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All Saints Anglican School
Congratulations to our Foundation Students commencing at All Saints Anglican School in 2024.
All Saints Anglican School offers a high quality, caring Christian education to the school students of Shepparton and the surrounding regions.
Apply now and join our vibrant new school community for 2025.
Email: info@allsaints.vic.edu.au
Phone: 03 5825 0000
www.allsaints.vic.edu.au
Embracing new beginnings
Recently, our region’s five and six-year-olds were eager to begin their educational journeys as they stepped into Prep, excited to forge new friendships and explore the wonders of learning.
With oversized bags, brand-new uniforms, and tiny feet in shiny shoes, their little hands waved goodbye to parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles and carers.
There has been a lot of preparation in the lead-up to this moment, all with the hope of a smooth transition into their schooling years.
So, with schools now buzzing with excitement, The News team has been preparing their annual Prep feature as a
keepsake for parents, students, family and friends to enjoy for many years.
This year, News photographers Megan Fisher and Rechelle Zammit were tasked with visiting our region’s schools and snapping up group pictures of all the new Preps. They visited around 40 schools and every day returned with beautiful images that showed beaming smiles from Preps already embracing their journeys.
Inside these pages, you can see for yourself – to all the new Preps; The News wishes you all the best as you begin your formal education. We hope 2024 is a fantastic year for you all.
Ardmona Primary School
We would like to congratulate our 2024 Foundation students on a fantastic
Ardmona Primary School are now taking enrolments for all year levels for 2025 and are available for school tours for parents and families.
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Bourchier Street Primary School
BOURCHIER
ST. PRIMARY SCHOOL — LEARNERS TODAY, LEADERS TOMORROW.
Bourchier Street PS is a welcoming learning community. Committed to making learning fun and helping every student have a good day, every day.
Bourchier St. Primary School
Principal: Gary D’arma
Ph: (03) 5821 3488
www.bourchierps.vic.edu.au
Cnr Bourchier St & Balaclava Rd, Shepparton
Bourchier Street Primary School
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Congupna Primary School
Dookie Primary School
Gowrie Street Primary School
Back: Zoran Bains, William Brittain, Bentley Charters, Liam Ellis.
Front: Sterling Evans, Emily Preston, Artie Sharp, Flynn Sibio.
Mitchell Krahe.
Back: Peter Burgess, Ryker Donnelly, Junior Fangufangu, Inka Harrington, Losalina Ioane, Lachlan Lang, Maddie Matthews, Olivia Mills, Samuel Ngona, Bella White.
Front: Katana Bennett-Brown, Kahlierah Brewer, Wade Bull, Yasir Faizi, Odette Giddens Fry, Jaii Gommers, Abriel Maybery, Charlie McDonnell, Marlee Norman-Barrass,
Grahamvale Primary School
Welcome 2024 Foundation students!
At Grahamvale Primary School all our students are encouraged to be con dent, lifelong learners who are able to form strong and positive relationships with others. We welcome our new students and look forward to sharing their school journey and working with them on their educational endeavours!
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Guthrie Street Primary School
Welcome2024 Preps
Guthrie Street Primary School is dedicated to learning and to providing 21st Century opportunities, placing a high importance on the core development of literacy and numeracy skills for all students. We are focused on developing the ‘Whole’ individual including emotional and social competencies through our school values such as Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness.
Principal: Brendan Bicknell
Guthrie Street Primary School, Shepparton Ph: 5821 1944 | www.guthriestps.vic.edu.au
Back: Hendrix Allen, River Beckett, Aidyn Boag, Malleea’V Briggs, Dawson Budge, Indi Cirillo, Evie Donovan, Mannix Dunstan.
Front: Arlo Harmeston, Margaret Hartwell, Najia Khan, Alby Makar, Sebastian Mather, Finn Mitchell, Audrey Sloan, Lyra Walkden.
Back: Leo Kelly, Chloe Boyce, Bobby Brown, Harry Durso, Harvey Cresswell, Sage Giddens, Nikau Himona, Cheyanne Jordan.
Front: Maraiah Agustin, Jessikah Mckane, Jordan Mcphan, Scarlett Owins, Alfred Shiels, Ruby Crofts, Josathia Stevens, Kai Towers, Henry Young.
Guthrie Street Primary School
To kickstart the school year, I welcome you to pick up a copy of my free times tables and alphabet charts!
The charts are available from my Shepparton of ce or send me an email and I’ll post you a copy.
Back: Zainab Aalhasan, Ariz Baqiri, Bobby Campbell, Preston Conte, Alice Denny, Summer Dobson, Hannah Fletcher, Sonny Foster.
Front: Brooklynn Hancock, Aleeza Jafari, Elijah Kelly, Angus Naughton, Amelia Pirie, Mia Polkinghorne, Levi Tozer, Finn Trevaskis.
