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News & Events 2023
60th Anniversary
We're excited to host our Trivia Night fundraiser in conjunction with our 60th Anniversary. This event is not only a great opportunity to socialize and compete with friends, but it also benefits our local school's sports facilities. So come out and test your knowledge on a variety of subjects while giving back to the community!
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Chesterfield Farm
Foundation students have been learning all about animals and their features and needs as part of their Science topic this term. Yesterday, the students were able to apply this learning during their excursion to Chesterfield Farm. The students had hands on experiences in seeing fun demonstrations on how to care for animals, as well as having a go at feeding them. It was a wonderful day of fun and interactive learning!
17/10/2023
Mont de Lancey
The Grade 3/4s went to Mont De Lancey to learn about what life was like in the early 1900s. The students enjoyed dressing up in clothes from the time. They got to see what a house would have looked like and what machines were used and how a blacksmith and woodturner worked and experienced what school was like.
10/10/2023
My FRIENDS Youth - Hawks
For ten weeks this term the Hawthorn Football Club are running their Hawks FRIENDS program with all of the Grade 5 & 6 students. The Hawks FRIENDS program is a suite of Australian-developed, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) based programs designed to build life-long resilience in individuals, families, schools and communities. The social and emotional skills promoted in the FRIENDS program have been endorsed by the World Health Organisation as the best practice for the prevention and treatment of anxiety and depression.
06/10/2023
Meet Jeff & Possum
In Foundation this term, we will be investigating How the World Works. We will be exploring how animals meet their basic needs in order to survive. To help us with our learning, we are so excited to have 2 Guinea Pigs - Jeff and Possum! Jeff and Possum will be with our grade for the first 4 weeks of term, allowing us to go deeper with our understanding and apply our learning about an animal’s needs.
05/10/2023
Savoury Cheese Muffins
Muffins are absolutely delicious and can be sweet or savoury. We made Savoury Cheese Muffins - YUM! Maybe over the holidays the children in your family could try these or adapt the recipe to create something new.
08/09/2023
ThinkUKnow
We will be hosting a ThinkUKnow presentation on Wednesday 4 October at 7pm for all parents, carers and teachers. ThinkUKnow Australia, is an evidence based education program delivered nationally to prevent online child sexual exploitation.
The presentation will be delivered by a local law enforcement member and an industry volunteer. The presentation is pro-technology and addresses topics including self-generated child abuse material, online grooming, sexual extortion, and importantly encourages help seeking behaviour.
07/09/2023
New Playground
We did it!
We have raised enough money to build our new playground! Our recent events have raised the final amount needed for our new playground.
There will be slides, monkeybars, spin bars, climbing nets and more.
07/09/2023
Fathers Day Stall
Our Father's Day Stall was a huge success again this year! There would have been lots of dads/grandpa's/special persons with smiles on their faces on Sunday morning.
Special thanks to our Parent Volunteers, you are greatly appreciated.
01/09/2023
Breakfast and Books
We celebrated reading and fathers (fathering figures) in a Breakfast and Books session before school. It was great to see over 70 families attend this session, enjoying their pancakes and a good book.
31/08/2023
Wear It Purple
Inclusion is a big part of the work we do with all students all year long. It crops up when we discuss: the language we use when we speak to others; the respect we show for all members of our community; when we listen to other peoples perspectives; when we accept all people for who they are.
Students wore a touch of purple as one way to show that we care and include all people.
25/08/2023
Mullumites Playgroup
There are lots of curious scientists at playgroup. Busy little people have a natural curiosity for the world around them.
Today we investigated different natural objects to test if they would sink or float in water.
24/08/2023
Book Week
Today we celebrated the love of reading with our annual Book Character Parade. What a wonderful array of characters and costumes that were on display - Disney princesses, fairytale characters, Harry Potter characters, Roald Dahl, Pokemon, mermaids, unicorns galore. Thank you to all to all of the parents who organised for this to happen.
24/08/2023
Coding Club
These keen students have been exploring block coding during our Monday lunchtime Coding Club. We have been working or how to give clear instructions to our BeeBots and mBots.
23/08/2023
Pet Portraits
Grade 2 students were very creative this week when they made their pet portraits. Look at the detail!
21/08/2023
Science Week
During Science Week a large number of students gathered to innovate and create paper planes using a paper straw! Fun was had by everyone!
19/08/2023
Clay Houses #2
Grade Five and Six have been using underglazes to decorate their ceramic houses. Although the students are working with a limited colour palette, they are experimenting with colour mixing and using detail to enhance their creations.
