Principal's Report
Blackburn Primary School
I share some remarkable news: our school has been ranked among the Top 50 Government Primary Schools out of 1,224 across the state.
This is a testament to the consistent, collective effort of our teaching staff and students. In an educational landscape that is increasingly complex and competitive, to be recognised in the top 4% of government schools is no small feat. What a testament to everything that happens in our school - leadership, admin, teaching staff, students and community!
The article or it can be found here - https://www.heraldsun.com.au/victoria-education/schools-hub/the-100-schools-offering-the-best-primary-education-in-the-state/news-story/9953183531ffbaa78e04c2871436d909?giftid=vMANQzc9mV
Breakfast Club
I am please to inform you that we have been chosen to operate a school breakfast club as part of the state government program. Lisa, Marianne and I met with the Foodbank representative as part of our induction. We will now work with establishing a volunteer group to support and run the program. Watch out for more information coming soon.
Mid-Year Soiree - Thursday 12th June - 6.00pm
Our next exciting event is the Mid-Year Soiree held on Thursday 12th June. The soiree begins at 6:00pm in the Gym. I encourage all families to support our band program, our Friends of the Band have arranged an amazing raffle and a great auction on the night
Performers will include our:
- Training Band
- Concert Band
- Symphonic Band
- Guitar Ensembles
- Choir
We're very much looking forward to seeing as many people in the audience as possible!
REPORTS AND PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS
Teachers have been working incredibly hard over the last few weeks writing and finalising Semester 1 reports for our students. Reports will be made live on 23rd June with Parent Teacher Interviews taking place on 26th and 30th June. If those dates and times differ for your child's class you will have already been made aware of this change. Please do take the opportunity to visit with your child's class teacher during this time to have one of those incredibly important conversations about teaching and learning.
OPEN NIGHT
An amazing open night again at BPS last Thursday evening. It's always a lot of fun seeing the children exploring the school and spending time in other classrooms and ticking off the activities on their passports. Thank you to Theircare for donating the hampers and footy tickets that we raffled off at the end of the night.
I also enjoyed seeing so many families joining us for the night and thank you to the crew of parents running the sausage sizzle.
2026 Enrolments
We are excited to be able to accept enrolments for 2026 students. Applications for Prep enrolments are done via the website - VicStudents.
For new enrolments:
- Visit https://students.educationapps.vic.gov.au/s/ to create an account and complete the online application form by Friday 25th July 2025.
Please contact us via 9878 1483 or blackburn.ps@education.vic.gov.au. We are here to help and support you in submitting your application for our wonderful school. We look forward to your application and we look forward to you joining our school community.