Absent: Fifi Mauridi.
Back: Vihana Chandubatla, Tayla Cheong, Mhex Cuthbert, Laife Garcia, Alessandra Giatrakos, Michael Godden, Brodie Hargreaves.
Front: Asher Men, Leari Morris, Laikyn Noble, Jameson Seears, Larry Thomson, Leviticus Vandergulik, Dex Watson.
Absent: Jack Allman.
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Katandra West Primary School
Jasper
Harston Primary School
Harston Primary School
Principal: Kaz Batson 155 Harston Road
Phone: 0401 135 972 or 0358 548 317 karen.batson@education.vic.gov.au
Harston Primary School offers a unique, individualised schooling that caters for all learning in beautiful, resourced surroundings alongside nurturing staff. Call us to discuss your child’s learning.
Harston PS has their own school bus which runs daily.
Katunga Primary School
Kialla West Primary School
Back: Shanzay Ahmad, Samuel Bradley, Eli Butcher, Evie Dainton, Mikayla Davis, Marigold Hynes, Kavneer Kaur, Ruby Kirkby, Delilah.
Front: Evie McDonald, Henry Parker, Nate Roycroft, Bailey Schulz, Samson Sheehan, Hunter, Matilda Wright.
Absent: Mikayla Harrison, Logan Pungitore.
Back: Theo Allemand, Dempsey Baldi, Mason Bowles, Ruby Brand, Roy Chen, Lila Davis, Toby Fisher, Cleo Formica, Harry Gee, Mason Jobling.
Front: Jack McKenzie, Blake Meddings, Luke Newman, Izzy Norris, Archie Owen, Louisa Veal, Max Wallace-Board, Aimee You, Kaydee Pasanting.
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Murchison Primary School
Hudson Ralph, Teddie Caldow, Willow Donald Adrian Kelly, Dustin Mackrill, Elsie Timmins, Max Smith, Astrid Werner.
Absent: Tala Wanderer, Barney Quirk.
Mooroopna Primary School
Back: Lily Jones, Prabh Khattra, Tessa Jacob, Alyssa Castle, Thea Arter.
Middle: Vili Ratila, Lorelai Morgan, Zaiden Manning, Lakeston Lee, Malakai Knight.
Front: Mustafa Zaidi Syed, Adira Yusron Nur Fathiya, Logan Wall, Lily Thorne.
Absent: Alexanda Warren-Lock, Oliver Wilkinson.
Back: Oliver Attwood, Reign Bamblett-Lombard, Evie Barter, Jorjia Castle, Alexis Dezwart.
Middle: Emma Douglas, Nathaniel Gorse, Lilly Griffiths, Charli Hayes, Jax Lawn.
Front: Daisy Thompson, Milly Thompson, Solomon Tiokico, Jamara Van Den Breul.
Absent: Asya Atkinson, Phoebe Bassett.
Mooroopna Park Primary School
Nathalia Primary School
Mooroopna Park Primary School
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Orrvale Primary School
Back: Dakoda Beeton-Seymour, Penelope Bowmaker, Mabel Cecchin, Sabrine Chkaidem, Eli Corish, Sofia Davidson.
Middle: Paislee Hill, Christine Singh, Issa Koktas, Clara McFadzean, Raff McKenzie, Remi Russell, Gabriel Kutrolli.
Front: Macey Sirett, Hope Sleeth, Bella Squire, Mikail Sular, Berkay Urhan, Levi Williamson, Tobias Willoughby
Orrvale Primary School
Shepparton Christian College
Back: Elsie Barton, Arabella Cirillo, Abbigale Dempster, Opal Fryer, Carter Gilhooley.
Middle: William Varapodio, Lyra Clark, Rhylee Hoffman, Harry Karacsay, Sohbat Kaur, Maddison Keir, Tommy Lagana.
Front: Orlando Nicolaci, Fleur Osbourne, Emine Perona, Sadie Rendina, Alessia Shaholli, Gurbaaz Singh, Jack Smith, Rocco Varapodio. Absent: Maddison Venables.
Back: Eva Blessan, Matthew Dai, Nathaniel Daldy, Jed Doery, Xavier Freer, Sisi Guya, Chase Jimenez, Eliezere Malimingi.
Front: Micheala Ogungbe, Eva Reade, Kiara Spencer, Joel Tan, Nathan Tikoduadua, Oscar Vaughan.
Absent: Kye Bailey, Xavier Weston, Everly-Rose Williams.
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Numurkah Primary School
Sacred Heart Primary School
Back: Maverick Anderson, Matthew Casey, Archie Cimera, Jack Dickinson, Nix Dunham, Cooper Hines, Hudson Hodge.
