Follow us on
Mr Fraser Slimed
Today we celebrated reaching a major milestone in our Colour Run fundraising! Because we surpassed our initial goal of $3000, we slimed a teacher - the absolute legend Mr Fraser! A huge thank you to Mr Fraser for volunteering to help the JSC in our cause. But we're not done yet! We have raised over $4000 which means after the holidays we have to slime ANOTHER teacher! We will keep going for every $1000 we raise! Who'll be next 👀 Thank you to EVERYONE who has created a profile, shared their link and donated! Keep those donations coming over the holidays! We have plenty more slime!
20/09/2024
Firefighters
In Foundation, we have had an exciting end to our Term 3 Inquiry Unit! To finish off all the wonderful things we've learned about Community Helpers, the wonderful team at Fire Station 22 in Ringwood came to visit us and taught us all about what we should do in a fire emergency. were visited by our amazing Firefighter Community Helpers! Ash and his team showed us all the equipment they use, as well as their special uniforms that help keep them safe. They even brought their Fire Truck to show us all the amazing tools they have to help people. We even got to look inside the truck and have a go at using the hoses!
20/09/2024
Foundation Picnic
Foundation went on a picnic in Italian class this week.
They shared i biscotti (biscuits), la cioccolata (chocolate), le mele(apples),
le arance (oranges), le banane (bananas), il pane e la marmellata (bread and jam)
The students practised saying “Grazie” (thank you) and “Prego” (you’re welcome) as the passed around the food.
17/09/2024
Junior School Council
Last week, the JSC launched their major fundraiser for the year which will culminate in a Crazy Colour Run for all staff and students in Term 4! Mark your calendars because on Friday the 25th of October our school grounds will be transformed into a canvas of colours. The event aims to promote health, wellness, and community spirit while having an absolute blast! The JSC are raising funds for benches made from recycled plastic for our playground – something that Mullum students asked the JSC for last year to have some extra spaces to sit and chat with friends.
10/09/2024
Our Egg Survived!
The Grade 3 and 4 students have been working on solving the problem of creating a package that protects an egg that is dropped from a height.
The package was also judged on being aesthetically pleasing and environmentally friendly. Successful scientists in 3/4M.
06/09/2024
Bush Talk
This week the student's made fire with flint and steel. The excitement and team work to tend to the tinder bundle was very high with each cry of 'fire'.
06/09/2024
Breakfast & Books
Up bright and early before school with our fathers and significant others for Breakfast and Books. We ate delicious pancakes and enjoyed time together reading our favourite books.
02/09/2024
Mr Will Fowles Visit
Thank you to Mr Will Fowles, MP for Ringwood, for visiting our Grade 5/6 students last week! We had a wonderful morning learning about the levels of government in Australia and how the Victorian parliament works. It was very interesting to hear the opinions and perspectives of someone who works in the parliament - it sounds like a tough job!
31/08/2024
In the garden
In the garden this week we spent time learning through observation, trying to focus on how we feel in our garden. Also, lots and lots of weeding. The chooks were happy with all the chickweed that was pulled out!
23/08/2024
Book Week
What a wonderful array of characters, across all ages, including younger siblings who are yet to come to school! Thank you to all parents for making today so special, a day to remember.
23/08/2024
Parliament
Students in 5/6 visited parliament on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. They participated in a role-play in which they pretended to be members of parliament to debate and pass a bill. Then, students toured the rest of parliament house visiting different rooms.
They travelled by bus and train to participate in this excursion.
It was a fantastic learning opportunity to learn about the government.
20/08/2024
Let's go fly a kite
All students worked for the day in their Kooramook groups to create a kite to fly and bunting. The theme for the day was the 12 Chinese zodiac sign, with each group having one zodiac animal to focus on.
16/08/2024
Healesville Sanctuary
Our Encounter students, their buddies and families, visited Healesville Sanctuary to check out the beautiful Australian fauna. We want to thank all of our students for the amazing way that they embraced their new classmates, welcomed them into their friendships and games, and demonstrated our school values of respect, kindness and curiosity.
14/08/2024
Minestrone Soup
We enjoyed the sunshine in the garden this week and took time to be still and notice how we feel in our garden.
In kitchen we cooked Harvest Minestrone Soup, a focaccia and poached apple with orange and cinnamon. It was delicious!
09/08/2024
Building Resilience
This week in Bush Talk we continued to look at what contributes to building resilience. We took time to notice and then chatted about where we place our attention.
We also made feather sticks and harvested flax continuing to develop our knife skills.
09/08/2024
Police Visit
The Foundation students received some very special visitors as part of our unit on Inquiry Unit exploring Community Helpers. Leading Senior Constable Keith Grimley and his colleague Ellie from Ringwood Police Station came to talk to the students about their job and how they keep everyone safe in our community. The children tried on the very heavy police vests, handled the equipment and even activated the lights and sirens on the car. There was even an ‘arrest’ made but luckily all ended well!
