About Us

Principal’s Message

Welcome to Mulgrave Primary School.

Established in 1879, Mulgrave Primary School honours a proud history and tradition and blends this with 21^st century teaching and learning. Our school boasts a strong sense of community, where teachers, parents and students work together to ensure that we offer the best teaching and learning opportunities for all students. Our expert teachers and quality programs seek to identify the individual learning needs of every child and teach accordingly, so that all students are provided with the opportunity to reach their potential.  We offer a broad range of timetabled Specialist programs including STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics), Physical Education, Visual and Performing Arts and Spanish. The school is very well resourced with ample computer technology, spacious grounds and curriculum resources to meet the needs of all of our students through a collaborative approach.

Our school offers a warm learning environment where every student is cared for. Our aim is to engage every child at their point of need, create a happy and safe environment where students want to be at school, and to work with parents to deliver excellent academic outcomes each and every year. Our school vision, created by students, staff and parents, is:

To nurture a collaborative environment that enhances knowledge and supports social, emotional and academic growth; maximising our potential to become effective members of our learning community.

In order to aid individual student achievement, our goal is to maintain the lowest average class sizes possible. This ensures that our teachers can provide as much individual attention to your child as possible. It is my hope that any visitor to Mulgrave Primary School can see this vision coming to fruition through our actions and through the development of all of our students.

Mulgrave continues to be a high performing school as a result of the dedication and care of our staff, quality programs for all students and a strong and supportive parent community. As such, MPS is now at full capacity (450) and is required to restrict our enrolments in accordance with Department of Education and Training guidelines. Please refer to our enrolments page for further information.

I welcome families to join me on a school tour to experience MPS for themselves. To book, please contact our school office.

 Mr. Charles Spicer

Principal

Telephone – 03 9795 2477

Mulgrave Primary School

Mulgrave Primary School is set on beautiful, spacious grounds with lots of room for children to play and interact with each other. Facilities at the schools are always well maintained, with consistent upgrades over the past few years. In 2020 we opened a new competition sized stadium and performing arts space and with funding confirmed for a future Library and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) centre, we look forward to seeing the planning and construction of this project start soon.

A major focus at the school is ensuring that your child enjoys school, feels connected and builds academic and social resilience during their time with us. We aim to teach to the individual point of need for every child, taking the time to understand their needs and building a strong relationship with both the child and their family.

Each classroom is equipped with modern technology that provides teachers with powerful tools to both inspire and motivate students, so that they can be engaged in their learning. We also have a generous number of computers in each classroom, as well as having portable devices such as laptops and iPads for student use. We believe that it is our responsibility to provide these resources for students in our care, so there is no need for a bring your own device program. We supply enough for everyone.

Enrolments at the school are increasing each year. In 2024 we have 20 grades and a student enrolment of just over 450, including with three full grades across most year levels, leading to an average class size of 23. All children are involved in sporting programs and Preps attend PMP sessions (Perceptual Motor Program) to assist them in developing strong gross motor skills, good balance etc. The school offers a swimming program, Year 3-6 camp program, student leadership programs, extra curricula activities including lunchtime activities and the opportunity to learn a second language – Spanish.

PRINCIPAL

Mr Charles Spicer

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Mr Stuart Hattwell

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Mrs Nicola Weerakoon

BUSINESS MANAGER

Mrs Suzy Shaw

OFFICE ADMINISTRATION

Mrs Viki Ali

Mrs Anna Long

EDUCATION SUPPORT

Miss Grace Gardiner

Mrs Vicki Goldsworthy

Mrs Sindhu Havanur

Mrs You Meng Hooi

Mrs Jacquelyn Nathan

Mrs Tien Sumarni

Mrs Marina Vujmilovic

Foundation (Prep)

PB – Ms Lauri Brogden

PK – Mr Jay Khoo

PN – Mrs Erica Newnham

Grade 1

1B – Ms Bernice Li

1M – Mrs Sarah Murray

1T – Miss Bridgette Thorne

Grade 2

2E – Ms Marika Evans

2O – Mrs Michelle Ohia

2P – Ms Beth Pope

Grade 3

3H – Ms Emma Harrison

3HD – Mrs Kate Hattwell

           & Mrs Evana Durack

Grade 4

4B – Mrs Jo Bon

4H – Ms Amanda Hickleton

4L – Mr Caleb Lazar

Grade 5

5G – Mr Nathan Giles

5M – Mrs Lenore Matthews

5MP – Mrs Nicole MacPhie

Grade 6

6CH – Mrs Hayley Cutting 

            & Mrs Lauren Hay

6G – Mr Jordan Geer

6O – Mr Tim O’Neill

Facilities

Mulgrave Primary School offers very spacious grounds for our students to enjoy. The school provides a large open play space for field games including a football field, two soccer pitches and two hardcourts that can cater for basketball, netball, tennis and other sports. In addition, Mulgrave Primary School has recently completed the construction of a new competition sized netball and basketball stadium that will also cater for futsal. The stadium includes a performing arts space, canteen and new toilets and change rooms. This adds to our existing facilities that include a library, art room, STEM centre and multi-purpose hall. All of our classrooms are equipped with air conditioning, large screen televisions and we provide all the technology that students will ever need including notebooks, desktops and iPads, so there is no need to bring your own device!

The school also provides a range of play equipment, with two brand new playgrounds recently constructed including a sensory play space. In addition, the school running track, which takes the unique form of the map of Australia’s mainland, has several fitness components dotting it’s 500m path. Of course, this flows through to our Australiana theme, where our classrooms enjoy “outback styled” verandas. You can even find Ned Kelly and Uluru if you know where to look. The running track is even sign posted, so you can check out the capital cities along the way. We haven’t forgotten Tassie either, which is represented by a towering gum, with Hobart sign posted.

Recent additions to the school is the covered outdoor learning area for our senior students, that provide a safe indoor – outdoor learning environment. We also have a community garden that is run by the students, with the produce used for all manner of learning tasks. Our central courtyard is a great meeting place before and after school, the tennis rebound wall is always popular and we also have a shaded picnic style area for students to enjoy some quiet time. At MPS we take pride in maintaining our facilities so that our students have the cleanest and safest spaces possible and we are constantly looking at ways to improve.