Middle: Joey Jervies, Lilly Larin, Maddie Mallon, Angus McConnaughie, Hadley McIntyre, Mia Mercuri, Mason O’Sullivan.
Front: Jason Price, Thomas Spittles, Leo van Eyk, Xavier Wall.
Absent: Jackson Gale.
Back: Ava Mann, Lily Armstrong, Alec Bartlett, Charlie Cavallaro, Rhianner Dagostino, Oliver Grose, Carter Hodgson, Savanna Jones, Bobby Robert Lee, Frank Htet Kyi Lwin, Amelia Woeltjes.
Front: Riley Machin, Evelyn Miles, Marlee Murley, Hannah Pearson, Zali Sands, Callum Stockwin, Aiyden Stonehouse, Oliver Tetley, Chase Toohey, Eli Wallden.
Absent: Ella Clarke and Darcie Davies.
Back: Chester Bell, Verity Bourke, Vincenzo Cassetta, Bohdan Cimera, Sam Connors, Jack Cook, Jayden Dudley.
Middle: Matangisinga Faaoso, Kara Ford, Jovan Kamlotiya, Jack Langley, George Lewis, Thomas Mallon.
Front: Kobe O’Shannessy, Charlie Richardson, Hadley Scott, Amelia Tavener, Cristiano Trazzera.
Absent: Elliot Gale.
Shepparton East Primary School
St Francis Primary School
Shepparton East Primary ENROLLING SOON FOR 2025
2025 enrolments open 15th April 2024
Open Classrooms will be available on Thursday, 21st March, Sessions will be offered 9.15am-10.00am & 11.45am-12.30pm to view our Literacy and Numeracy programs.
Small group tours will be held from 10am & 4.30pm on Tuesday 23rd April and Thursday 2nd May, 2024. Individual
can be arranged. Please phone the of ce to arrange bookings for either of the above sessions.
We offer outstanding student wellbeing supports including The Resilience Project, a full time Welfare Of cer, along with strong embedded school values as part of our commitment to School Wide Positive Behaviour.
Shepparton East Primary School offers:
» High impact Literacy and Numeracy programs
» Inquiry-based learning
» Visual Arts, Physical Education, Performing Arts and STEM
» Camps, Sport and Cultural experiences
» Before, After and Holiday care program provided by TheirCare
Personal school tours with the Principal, Les Walsh or Assistant Principal, Eva Brennan are available.
Phone: 03 5829
Back: Hajer Taha Al-Amir, Hilana Al-Jizani, Ibadat Bagria, Blake Ennis, Nicolas Kelly, Holly Little.
Middle: Eleanor Martin, Lizzie Mortensen, Selena Savran, Gursamar Singh, Jujhaar Singh, Lily Stratton.
Back: Xavier Viney, Amaya Vinod, Anaya Vinod, Zalia Wynn, Zac Shepherd.
Absent: Amal Raj, Amar Raj, Maddie Swetnam, Lettie Murphy.
Absent: Shaan Singh, Harper Leigh.
St Brendan’s Primary School
Back: Ethan Atkinson-Robinson, Shriya Chaudhari, Logan Cox, Jovanny Declo, Kyrii Egan, Sonny Kerrins, Nathalia Lubadi, Wyatt Makar.
Front: Anjuvi Pratheep, Krishn Reebdeeya, Dhun
Saini, Nyandeng Tiny, Alex Waters, Porsche Bear.
Absent: Ariz Baqiri.
Absent: Jiaan Gill, Grace Di Clemente.
Sirius
Back: Haider Ali Abbas Abdulamir, Hoorain Ahmad, Ahmad Al Dulimi, Banin Alghazali, Mousa Almusawi, Abbas Al Shamarry, Ali Alwash, Yasmin Alzeyadi, Ayaan Bari, Ibrahim Hassan Moham.
Front: Jaffar Abbas Hashemi, Ayeza Hussain, Haniya Hussain, Noyan Hussain, Adil Maksytaliev, Mohamed Mgoter, Baneen Mubaruk, Kiyan Yari, Abbas Hasnain Zaydi.
Absent: Hasan Al Battaat, Shames Al Hashoush, Tuba Zahra Ansari.
St Georges Road Primary School
Kim O’KEEFFE MP
THE NATIONALS MEMBER FOR SHEPPARTON DISTRICT
Every year, I look forward to seeing the school photos of the incoming prep students.
Seeing their bright, smiling faces fills me with joy and hope for the future.
I wish them all a wonderful year ahead.
Front: Charlie Peters, Eli Richardson, Beau Rossborough, Addi Shannon, Sylvie Smyth, Jacob Wendleman.
Absent: Rhett Wilson.
