It’s hard to believe how quickly this term is passing! It has been a short fortnight with the Cup Day long weekend, and I hope all our families enjoyed the extra time together. While students enjoyed the Monday break, our teachers were hard at work reviewing student data and preparing end-of-year reports, an important part of reflecting on each child’s growth and achievement throughout 2025.

We are also well into our planning for 2026. On Wednesday, we hosted another whole-school Stepping Up transition morning, which gave students a taste of what’s ahead next year. It was lovely to see several of our new students joining Mitcham Primary in 2026 also able to attend.

Today, we welcomed our 2026 Prep students for a fun-filled morning of sport. It was wonderful to see such enthusiastic and energetic little people so excited about coming to school. It is also incredible to think how far our current Preps have come since February. Yesterday, they celebrated their learning with a Super Sound Celebration Day, recognising all the work they have done in phonics and word study this year. The students came dressed as something beginning with the same letter as their names and enjoyed a day filled with word and sound fun, a creative and joyful way to mark such great progress!

2026 Curriculum Contributions

Mitcham Primary School is committed to excellence through innovative educational programs to improve student outcomes, put in place to cater for the needs and interests of our students. We make every effort to keep the cost of items and activities to a minimum and affordable for all parents. We rely on your contributions to offer the enhanced learning programs and facilities that give your child opportunities beyond the traditional educational experience.

Please refer to the letter to Families regarding Parent Payment requests for 2026 sent out via Compass today and as a hard copy with your child. To make your contribution and support your school, please access Course Confirmation/Payments in Compass.

Child safety and wellbeing at Mitcham Primary School: information for families and the school community

Mitcham Primary School is committed to providing an environment where students are safe and feel safe.

Our child safety framework explains how we support and maintain child safety and wellbeing at Mitcham Primary School. It includes our:

Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy

Child Safety Reporting and Responding Obligations Procedures, and

Child Safety Code of Conduct, which outlines acceptable and unacceptable behaviours for all staff and volunteers at our school.

Our students and families are important partners in providing a child safe environment. Regular newsletter reminders are one of the ways we ensure our school community is aware of:

our commitment to child safety, and
how to provide feedback or raise child safety concerns.

If you have any concerns about child safety at any time, please reach out to me or our Assistant Principal, Bron Steele. Any child safety complaints or concerns are treated seriously. For more information about our school’s complaints process, see our Complaints Policy.

We also welcome your ideas on ways we can improve our approach to child safety and wellbeing. If you have any suggestions or comments, please contact me at erin.norman@education.vic.gov.au

Wishing everyone a restful weekend.

Erin

Mitchat

Respect, Resilience, Kindness, Love of Learning

Issue 18 · 07 Nov 2025

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