07/08/2024
House Athletics
What a great day at Proclamation Park.
The whole school participated in our Athletics Carnival.
Well done to to all our athletes!
23/07/2024
Encounter Program
Every year we welcome International students to our school for a 4 week Encounter Program. We have 19 students arriving, with their families and joining our students in the classrooms where we are looking forward to practicing our school values of Being Kind, Being Respectful. As part of the program we like to have a classroom buddy for each visitor.
22/07/2024
60th Anniversary Garden
Work has commenced on our 60th Anniversary Garden. Keep an eye on this space for updates.
19/07/2024
WANTED! Pixies
Teeny, tiny doors have appeared in the grade 1 classrooms and today their classrooms have been messed up by these mischievious creatures. If you have seen a tiny creature lurking around the school, please report this immediately to the teachers - they are very keen for a capture.
18/07/2024
Clay Work
It’s Clay Term! Clay is a much anticipated activity here in the Art Room! Our imagination explodes with all the possibilities that working with clay inspires. Our brainstorming efforts have come up with a multitude of creative ideas ranging from animals, dinosaurs and birds to functional ware such as our own cups and plates and teapots.
18/07/2024
Pyjama Day
Junior School Council organised a pyjama day to raise funds for a school project.
Students donated a gold coin.
So much fun to stay in your jammies all day!
28/06/2024
Possum Boxes
In Bush Talk this term we have been making possum boxes to hang at the back of our school. They have been a fun project with a lot of problem solving and new skills learned along the way for all of us!
26/06/2024
Work Experience
It has been lovely welcoming back three ex-Mullum Primary Students, Isabelle, Marissa and Sophia (and one additional student, April) who are completing their week of Year 10 Work Experience.
26/06/2024
MPS Olympics
An amazing day of sport and activity celebrating all things Olympic.
27/06/2024
Sip and Paint
What a wonderful evening of art, fun, and food! This was our first foray into Paint and Sips here at Mullum, and the response was immediately positive, with tickets selling out within the first few days. After seeing all the beautiful artwork Mullum students get to make in the newsletters, we were all keen to don our smocks and get painting ourselves.
13/06/2024
Kids on Parade
Our grade 3 and 4 students performed for their parents and whole school community in an extravaganza of solo and group preformances.
11/06/2024
Lego Night
On Tuesday 4 June, fathers and fathering figures (along with their children) were invited to attend the Lego Night. The BBQ was sizzling (thanks to grandfathers for your support) and Lego sets were bountiful. Bricks 4 Kids lent a hand providing sets for mosaic, pattern work which were very popular.
04/06/2024
Sovereign Hill
Our grade 5 and 6's headed off to Ballarat for camp this year. There were so many things to do at Sovereign Hill. Panning for gold, candle dipping and a tour of the mines. A great time was had by all.
28/05/2024
Resilience
This term in Bush Talk our Bushies have learned knife skills, harvested flax and made feather sticks and made cordage out of bulrush while learning what is resilience, how we can develop more of it in our lives and create boundaries with clarity and kindness.
17/05/2024
Children's University
Today, Mullum's Children University participants received their Passports to Learning, welcome pack and our very own CU bear. The students showed great enthusiasm and had many questions for Taylor from Swinburne University. We can't wait to see all of the exciting learning that these students achieve!
10/05/2024
Como House and Garden
Hooray! The grade ones and twos were going to Como House. First, we went on the bus into the city. When we got there, I was amazed. The family who owned the house were called Armytage. They had a lot of old-fashioned things to look at. We got to wash their clothes and dance in their ballroom. It was really big. After that, we had to use the clues from the garden to find out who smashed the doll. Elsa
06/05/2024
House Cross Country
On Monday 29 April we ran our annual Whole School House Cross Country. Attended by all students from Foundation to Grade 6, staff, spectators and a large number of volunteers, students safely negotiated the rain and a variety of running surfaces from bitumen to grass.
29/04/2024
Bunnings BBQ
A huge thank you to the families and staff that joined us at Ringwood Bunnings. for our fundraising BBQ. Great effort by all involved. Funds raised will go towards the development of the school's sports field.
27/04/2024
ANZAC Day
On Thursday 25 April, our School Captains, Sophie and Josh, represented Mullum Primary School at the dawn service at the Ringwood Clocktower. Sophie and Josh respectfully laid a wreath to remember all service men and women who have, and continue, to sacrifice their lives in wars around the world.
25/04/2024
Shop for Your Schools
Thanks must go to the Parents and school community for getting behind SHOP FOR YOUR SCHOOLS.
Today, Jodie from Eastland came and presented a cheque for $10,000.
The school hall erupted with cheers over such great news!
19/04/2024
Bruschetta Two Ways
In the kitchen we have worked together to create Bruschetta Two Ways. We used tomatoes, sage and basil leaves from the school garden. We zested lemon by grating the skin instead of using the lemon juice. We loved it!
