Open Afternoon

Next Wednesday 20th March at 2:40pm we are welcoming our families into classrooms to see what learning has been happening in Term 1, and for our students to celebrate all they have achieved so far. Our specialist teachers will also be showcasing work so that families can also see what has been happening in their programs. We look forward to welcoming you all next week.

School Council 2024

Our 2024 School Council met for the first time last week. We welcomed our new council members- Alison, Gurdeesh, Fiona, Peter and Binara and Stephanie Pollard, and our returning members, Vicki, Claire, James, Casey and myself. Vicki has been nominated as our School Council President for 2024. Thank you Vicki for taking on the President role for our community.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank those members whose tenure has finished - Melanie, Matthew, Jodi and Julie. The MVPS community appreciates your time and dedication over the years to the school council and subcommittees, and for the impact you have had in improving MVPS!

Sub Committees

School Councils form subcommittees to assist the Council in performing their duties and functions. Subcommittees are advisory bodies to the school council:
● they assist council with performing their duties and functions, and
● are generally established to support school council in specific areas.
Subcommittee membership is open to non-school-council members:
● providing the opportunity for the school community to be involved in school council matters.
The School Council:
● decides the purpose and terms of reference of a subcommittee
● has the final responsibility for decisions.
Subcommittees cannot make decisions on behalf of the School Council.
We are inviting members of our school community to consider joining the following subcommittees:
- Facilities
- Curriculum, Policy and Wellbeing
- Publicity, Marketing and Community
Please email or contact the office to let us know you are interested in joining a committee.

Partnership with Coles Chadstone

Last week I was extremely proud to represent MVPS, along with our students: Evan, Archie, Poppy, Tess, Edward, Ashan, Tehan, Ellie, Kara and Phillip at the launch of the new Coles Chadstone. MVPS has been selected by Coles Chadstone to have an ongoing partnership. They have also donated $3000 towards our Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden program.

Please keep your eyes peeled on Compass for some very exciting information on our Kitchen Garden developments!

Jump on your bike for Ride2School Day!

We’re celebrating Ride2School Day on Wednesday 28th March with bike tune-ups and Tag-On prizes.

Pedal Power Garage are coming to MVPS to tune up our bikes so we can get riding to school more often! Riding is fun, great for our health and helps to create a safer environment around the school for everyone by reducing car-traffic. We’re encouraging all our families and teachers to take part in the fun by riding to school and bringing their bikes to the sports shed from 8am for a service.

We are also awarding prizes to the students who have tagged on the most trips by bike this year. Make sure you keep using the TagOn kiosks to stay in the running!

Term 1 - Week 6

Prep D - Philip L
Prep S - Kenil H
1/2C - Bella S
1/2R - Madeleine V
1/2T - Luca M
3/4J - Leah G
3/4P - Audrey F
3/4S - Alex K
5/6M - Michael Z
5/6P - Maya F
5/6S - Leia S

Specialist Students of the Month - February

PE Junior - Max C
PE Senior - Tiffany P
Greek Junior - Henry S
Greek Senior - Kate B
Visual Arts Junior - Reinhardt C
Visual Arts Senior - Nikash V
Performing Arts Junior - Madeleine V
Performing Arts Senior - Maya F and Edward H

Late Orders for individual photos will be accepted until 15th March. Follow instructions.

Sibling photos will be taken on Tuesday 19th March from 12pm. Any students who were absent on the 5th March photo day can have their portrait taken on this day. No group photos will be taken. All orders for Sibling photos are now closed. If you would like to make a late order for sibling photos, you will need to contact Advanced Life on (03) 9852 1133.

We are extremely lucky to regularly receive lovely new books in our school library. So, we are seeking a number of volunteers to help with book covering, the more volunteers the lighter the load. Before you get worried about your covering skills, we use quality contact that makes the task easy and can even be repositioned!
This is one of the only volunteer jobs that can be done at home and at your own pace. If you are interested, a box of books can be arranged to be collected from the office. The box comes with covering materials, all you need from home is a pair of scissors. When they have been covered, simply return them to the office. If you would like to be added to our book covering roster, please let the office know.

Thank you
Jo Alfano