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St Luke’s Catholic Primary School
Back: Ayla Betson, Remi Cundari, Ellie Fenech, Naviya Gill, Cora Kelly, Salaar Khan, Dante Lagudi, Eden Maher, Isaiah Nicholas, Annabel Niglia.
Front: Archie Rowney-Watts, Owen Schroeders, Roman Sfetcopoulos, Esther Soly, Yuvan Sujith, Savannah Thomas, Isabelle Way.
St Luke's Catholic Primary School
OPEN DAYS
Thursday 18th April - 9:45am to 11am
Thursday 2nd May - 9:45am to 11am
Please register via our website link.
Enquiries: office@slshepparton.catholic.edu.au or 03 5822 1834
Accepting applications for 2025 now via the online application form on our website: www.slshepparton.catholic.edu.au
P: (03) 5822 1834 F: (03) 5822 2503
E: principal@slshepparton.catholic.edu.au
Goulburn Valley Hwy, Shepparton VIC 3630
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St Mary’s School - Mooroopna
Back: Malakai Collins, Logan Cooper, Oliver Crawford, Gaige Hall, Annabella Hitchcock, Evanie Hoge, Bentley Hooker, Liam Jones.
Middle: Stavros Kontakos, Jed Kyle, Aurora Loader, Georgia McCann, Macie McDonald, Scarlett Miller, Havana Mott.
Front: Joseline Mulcahy, Oscar Pearson, Powell Cooper, Ross Cooper, Grace Vanderschoot, Alexia Watkins.
Back: Harvey Beckhurst, Uday Bhullar Piper Campbell-Secchi, Mya Capuano, Raymond Coughlan, Sophie De Penning, Viraaj Gill, Reuben Hooker.
Middle: Christopher Jacques, Ethan Lagana, Max Mason, Anastasia Mitsos, Jackson Newman, Annabelle O’Brien, Gretchen Pell.
Front: Kyra Phillips, Poppy Short, Jasreen Sidhu, Peter Valoia, Jake Vigliaturo, Madison Whitford.
St Mel’s Primary School
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Tallygaroopna Primary School
Tatura Primary School
Toolamba Primary School
Back: Eliza Bentley, Darcy Blizzard, Levi Brassil, Ruby Drieberg Biggs, Skylar Florey, Britney Gavenlock.
Front: Mason Hepworth, Eden Hill, Vera Holland, Frankie Lawless, Sophie Osborne.
Absent: Henry Stephens
Back: Indigo Ash, Scarlett Brown, Declan Burney, Lincoln Calley, Neve Cowan, Jep Ferguson.
Front: Nix Ladgove, Theodore Lang, Philip Lombardozzi, Sam Peatling, Amelia Young.
Back: Tunkpal Chahal, Arman Chauhan, Dustin Culliver, Archie Easton, Roman Gregory, Alfred Hull, Darcy Kay.
Front: Carolina Marquina, Olenna Marshall, Dustin Moore, Aurora-Jade Page, Max Simmonds, Eli Smith.
Absent: Spencer Baker, Haylee Bowles, Isabella Decicco, Arthur Gascoyne, Raiden Mills.
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Wilmot Road Primary School
Verney Road School, in partnership with parents, carers and the community, provides an opportunity for all children to have a meaningful and worthwhile education that maximises their talents and abilities and enhances respect and self-esteem while preparing each individual for a purposeful pathway into adulthood.
The school o ers a range of programs from Early Education through to the Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) for our Senior Students. Our school values are : Be Responsible, Be Respectful, Be Safe and Be a Learner Principal : Angela Buxton 03 5821 8185
Verney.road.sch@education.vic.gov.au
Verney Road School
Lewis Dann, Leilani Phillips, (Teacher) Maddie Klaver, Atticus Bond, (Teacher) Lachie Keady, Ely Kemp, Khaled Chkhaydem, Kade Green, Leo Carrafa and (Teacher)
Back: Fatima Al-Amirtaha, Zainab Alderawy, Sara Ali, Cid Baladjay, Ryder Cahoon, Arman Chaman Ali, Waratah Davis, Hephzibah Deventaran.
Front: Felisha Faiz, Matthew Grant, Ehsan Gulzari, Aseel Hassan, Mohammed Mahawesh, Tanishka Tomar, Zaiden Wallam.
Back: Hania Ahmadi, Yousef Alderawy, Maryam Alenezi, Mustafa Alsaimari, Delara Baqiri, Braiden Daperoc, Mohammad Ghadban.
Front: Benyamin Gulzari, Ahmed Ieda, Havana Wallam, Markus Wallam, Sara Wardak, Bentley Wharton. Absent: Jiya Kaur.
Taylor Baldi.
Shepparton, Mooroopna, Tatura and District Primary Schools