18/08/2023
Farewell
Last week we wrapped up the Encounter Program for 2024. We farewelled our eleven students and thanked their buddies for showing our values of kindness and respect. We look forward to running this program again in 2024. If you have overseas relatives who may be interested in this experience, please pop in to the office to find out more information, or check out our website.
18/08/2023
Reptile Encounters
This week at after-school care, we were visited by Aracelli from Reptile Encounters! Along with her scaly friends Freddo, Bob, Bobby, Adonis and Tiny! We learned a lot about them, and some of the kids got to share their own tidbits of reptile and amphibian knowledge.
17/08/2023
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Basket Making
In this week's Bush Talk session we started making baskets. A very fiddly process! We will continue to work on them next week and look forward to sharing them with you.
16/08/2023
Dragon Boat Racing
Today the whole school worked in their Kooramook groups to first learn about, design, build and then race a dragon boat.
11/08/2023
Ringwood Square
Thank you to Ringwood Square for donating $1000 to our Dance Around the World fundraising event.
Please support local business as they support your local community.
10/08/2023
Mullum Band
Our band had its first rehearsal this week and are already on their way to ‘Rockstar’ glory!!! Stay tuned for upcoming performances.
09/08/2023
Junk Construction
Grade 1s are having fun with junk! The students are experimenting with ways to join and assemble bits and pieces from the Art Room’s huge collection. I have loved discussing the students amazing inventions and ideas and learning from them the endless possibilities of junk.
09/08/2023
House Athletics Day
Congratulations to Panfield and to all the students who participated on the day.
Our PE teacher, Fiona, organised an excellent day.
Many thanks to all the family members that helped on the day.
01/08/2023
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28/07/2023
Tree Planting with Maroondah Pre-school
Today we celebrated National Tree Planting Day with one of our feeder kindergartens, Maroondah Pre-School. Maroondah City Council are supporting this event by providing 200 plants indigenous to Ringwood, and even better, they will come and dig the holes for us, making our job a lot easier. Foundation and kindergarten students, together with the Grade 5 Global Ambassadors, our international students and their buddies, will all come together to get this job done. To our great surprise Melbourne Stars, Big Bash (cricket) team came along to join in with the dig.
28/07/2023
Chicken-proof fence
Today the 3/4 gardening group planted some vegetables and then wove some fencing around the garden to chook-proof the garden. The it was onto chopping a lot of compost from the class room-compost bins.
28/07/2023
Chess Club
Once a week, students can participate in chess club.
Playing chess is known to increase IQ, promote critical thinking, and teach core math and verbal skills. It also helps kids retain information, improve test scores, solve problems, remain calm under pressure, and perform well in school.
27/07/2023
Police Visit
Today Foundation students were visited by our local police as part of our Inquiry Unit on Community Helpers. The children dressed up in police uniforms, sat in the police car and of course activated the lights and sirens! Thanks to Leading Senior Constable Keith Grimley, along with Ben and Francis from the Ringwood Police Station for visiting us!
26/07/2023
Clay Houses
Grade 5 and 6 have been working hard to design, plan and make their clay houses. The brief asked students to plan a house that was made of ‘slab construction’, that was hollow and no larger than 10cm3.
25/07/2023
Welcome to our International friends
Today we have 11 students joining us for our 2023 Encounter Program. Our students are looking forward to getting to know you all over the next four weeks. We have lots of activities planned.
24/07/2023
Plasticine
Foundation students are working with plasticine to model brightly coloured fish. Last week they created their backgrounds by drawing with felt tip markers on filter paper and spraying with water to blend the colours.
20/07/2023
Sing-A-Long at Playgroup
A great morning of play, stories, chickens as well as a return guest for an extra special music time at playgroup.
19/07/2023
Fresh fruit delivery
Every fortnight the Mullum Mullum Anglican Church on Warrandyte Road Ringwood, drop around to school with bags of fresh fruit and this week again they delivered packs of snacks for students who may have forgotten to pack their lunch or need a little extra in the day. We thank you for your generosity and caring for our school community.
19/07/2023
Camp Manyung
This week the very excited grade 3/4’s went to Camp Manyung in Mount Eliza. There were so many different and thrilling activities to try including a low ropes course, learning bike skills, going to the beach rock pools, using UHF radios, teamwork initiative activities and the giant swing. Students were encouraged to have a ‘challenge by choice’ attitude and at the end of camp to reflect upon whether they were ‘their best self.’
18/07/2023
Global Ambassadors
Six of our Grade 5 students have been selected to participate in a 12 month Global Ambassador program where they are learning about the United Nations Sustainable Developent Goals and how they are implemented in our school and local environment.
