping in a beautiful selection of treats for morning tea. We are so grateful to be a part of such an amazing community and teachers feel very much appreciated. Thank you for all your efforts. The staffroom looked stunning.

Staff Congratulations

Congratulations to our very own Treesje

 Butterworth who has been awarded AFL teacher of the year. The award is based on the below criteria:

• Actively promotes Australian Rules Football both on and off field within the school community 
• Uses creative initiatives to encourage diverse participation in Australian Rules Football - Playing, Umpiring, Club/Brand Engagement 
• Engages with AFL schools’ products, competitions and initiatives 
• Promotes AFL values of inclusion, leadership, teamwork as endorsed by their School Principal

Congratulations to Emily Glen and Kate Molloy  will be presenting at the upcoming Victorian Maths Association conference. They will be speaking about how to improve positive dispositions for teachers and students, with a focus on bringing about whole school change as a middle leader. Much of their presentation will be centred around stories of practice from the work they have been doing here around building staff capacity to plan and deliver open-ended learning tasks and increasing staff and student engagement in Maths. 

Year 6 Graduation Tickets

We are pleased to invite families of Year 6 students to the Graduation of the Class of 2023. As previously discussed, due to our growing number of students in the cohort, we are excited to host this formal event at New Hope Baptist Church in order to allow more people to attend. Ticketing information is linked

https://www.trybooking.com/CMVGN. 

You do not need to purchase a ticket for your Year 6 child. Please note, this venue is wheelchair accessible. Seating is not allocated for this event. 

Where: New Hope Baptist Church, 3 Springfield Road, Blackburn North

When: Tuesday December 12th

Dress code: Smart casual

Time: Please read the following information for times

6:15pm  Students arrive at New Hope for photos

6.45pm  Families arrive for the Graduation ceremony and auditorium opens

7pm  Graduation ceremony begins

8:30pm  Supper with graduating students and their families including additional photo opportunities

We look forward to celebrating our Year 6 students together at this important event. 

Please contact your child’s classroom teacher for any questions regarding details of the event and contact MPRPS Reception for questions regarding ticketing.

Earn and Learn Job Interviews

A huge thank you to Karen Mok, Ebony Balaz and Deb Koh for joining Mrs Streitberger and Mr Shaw to conduct interviews for students in the Leadership Centre.  The students were applying for positions ranging from Lawyer, to Librarian to Banker to support their Earn and Learn unit. The students were amazing, all very prepared and articulate in their interviews. Miss Dawson and the 5/6 teachers are going to have a very difficult job awarding all of the positions.

Principal Conference

Ms Bennetts and Mrs Streitberger attended the Inner East state Principals Conference on Tuesday.  Although we are out of the school for the day its is an excellent opportunity to connect with colleagues from local schools and be briefed on the priorities across the state. There was a focus on developing the middle leaders in our schools, managing attendance as this has increased since COVID across all schools and investigating numeracy and literacy achievement.

Maths Morning

Today we hosted parents and carers for our school Maths Morning. Parents joined their children in class and then attended a presentation from our Mathematic leaders Emily Glen and Kate Molloy. We had well over a 70 parents stay for the presentation and give feedback on what they enjoyed/valued and what we could include in the future. We also understand that trying to get around to siblings is difficult but our Discovery and Inquiry Centres had lots of parents and the students loved sharing the games they play to reinforce the strategies they are learning in Mathematics.