Merri-bek Primary School

We are proud to share some of the important work we’ve been doing at Merri-bek Primary School with Bank First, deepening our understanding of Acknowledgement of Country and, importantly, the meaning and responsibility that sits behind the words.

This work is about moving beyond acknowledgement as a statement or routine. It is about listening, learning and building genuine understanding, respect and connection to Country.

A powerful learning experience for our staff and students, and another important step in our ongoing commitment to reconciliation, inclusion and belonging.

Acknowledgement of Country: https://youtu.be/LtLUMpIZ7Zw
Behind the Acknowledgement: https://youtu.be/hwZYvkbNp4g

Behind the Acknowledgement Bank First are proud to support those who make a difference in our ...

🏃‍♀️ What an incredible afternoon at the Monty the Monster Fun Run! 🎉

Thank you to every student, family, and community member who came out and joined the fun.

Your energy was amazing, and together we raised fantastic funds for our new school mural project! 🎨

A huge shout out to our wonderful parents and teachers who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make this event possible. From planning to setup to cleanup, your dedication means the world to our school community. ❤️

Happy Principals Day! 🎉🌟

Today is an important time for us all to recognise the exceptional leaders at the heart of our school. 👏

Principals are more than educators: they are community builders, mentors, steady guides, and advocates for every child’s wellbeing and success. 🌈✨ Today, we celebrate the dedication, care and leadership shown every day, guided by our school values of resilience, responsibility, and respect.

With heartfelt gratitude, we’d like to acknowledge our wonderful principal and assistant principals:
Maria (Principal)
Bianca (Assistant Principal)
Joe (Assistant Principal)

🎉✨ What a brilliant day of learning! Yesterday, our Grade 1/2 and Grade 3/4 students visited each other’s classrooms to share their final projects for their inquiry units. 🏫💛

📚🇦🇺 Grade 3/4 students created presentations on the iPads about Australian History and shared their knowledge with confidence.
🪲🖼️ Grade 1/2 students showed off their minibeast posters and dioramas, explaining all their amazing facts and ideas!

This was such a great opportunity to build connections across the school while practising key skills like communication, collaboration, confidence, presenting, and learning from each other. 🌟🤝

❄️ Wishing everyone a great winter school holidays! Enjoy a well earned break!

What a blast at the Kaboom Kid Sports Event! 🟥🟨🟩🟦

Our Annual Sports Event on Wednesday 10 June (2:00–3:30 PM) was a fun-filled afternoon for students and families, full of laughter, friendly competition between our House teams, and great community spirit. Thank you to everyone who came along and made it so special! 👟🏅🤸‍♀️

Having lunch with our principal, Maria! 🍽️😊

What a wonderful chance for students to share their ideas, celebrate their school experiences, and build strong relationships with Maria. She’s excited to listen, encourage student voice, and support our school community. 💬🤝🌟

Walk Safely to School Day🚶‍♀️🚲🛴

What a wonderful morning! Today our students joined schools across Australia for National Walk Safely to School Day by walking, wheeling and scooting to school to build healthy habits, practise road safety and reduce traffic around our gates.

Highlights
- Healthy breakfast: 🍎🍌 fresh fruit was provided for students on arrival.
- Great participation: 👟 many children walked, rode or scooted to school.
- Safety first: 🛑👀 students practised Stop, Look, Listen and Think, younger children were supervised and held hands when crossing. 🤝

How families can keep this going
- Walk with your child where possible. 🚶‍♂️
- Supervise children under 10 and hold their hand when crossing. 🧒🤝
- Make it a routine - regular walking or scooting boosts health, focus and safer school zones. 💪🧠

Thank you to all families and staff who helped make today safe and successful, we loved seeing so many active, smiling students! 😄

Last Friday our Grade 1/2s had a fantastic hands‑on Minibeast Incursion 🐞🦋. Our students explored live minibeasts (butterflies, stick insects, crickets and more), rotated through activity stations to study life cycles and habitats, used microscopes 🔬 to examine specimens, and safely handled and fed critters under the presenters’ guidance 🤝.

This experience links directly to our Inquiry focus on minibeasts and to non‑fiction writing in Literacy ✍️. Our students observed features, adaptations, habitats and food chains 🌱➡️🐛➡️🐦 during the incursion and will use those real examples to write reports, information texts and labelled diagrams back in class 📚.

Huge thanks to the Minibeast Incursions team for an engaging, curriculum‑aligned visit that will inspire our scientists and writers for weeks to come! 🙏👏

🎶 Principals and music leaders champion music education for our students 🎶

Our Principal, Maria Giordano, represented Victorian school leaders at a reception at Admiralty House this week and took part today in a national round table with principals, music educators and representatives from across Australia to promote formal music education in every government primary school.

This work matters for our students because quality music programs:
- Develop confidence, creativity and communication skills 🎤
- Improve concentration, memory and literacy foundations 🧠📚
- Support social-emotional wellbeing and teamwork 🤝❤️
- Provide equitable access to cultural and artistic learning 🎵🌍

We thank the Governor‑General, the Hon. Ms Sam Mostyn AC Patron of Alberts Music Education for hosting the reception and supporting this important initiative. The round table focused on the key supports, barriers and needs to ensure every government school student can benefit from music education. 🎓🎹

💛 ☕️ JOIN US for the Biggest Morning Tea to support people affected by cancer 💛 ☕️

When: Tuesday 9 June, 11:15am–12:00pm
Where: Merri-bek Primary School
Bring: a plate to share

By coming together we help fund the Cancer Council’s research, support services, prevention programs and family assistance.

Can’t attend? Donate online or use the donation box/QR at school. More details: https://www.biggestmorningtea.com.au/s/78217/159268/e

Every contribution helps — thank you for your support.

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