17/07/2023
Pasta
On the menu today was Pasta with Sage Burnt Butter.
Students measured, mixed and kneaded to get a soft dough ready for the pasta machine.
There may be a budding chef amongst this cohort.
14/07/2023
Math with Teddy's
Today in Year 2 we explored the concept of sharing equally.
15 Teddy Bears are going on a picnic. There are 5 picnic rugs. Is it possible to have the same number of bears sharing each rug? What if there were 4 rugs?
13/07/2023
Drop in for a Coffee
Parents gathered for a wonderful coffee tasting morning. Three different coffees from, Costa Rica, Brazil and Ethiopia, were on offer with everyone having different favourites. Thanks to Beyond for supporting our Parent’s Association.
13/07/2023
Bush Talk
This terms Bush Talk group meet for the first time around the fire, sharing what skills we are interested in learning over the term and got to know each other better by some group exercises and sharing about ourselves.
12/07/2023
Pinch Pots
Grade 3 and 4 Artists have finished their Pinch Pot Monsters! Take a look at the different faces and expressions. Underglazes have been used by our young artists to colour their clay.
11/07/2023
Final Winners
Warrandyte South Interschool School Sport Winter Finals - Winners
Congratulations Netball Girls and Hot Shots Girls.
These girls now progress to the Maroondah Division finals in Term 3.
23/06/2023
Damper
Today we made damper for our last session together. We reflected on our meaningful moments, highlights bring sense of belonging, enjoyment of skills and time in nature.
22/06/2023
Happy Chooks
Grade 3 and 4's are loving their role as gardeners this year. Our resident chickens are well cared for, and they even enjoy a cuddle every once in a while.
22/06/2023
Fairy Tale Ball
In Foundation this term, we have been busy exploring Fairy Tales. This week, we celebrated all the learning we have done with a Fairy Tale Ball! We dressed up as fairy tale characters and completed a special fairy tale challenge to break an evil spell. We had a lot of fun!
21/06/2023
Smile Squad
This week Smile Squad moved in and set up in our Science Room. Check out these happy customers. Thank you to all of our families for taking up this opportunity to have your child's teeth examined.
16/06/2023
Monsters
Just like any busy kitchen, there is a schedule for things being cooked. Whether it is a long slow bake or a quick broil, our clay wares have been cycling through the kiln creating excitement and challenging our patience!
The grade 3/4's have been making monsters.
16/06/2023
Compost
Today it was all hands in! Mrs Beale, our Principal, showed us how to mix the compost and taught us what sort of things we can compost.
16/06/2023
Ferro rod's create fire
Students are feeling their understanding of materials and methods in the skills of their choosing this term. Creating fire with a Ferro rod is a skill many of the students have been focusing on the whole term. It is a celebration when they achieve success.
16/06/2023
Happy Birthday Giorgio
This week in Italian, Foundation celebrated the birthday of our class bear Giorgio.
We had regali (presents), palloncini (balloons), una torta (a cake), candele (candles) and cappelli (hats). We also sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to Giorgio in Italian.
Click on the link to hear the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq_NUfreMtI
13/06/2023
Bunnings Sausage Sizzle
The weather didn't start on our side but it turned out to be a fantastic day. We raised $1060! This will go towards our new playground. Thank you to the parents who volunteered their time to cook and serve sausages and to those who bought the whole family down for a sausage.
03/06/2023
Flourishing Classroooms
Over the last 4 weeks grade 5/6 students have participated in the Flourishing Classrooms hosted by Maroondah's Positive Education Project.
These sessions have unpacked a wide range of topics to date, including individual and group values, personal character strengths and other strengths within our community. WE investigated sleep and the impact our actions can have on our overall well being.
01/06/2023
EMR Cross Country
Congratulations Sam!
Sam ran the 3 km cross country course in 13 minutes and 1 second. This placed him an impressive 18th in the 11 year old boys race.
01/06/2023
Kooramook
All Grade 1-4 students worked in their Kooramook group focussing on the Positive Education Character Strength - CREATIVITY.
They created weird animals like a 'tworm' (a worm and a tiger) and a 'centapus' 9a centipede and a cat)
01/06/2023
Healesville Sanctuary
Our Grade 1's had a great day at Healesville Sanctuary.
The captivating bushland is home to birds and mammals, from kookaburras and emus to wombats and wallabies.
23/05/2023
Bush Talk
This week students chose what skill they wanted to focus on. A few students were very happy to achieve success in creating fire with a Ferro rod and a tinder bundle made with bulrush seeds and stringy bark bark.
