School News

District Athletics

On Tuesday 8 September, our District Athletics team competed at Bill Sewart Reserve, Nunawading. The weather was fantastic, the atmosphere was electric, and the competition was fierce! Our students showed fantastic resilience, with many students stepping up and having a go in events at short notice. Ten schools competed across our district, making the results achieved by our students even more impressive.

🏃 Our Results

• Track: 7th 
• Field: 6th 
• Overall: 8th 
• Overall placing based on school enrolment numbers: 7th 

We had three students earn ribbons, which is a fantastic achievement when competing against nine other schools.

 Oli, who placed 3rd in Long Jump.

Maria, who placed 1st in Triple Jump and 2nd in Hurdles

Bell, who place 1st in High Jump and 2nd in 100m 

💙 A HUGE Thank You to all the staff and families. Days like this are not possible without the incredible support 

Thank you also to all the parents and grandparents who came along to support their children and Marlborough Primary School

Most importantly, I want to congratulate all of our competitors. Everyone should be incredibly proud of the way they represented Marlborough. Their effort, behaviour, sportsmanship and willingness to have a go were fantastic.

Bonny Chisholm

PE specialist

Divisional Athletics

We are very excited that two of our students have qualified for Divisional Athletics, which will be held on Thursday 8 October at Bill Sewart Reserve. Both students will compete in two events.

12/13 Year Girls

• Bell: 100m and High Jump 
• Maria: Triple Jump and Hurdles 
• We wish Bell and Maria all the very best as they represent Marlborough at the next level!

Annual Music Soiree 

You are invited to Marlborough Primary School’s music soiree to be held on 

Thursday 15th Oct at 7pm in the Middle/Senior building. This is an opportunity for our students who have been learning piano and drums to showcase their achievements.

Parents, grandparents and friends are welcome to attend

Agreements and Consent

Review and acknowledgement by families of our Acceptable Use Agreement for Digital Technologies, and consent for a number of items is generally collected at the commencement of each academic year. However, moving forward as per Dept guidelines, permission now only needs to be given at the beginning of the students enrolment and will last until they leave the school.

If you did not complete this last year that means we currently do not have a record of consent/non consent provided by you. Please complete by Tuesday 10th February.

If you wish to change your permission at any stage you can email the school and it can be changed.

These permissions are found in the Course Confirmation menu, select 2026 Consent and Agreements. This page will give a description of each Permission/Agreement. At the bottom of the screen select ‘NEXT’, this will then give you the 4 Permission/Agreements, answer ‘YES’ or ‘NO’ to each of these then ‘PROCEED’

Please contact the office if you have trouble completing the permissions.

Step by Step Music Program

Step By Step Music is currently taking enrolments for Drums and Guitar Lessons at Marlborough Primary for 2026. The classes are for individuals for either half an hour or 20 minutes once a week during school hours at Marlborough Primary.

Attached is an information and application form

Piano Lessons

MPS currently has Laurel Galbraith who gives private piano lessons here at school. She has some places available if you are interested for your student to begin piano lessons return the below Expression of Interest form to the school office and it will be passed onto Laurel.

Just Brass

Do you love music? Would you love to learn an instrument along with your friends? Just Brass is coming to Marlborough Primary school again this year and we are offering free lessons and use of instrument for any interested students from year 3-6. The Ringwood Salvation Army is running this fantastic project to give back to the community and share the joy of music. 

The program includes weekly lessons at school and transport to and from the Ringwood Salvation Army 49-53 Wantirna road every Friday after school. There, all students will participate in a brass band rehearsal and a tasty afternoon tea. If required, we will bus you back to school or your parents can drop into rehearsal and pick you up if they prefer.

Ask for forms at your school office. The program will commence Friday February 20th, and limited spots are still available.

For any questions regarding the program please contact, Trudy Gittins (Just Brass co-ordinator) on 0450543651 or email trudyalg@gmail.com