General Office

Office: 8:15 am - 4:45 pm

Telephone: 9370 6875 / 9375 1197

FAX: 9370 1909

Sandra Monaghan Business Manager

Sharyn Reinke Administration Officer

Maxwell Abbott Administration Trainee

Connecting with us

Email:

moonee.ponds.west.ps@education.vic.gov.au

Website:

www.mooneewestps.vic.edu.au

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Mpwps/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/mpwpsofficial?lang=en

Leadership Team

Principal

Jarrod Sutton

Assistant Principal

Anna Gbikpi-Benissan

Business Operations Manager

Sandra Monaghan

Student Absences

If your child is absent from school (including illness and appointment), it is necessary to inform the school. This can be done via the COMPASS parent portal and the school absence telephone line.

If your child is sick it is advisable to not send your child to school. Continual absence may require a medical certificate.

2026 Term Dates

Term 1: Tuesday 27th January - Thursday 2nd April (school finish time 2:30pm)

Thursday 29th January Commences for Years 1-6
Testing for Foundation students until Monday 2nd February
Tuesday 3rd February school commences for Foundation Students

#Please note that Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th January are Curriculum Days.

Term 2: Monday 20th April to Friday 26th June

(school finish time 2:30pm)

Term 3: Monday 13th July to Friday 18th September (school finish time 2:30pm)

Term 4: Monday 5th October to Friday 18th December (early finish time 1.30pm)

CURRICULUM DAYS 2026

Term 1: Tuesday 27th January and Wednesday 28th January

Term 2: Friday 22nd May

Term 3: Friday 31st July

Term 4: Monday 2nd November

School Hours

The school day is arranged so that students can have a maximised learning time balanced with active outside activity.

Our school hours are:

8.50am - 3.30pm

The general school day is organised into the following sessions:-

8:50am - 9:00am teachers and students prepare for the day.

9:00am - 11:00am 1st session

11:10am - 12.00pm Lunch

12.00pm - 2.00pm 2nd session

2.00pm - 2:30pm Recess

2:30pm - 3:30pm 3rd session

3.30pm - Dismissal

School Dismissal Process

Are you picking up your child early?

Moonee Ponds West Primary School Early

Dismissal Process

This process is designed to avoid interruption to our student learning.

Parent/Carer Informs Classroom Teacher

And/or The General Office

(via COMPASS, note, verbal, or email)

Collection For Early Dismissal Can Not Be During the Following times:

Lunch: 11.10am -12.00pm

Recess: 2.00pm– 2.30pm

Student Comes To The General Office and is

Electronically Signed Out

(due to Child Safe requirements no classroom pickup)

Student Is Dismissed Into The Care Of The

Parent Or Designated Adult.

Before and After School Care

At MPW before and after school care is provided by Camp Australia. The service operates 7.00 - 8.45 am in the morning and 3.30 to 6.30 pm afternoons. Camp Australia can be contacted on 1300 105 343.

To enrol your child please go to www.campaustralia.com.au

Lunch Orders

Lunch Orders at MPW are supplied by Darling St Espresso. Lunch orders are currently available Wednesday to Friday. The lunch order menu is available from the Office or our website. https://www.mooneewestps.vic.edu.au/page/227/Lunch-Orders

School Uniform

School Uniform is available from Lowes at Westfield Shopping Centre, Airport West or online at http://www.lowes.com.au/campuscategories.aspx?depid=764. We also have a supply of pre loved uniform available for purchase from the Administration Office.

Lost Property

We have a significant amount of unnamed clothing regularly donated to charity. You can reduce this by:

Labelling everything that comes to school (a simple sharpie does the trick).

Thank you to all those that are already in the habit of labelling and checking lost property (located in the gym). It makes our volunteers job much easier.

School uniforms tend to be well labelled and easy to return. A quick reminder that pre-loved uniforms can be be purchased from the office.

Top offenders in lost property are:

- casual clothing, particularly larger sizes

- hats

- drink bottles

- lunch boxes

Please consider the drain on our resources every time these items are replaced. Label and check regularly.

When is unnamed lost property cleared and donated to charity?

Last Friday of every month

Where is lost property?

In the Gym on the right hand side, as you walk in.

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