18/05/2023
The Ranch
The Grade 5/6's spent 4 days on the Mornington Peninsula at camp. There were so many activities to do; archery, hut building, spear throwing. rock climbing, camp fires and horse riding.
So many great memories to treasure.
02/05/2023
Production
SuperStan!
What an outstanding performance from all students.
There was so much laughter from the audience and lots of cheering.
27/04/2023
ANZAC Day
In Foundation, we learnt about the importance of poppies on ANZAC day and the amazing sacrifices brave men and women have made to keep Australia safe. Lest we forget.
27/04/2023
Gallery Walk
In Term 2, we will be investigating "How we express ourselves through art" and to gain an understanding of different types of art. Today we walked to the Ringwood Art Society Gallery for a tour of their exhibitions.
27/04/2023
House Cross Country
Congratulations to McKellar House!
The weather was on our side to make this a wonderful day for all students. Thank you to our parent helpers and staff for making this day such a success.
30/03/2023
Harmony Day
Today we celebrated all things cultural.
Our Persian families taught us about the traditions of Haft-Sin as a welcome to the new year.
Then we were treated to a lesson in Bollywood!
29/03/2023
Onomatapoeic Artwork
Grade 5 & 6 students have been working hard on their graphic design skills discovering contrast or complimentary colour combinations.
27/03/2023
Hungry Caterpillars
In Foundation, we have been reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. It has been very helpful in supporting our learning about the days of the week and our counting strategies. We created this display to help us remember the order of the days of the week. We also learned about the life cycle of a caterpillar. We had a lot of fun!
20/03/2023
Crack the Code
We always aim to read with accuracy, fluency, and prosody (not too fast, not too slow – but just right as Goldilocks would say) We look carefully at the vocabulary contained in the text and decode unfamiliar words by applying our knowledge of letter- sound relationships, using our understanding of morphology (the meaningful parts that make up a word), and by trying to understand the word in the context of the story.
During one investigation we looked at the many different words authors used instead of the word ‘said’. We discovered that we could sort them into groups according to their purpose and intensity.
17/03/2023
Kinder Visit
The Kindergarten and Childcare teachers of our Foundation students came for a visit. They were happy to see we had settled in to our new classrooms and were making lots of friends.
03/03/2023
School Production
Preparations for our upcoming Whole School Musical are in full swing this term.
All cast members have been working tirelessly the past few weeks, learning their lines and developing their characters.
Tickets available from the school office from Monday 6 March. Invite grandparents, aunts, uncles, in fact everyone, to join us at the theatre.
Karralyka Theatre on Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th April.
04/03/2023
Flax Baskets
This week at Bush Talk we continued weaving our flax baskets and talked about moments of kindness that had impacted us and how we could share that with our families and friends.
03/03/2023
Pablo Picasso
Grade 2 students have enjoyed learning facts about famous artist Pablo Picasso. Did you know that he had 23 names?
02/03/2023
Mural Update
All is going well on our mural with our glorious, but sometimes challenging, Melbourne weather delaying progress. I have started to apply the deep ochre reds to the design - My favourite thing to do at the end of my school day is to stand and look out to the mountains and turn to our very own depiction and imagine it complete.
02/03/2023
Basket Weaving
On Thursday the students in Bush Talk started weaving baskets with flax harvested from beside the front path of the school. We talked about self-regulation and how we can make changes in our own lives to make a stronger community.
23/02/2023
Visit from Will Fowles MP
On Tuesday the State Member for Parliament, Will Fowles, visited our school and took a tour with our school captains, Jai and Mavis. Our School Captains did a great job and while Will was visiting we took the opportunity to talk to him about the need for a new playground and he was very keen to support our school going forward.
21/02/2023
Tree Planting
At their first assembly last week our Grade 6 School Captains handed the Foundation students a tree to plant and nurture over the next seven years of their time here at Mullum Primary School.
17/02/2023
Starting School
What an exciting Friday assembly! Our Foundation students were presented with Starting School certificates.
10/02/2023
Twilight Sports
A lovely night for our community to come together for some fun. There was plenty of laughter and lots of food.
7/02/2023
Mural for Mullum
Our mural is coming along nicely, even though we seem to be dodging the very hot or inclement weather! It's lovely to hear the kids engaging in the work and asking questions about the meaning or giving their interpretation. Keep watching the space to see more changes over the next few weeks!
6/02/2023
Chess at Mullum
Today we hosted a Chess Club trial with a company called Chess for Kids. This Club is open to all Grade 1-Grade 6 students, and to all levels of ability. Those students who are interested can participate in weekly chess lessons at school on a Friday lunchtime.
3/02/2023
