Principal’s Welcome

Welcome to Montmorency South Primary School and thank you for joining our school. It is a privilege to lead Montmorency South Primary School, a caring and vibrant learning community.

Montmorency South Primary School’s vision is to be an inclusive learning community where students are inspired to be respectful, creative, curious and independent learners. Our mission is to nurture young minds and foster a love for learning. We strive to create a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment where every student can achieve their full potential. We do this through engaging students in rich, diverse and challenging curricula, empowering them to become active global citizens.

Montmorency South’s culture is friendly, supportive and caring, with an emphasis on our values of compassion, inclusion, respect, curiosity and learning – everyday (CIRCLE)

Our group of outstanding educators are wonderful role models in developing character in young people. Our caring staff show a genuine interest in each student’s development, encouraging them to strive for personal excellence. Across our school, we employ the principles of inclusive education for all learners and implement evidence-based pedagogies to deliver the Victorian Curriculum Levels F-6 through systematic and scaffolded evidence-based practices. To support the implementation of the outcomes of Learning and Wellbeing, we embed a tiered response to student learning that focuses on curriculum and academic rigour, wellbeing, safety, and care at the universal (tier 1), targeted (tier 2) and individual levels (tier 3).

Located in leafy surrounds, with abundant areas for sport and recreation, Montmorency South provides the perfect setting for our students’ primary education. Student enrolment in 2025 is 617. We have 57 equivalent full-time staff with three principal class. All classes are straight grades and teachers work in PLC teams to plan the programs for students.

We have a range of specialist programs on offer at Montmorency South, including the French program which covers all classes from Year 1 to 6. As a founding school for the highly successful Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden (SAKG) program for years 3-6, our students have a garden to kitchen to table experience. Many opportunities are provided for students to develop leadership skills through participation in the Principal Advisory Leaders (PALs) and Student Action Leaders (SALs) teams.

Our Strategic Plan 2025-2028 outlines our direction in broad terms, describing key focus areas of development which are intended to have maximum impact on overall school performance. The plan makes clear and public the responsibility of the school in relation to student achievement and progress. We operationalise the Strategic Plan through an Annual Implementation Plan.

Relationships are core at Montmorency South Primary School. We have a strong, enthusiastic and invested school community who eagerly support the work of the school to ensure that our focus is on the outcomes of Learning and Wellbeing. Community involvement in the school is high and is vital to the running of our school. We have a very proactive School Council and Parents and Friends group, who are committed and give of their time to organise and run several fundraising events throughout the school year. Both groups play a pivotal role in furthering the strong sense of community that is a trademark of Montmorency South Primary School.

I look forward to further successes working alongside my staff and our school community.

Keyla Jeffers
Principal