Cross Country

This week, the Senior Cross Country event took place on Thursday. Each student showed incredible determination throughout the day, giving their best effort and encouraging one another along the course. The races were filled with energy, resilience, and a strong sense of camaraderie and house spirit.

Congratulations to the 60 students who go onto District later in May.

Our juniors also took part in a short course cross country event, where they demonstrated great enthusiasm. Despite the shorter distance, the race gave them an introduction to house spirit and cross country. Look at these smiles!!

A special thank you goes to David Kight, our new PE teacher, who successfully organised and led such a major event in just week two of his new role. His enthusiasm and dedication were evident in every aspect of the day. We also extend our sincere thanks to all the teachers and parents who cheered, manned street corners, ran with students and supported the event in their various roles, helping to ensure everything ran smoothly and safely. As always, all csupport was greatly appreciated and played a vital part in the event’s success.

Let's Talk

The “Let’s Talk” program at Mount Pleasant Road Primary School is a student wellbeing and mental health initiative designed to help kids feel safe talking about their thoughts, worries, and emotions. The whole program is built around something important: if students feel safe to talk early, small worries don’t turn into bigger problems.This week our 5/6 students showcased the program through an after school performance. Weeks of coaching and rehearsals went into creating a powerful performance promoting psychological safety in our school. A shout out to Kate Tyson fot her leadership of this performance.

2027 Enrolments at MPRPS

Kindergarten Enrolments

Mt Pleasant Kindergarten offers 3YO and 4YO Funded Kindergarten programs.

Please book a tour or a Stay and Play time at our Open Day on May 23rd, 2026.

All enrolments are placed through Whitehorse Pre School Association.

You can apply to enrol your child in Foundation (Prep) in 2027 from Monday 20 April 2026.

Here at Mount Pleasant Road Primary School, we use the Department of Education’s secure digital enrolment system called Vic Students. This means you can submit your Foundation (Prep) application online and receive updates through the system. If you have any questions about the online enrolment process, please contact Louise in our office.

Paper enrolment application forms are also available on request. Submit an enrolment application by Friday 31 July 2026.

Applications for Year 7 open from Monday 20 April 2026.

Victorian government primary schools manage the Year 7 placement process for their Year 6 students in accordance with the timeline. At the start of Term 2, we will distribute information packs to parents and carers.

AEU Strike Action

As part of the campaign, AEU members will be taking further industrial action, including half-day stopworks on a rolling, region-by-region basis. This means each school will be affected once. We understand this can cause disruption for students and families. Staff are taking this action because they care deeply about public education and want to see our schools properly funded, and to receive fair pay and conditions, all of which are critical to a prosperous future for Victoria’s public school students.

Union members at our school will stop work for half a day on June10th.

Portable removal

This week, we had the portable removed off the oval, which was an exciting milestone for our school. It was a great sight to see the space opened up again. New soil has been laid and fresh seed planted, marking the beginning of the oval’s restoration. We look forward to watching the area gro

Special Persons Stall

Our Mother's & Special Persons Day stalls will be held next week.

Kinder stalls will run Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th May 9am - 10am ($2 per child).

The school stall will be held on Friday 8th May 9am-12pm, with gifts ranging from $1 - $5.

We need some help running the stalls, so if you can spare an hour or two, it would be greatly appreciated! 😃

If you are free to help out, please sign up at: https://volunteersignup.org/CL8T3

A valid WWCC is essential to volunteer on the day.

Thanks to parent Jo who co ordinated the event this year.

Save the Date- Education Week

Join us for our 2026 Education Week Open Mornings at Mount Pleasant Road Primary School. Visit our Junior School on Tuesday, May 19th at 9am to see phonics in action, where your child will be actively engaged and demonstrating their learning through whiteboard routines. On Wednesday, May 20th at 9am, explore our Senior School and observe students participating in novel-based text study, analysing characters, exploring themes, and engaging in thoughtful discussions that deepen their understanding.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Claudia

IMPORTANT DATES - TERM 2

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6th May 7th May	Mothers & Special Persons Stall ( Kinder ) 9am to 10am
8th May	Mothers & Special Persons Stall ( School ) 9am to 12pm
19th May	Junior School Open Morning
20th May	Senior School Open Morning
23rd May	School and Kinder Open Morning
23rd May	Working Bee

Important Dates