Enrolments for 2023 open on the 16th March, 2022. All enrolments need to be directed through St Carlos, Greenvale (03 9333 2572). For this year only we will not close enrolments, however the earlier families enrol the better.
Yes. The school will be ready for learning by the beginning of the school year 2023.
Yes. Families can enrol students for all year levels.
Yes, all Catholic Primary Schools are zoned. Our zoning is both sides of Mickleham Rd, north of Somerton Rd to Dunhelen Lane.
Please see our School Fees page for further details.
MQH prides itself on offering data driven learning. We meet the needs of our students academically, socially, emotionally and spiritually. All programs are based on evidence based research. We personalise the curriculum to ensure that every learning opportunity is designed to meet the learning needs of the individual. Small group instruction is targeted at the learning level of each learner. Small group, partner and whole group learning encourages our learners to be social, interactive and develop the learning dispositions and Habits of Mind to be self driven, assessment capable learners. Cultivating a growth mindset, we believe that all learners can grow, learn & flourish.
Yes. We are the third school in the Parish of Good Shepherd, Gladstone Park. Our sister schools are St. Carlos, Greenvale and School of The Good Shepherd, Gladstone Park.
We will not have a church onsite, however for special occasions we will bus our students to Mass at Good Shepherd Church. All sacraments will be celebrated at Good Shepherd Church. For school based liturgy, we will utilise our Sacred Space.
Yes. Our students will celebrate Reconciliation in Year 3, Eucharist in Year 4 and Confirmation in Year 6. All sacrament preparation will take place at school as part of the Religious Education curriculum. The sacraments themselves will be celebrated at Good Shepherd Church as Parish Masses or additional special Masses.
Our Catholic feeder schools are Kolbe, Penola, Parade, Ave Maria. Families choosing to send children to state secondary schools are zoned according to their home address.
We are currently liaising with some providers. More information will come when we get an indication of enrolment numbers. Our intention is to offer an onsite provider, if not a provider in a neighbouring educational setting.
The school gates will open at 8:30am for an 8:50am bell to start the day. The day will conclude at 3:30pm Monday-Thursday and 3:00pm Friday.
A language other than English will be offered to all students. We are currently researching our best options. Some considerations are: the languages studied at our feeder schools, our demographic, access to staff to teach the language.
The most effective intervention happens in the classroom through differentiated instruction. However we will offer additional support such as Number Intervention, Reading Discovery dependent upon our student needs.
We will endeavour to offer Visual Arts, Performing Arts, PE and LOTE (Language other than English) to begin with.
All students will have access to devices to support their learning. We will endeavour to work towards a 1:1 device program, we are currently working on this.
