Principal's Report

This week, students in Year 3/4 participated in two virtual sessions with authors Jacqueline Harvey and Andy Griffiths. There is no doubt that these events can provide a great inspiration to our budding writers and with the Mount Beauty Writing Festival just around the corner, we are excited to see their story ideas develop!

Today, students in Year 6 spent some time helping Landcare in the planting of trees at Pebble Beach.  In addition to helping our environment, watching these trees grow over time will also provide our students with an additional connection to this special area.

 Jump Rope for Heart Jump Off  Postponed! Due to the forecasted wet weather, our planned jump off will now be held next week.Congratulations to all students on their participation in skipping this term.  In addition to their efforts in PE, it has been great to see so many students choosing to practice and develop their skills during recess and lunchtime breaks and having so much fun with it.  Thank you also for your efforts and support in fundraising for the Heart Foundation.  Subject to weather conditions, families are invited to join us next Thursday, at 2.30pm, for a display of student skipping. This will be confirmed next week, via Compass.

As advised earlier this week, families can now complete the annual Parent Opinion Survey, offered by the Department of Education.   The data provided by the survey will assist us to identify areas for improvement and inform our school planning and improvement strategies.  For information on how to access and complete the survey, please refer to the Compass notification sent out on Monday.

We are currently seeking CASUAL STAFF to work in the OSHC Before, After School and Vacation Care programs.  Successful applicants will hold a CERT III or Diploma in School Age Education and Care or Early Childhood Education and Care, have a current Working with Children Check, First Aid and Driving Licence.  Please contact the school for further information or apply in writing to mount.beauty.ps@education.vic.gov.au

Prep Enrolments for 2026 are now due.  If you know of someone who is intending to enrol their child for Prep in 2026, please ask them to contact us for an enrolment form. School tours are available on request and every Friday afternoon, from 2.30pm, Kinder-aged children are invited to join us for Friday Friends- developmental play in the P-1 classroom.

We are thrilled to announce that this year our school will have three teams in the

Joey Hoppet!  Many thanks to Steph for her coordination of the teams and to all participating families for their support.  We hope you have lots of fun and look forward to hearing all about it on Monday!

HOPPET HIRE FOR LOCAL FAMILIES Mount Beauty Secondary College is hiring cross country equipment to local families for the Hoppet. The ski room (next to Tailrace Road) will be open from 3.30-5.00pm for ski hire. Equipment needs to be paid for on pickup and returned to the ski room on Monday 25th (after the Hoppet), before school. Weekend hire costs $33.00