By Millie and Lucas 3/4Y
22/03/2024
Kids on Parade
What a wonderful performance from our Grade 1 & 2 students on Tuesday afternoon. A huge, appreciative audience of parents, grandparents, siblings and students enjoyed instrumental and vocal entertainment. Bucket drumming, ukelele playing, singing and even a little dance routine, ensured everyone had a great time.
19/03/2024
56 Gala Day
Summer interschool sport gala day was hosted at five different locations with 10 different schools. Sports were sof-crosse, basketball, volleybounce, Kanga 8’s cricket and Hot Shots tennis.
15/03/2024
Ultimate Frisbee
Fun in PE with the Ultimate Frisbee coach.
This week classes began the unit of work ‘Ultimate Frisbee’. Students in Grades 2 to 6 will be involved in two Ultimate Frisbee incursions between now and the end of term.
12/03/2024
District Swimming
Congratulations Adrian for your achievements at the 2024 District Swimming Carnival!
Adrian competed in 50m freestyle and 50m backstroke.
He went on to represent Mullum at the Maroondah Division carnival with fellow student Zoe, in the individual 50m backstroke event.
07/03/2024
Compost
We have many weekly jobs in the garden and compost duty is a big one. Students collect the compost bins from around the school, chop and sort food to feed our worms and chooks. This week, another group planted some seeds and started to build a chook guard so the chooks don’t get to them.
07/03/2024
Making Clay
This week in Bush Talk we used our home- made sieves to separate rocks from soil. The first step to making our own clay. It was messy and lots of fun!
07/03/2024
Biometrics
Grade 5/6 students investigated some questions about their biometrics: Is your height the same as your arm span? Can you perform a standing broad jump approximately the same distance as your height? What a great way to integrate health and mathematics!
03/03/2024
Kinder Teachers Visit
We invited our Foundation student's Kindergarten teachers to school for a visit. It was a glorious day and our Foundation students toured the school with their special visitors
01/03/2024
Painting
In the Art Room there were plenty of ooh's and ahhhh's whilst stamping, dotting, playing with paint, mixing colours and experimenting with mark making on canvas, card and paper.
01/03/2024
Making Wreaths
This week in Bush talk we started to make our own sieves to sift the rocks out of soil to make clay in a few weeks. We made a wreath out of ivy vines and sewed netting onto the wreath with flax we harvested last week. It was satisfying making our own tools for a job!
01/03/2024
Journalists
Our grade 3/4s enjoy the new role of being a journalist in the kitchen/garden program and I'm sure they will be excited to see their articles and photos published.
23/02/2024
Bush Talk
This week in Bush Talk we learnt about knife safety, harvested and split flax and practiced developing our voice and setting boundaries.
23/02/2024
Pointillism Painting
Like a Georges Seurat pointillism painting, our teachers and Education Support created an image of a Mullum Primary School student. Each dot of paint represents all the interactions we have every day, contributing to the overall development of students in our care. Our students then gave their teachers direct advice on how to help them with their learning. I am sure you will agree that collectively this has created quite an impressive display!
16/02/2024
Cooking
“Today grade 3/4 M did the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program (SKAG).
Last week we cooked. This week we enjoyed eating Indian Flat Bread, Cucumber Raita and Garden Salad. We thought that the food was super, luper, grouper great. Our favourite was the Indian Flat Bread. We also liked the salad. We think we could add chicken, sugar and soy sauce to improve the cucumber salad.
Thanks from Carter and Alanis”
16/02/2024
Buddies
Our Foundation students had their first session with their Grade 5 and 6 buddies and it was a lot of fun! Grade 5 and 6 took their buddies on a Scavenger Hunt to show them around the school and get to know them better. We're looking forward to our next session together!
09/02/2024
Tree Ceremony
Our Foundation students attended their first assembly this morning. Our School Captains presented Myles and Allegra with a beautiful tree to plant, one for the Foundation students to look after over their years at school.
09/02/2024
The Art Room
It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the Art Room, getting to know where materials live, learning about our routines, deciding on our learning expectations and organising our Visual Diaries. It’s been a fun adventure so far, beginning with painting and drawing and making Art for a whole hour!
11/02/2024
Playground
We are so excited to let you know that the playground will be finished tomorrow! That means from next week students will be able to play on it. Two hundred plants are on their way and a big planting session will be held with some classes next week.
09/02/2024
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Grade 1 students enjoyed a teddy bears’ picnic and old-fashioned games, as a part of the introduction to our Talk for Writing recount text ‘The Teddy Bears’ Picnic’. This helps to build enthusiasm for upcoming learning, when the children are explicitly taught the skills required to structure their recount writing and enhance their sentences.
09/02/2024
Welcome back
Welcome back everyone to 2024! We have had a very smooth start to the year with all Grade 1-6 students starting back yesterday and our Foundation students commencing tomorrow. It has been great to hear the buzz of excited children in their classrooms and playground.
31/01/2024
