School Leaders

Celebration of Learning Day

We encourage all current families to join us on Wednesday 15th May from 2:40pm to 5:00pm as we celebrate our students' learning and achievements.  We will be opening up the learning spaces and giving our parents an opportunity to walk through the school and participate in a lesson with your child.  This will be followed by a community BBQ and cake stall, with some fun activities like face painting, student musical performances, activities and games on the forecourt. 

To make this event a huge success – WE NEED YOU!  Our community support, donations and volunteer help is desperately needed, so please get involved, however you can – big or small!

If you can help or donate - please fill out the VOLUNTEER SURVEY here. 

We also need VOLUNTEER HELPERS for the Sausage Sizzle and Cake Stall between 1pm to 5pm: Set up, Cooks, food servers and cashiers. If you can help for even just 30 minutes, please register via the link provided. You’re welcome to volunteer for more than one time-slot or to help set up or pack up – the more help we have, the less work for each person to do!  If you have any queries, or can help in any way possible, please email faf@smps.vic.edu.au and we’ll be in touch.  We can guide you through how easy it is to get involved and support our school community. 

If you can donate any of the below items, please drop them off to the office as soon as possible – please get involved and see how easy it is to support our wonderful school.

• Pre-cut bags of sliced onions - about 4-5kg
• Do you own a bakery or know someone that does?  Are you willing to ask our local bakery for their support?  We need about 30 loaves of sliced bread!
• Cans of soft drinks and small bottles of water – anyone have a Costco membership that is willing to help with purchasing these or donate a slab or two from the supermarket?
• Vegetarian sausages - we need Woolworths Vege Sausages - donate a pack or two?
• Large Eskies for us to borrow (to store uncooked food in)
• Foil trays for cooked meat – donate a pack or 2?
• Serviettes – donate a pack or 2?
• Disposable food handling gloves – donate a box
• Do you have a Gazebo that you would be willing to lend the school, we need 2?

Thank you for your support

CoL Event Team

Open Day for 2025 Enrolments

Along with our Celebration of Learning, members of the wider community and prospective families seeking to enrol their children at SMPS will be invited to attend the School's official Open Day. This is a significant event for the School as we showcase our wonderful teachers, students and programs for prospective families. 

If you know of any family who is looking for a great school for their child, please encourage them to register their details for the event via the link on our website: register here. 

Important Health Information:

Monash Health Southeast Public Health Unit has been notified of several outbreaks of whooping cough (pertussis) in schools within our surrounding area. The majority of cases are within the 10- to 14-year-old age group.

What is whooping cough (pertussis)?

• Whooping cough is a very contagious respiratory infection caused by the bacterium Bordetella Pertussis. 
• The major symptom of whooping cough is the characteristic cough which is often followed by a ‘whooping’ sound (which is not always obvious) when breathing in. Cold like symptoms often precede the cough, and vomiting after coughing is common.
• Whooping cough is spread by airborne droplets (when the infected person coughs or sneezes). A person is infectious for the first 21 days of their cough or until they have completed an appropriate course of antibiotics. However, the cough may persist for up to 3 months, despite antibiotic treatment.

Is whooping cough preventable?

• Whooping cough is a vaccine-preventable disease, and the vaccine is provided at no cost under the National Immunisation Program (NIP). Under the NIP, vaccination is recommended for children at 2,4,6, and 18 months and 4 years of age. Adolescents in Year 7 (or age equivalent) are also eligible for a booster.
• Adults who have not had a dose in the last 10 years are recommended to have boosters. Routine boosters are recommended for certain adult cohorts and includes women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, healthcare workers, earlier childhood educators and carer and people in close contact with infants.
• Pertussis-containing vaccines protect against severe and typical pertussis. Immunity after receiving a pertussis-containing vaccine does wane over time.
• It is important for individuals to keep up to date with their vaccinations, including boosters.

What should schools do if there are reported cases of whooping cough among students and staff?

• As per the Public Health and Wellbeing Regulations, the minimum period of exclusion from primary schools for children diagnosed with whooping cough is 21 days after the onset of cough or until they have completed 5 days of a course of antibiotic treatment.
• Contacts aged less than 7 years in the same classroom as the case who have not received three doses of pertussis vaccine should be excluded for 14 days after the last exposure to the infectious case, or until they have taken 5 days of a course of effective antibiotic treatment.

Please advise the Office staff and your class teacher in writing or by calling the office if your child has been diagnosed with Whooping Cough and keep them home for the exclusion period advised above.