Prospective Parents
Enrolling at MEPS
How to enrol
Contact our friendly administration staff on 03 9787 1385 to provide you with information about our wonderful school and to organise a school tour. Please fill out the enrolment form and provide us with important information about your child/ren, including:
- Evidence of your child’s date of birth (birth certificate, or, if they were not born in Australia, a passport or travel document such as a visa) Please visit the following site to arrange a birth certificate if needed; https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/births/get-a-birth-certificate
- Immunisation Status Certificate – Click on the following link for more information; https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/services/medicare/australian-immunisation-register/how-get-immunisation-history-statement
If you need an interpreter to help fill out the enrolment form, our administration staff can help organise this for you.
School Tours
To arrange a school tour (virtual or physical), please contact our experienced office staff on (03) 9787 1385 who will be able to help you.
We are taking enrolments now and look forward to welcoming you and your child to our school community.
Our School Zone
Our school zone is available on https://www.findmyschool.vic.gov.au/ which hosts the most up-to-date information about Victorian school zones.
Students residing in this zone are guaranteed a place at our school, which is determined on the basis of your permanent residential address.
The Department provides guidance through the Enrolment: Placement Policy to ensure that students have access to their designated neighbourhood school and the freedom to choose other schools, subject to facility limitations – https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/enrolment/guidance/placement-policy .
You can find more information and answers to frequently asked questions on the Department’s website under School Zones – https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/enrolment/guidance/designated-neighbourhood-schools-and-school-zones
Prep Enrolment
When to enrol
To start primary school your child will need to turn five years old by 30 April in the year that they start school. Your child must be at school in the year that they turn six years of age. This is the compulsory school starting age. At Mt Eliza PS, we begin taking enrolments in May.
How to enrol
You need to fill out an enrolment form at that school and provide the school with important information about your child, including:
- Evidence of your child’s date of birth (birth certificate, or, if they were not born in Australia, a passport or travel document such as a visa) Please visit the following site to arrange a birth certificate if needed; https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/births/get-a-birth-certificate
- Immunisation Status Certificate – Click on the following link for more information; https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/services/medicare/australian-immunisation-register/how-get-immunisation-history-statement
Health questionnaire
When your child starts primary school, DET has a requirement that you fill in the school entrant health questionnaire. Some of the questions are about your child’s vision. You will be asked if your child has had their vision screened: either the Melbourne initial screening test or a vision screening performed by your doctor.
Prep Transition
Prep Q&A Factsheets
Please click on the links below to access each Prep Q&A Factsheet –
Prep Transition Information – 2022
The children will participate in a variety of school transition activities and events to support relationship building, knowledge of the school and self-confidence. Please note the following activities will be available to all children who are already enrolled:
- Term 2 – one Zoom School session with the Principal and/or Prep teacher
- Term 3 – two Zoom School sessions with the Principal and/or Prep teacher
- Term 4 – two on-site transition sessions – dates to be confirmed
- Term 4 – Family STEAM Night at MEPS
- Term 4 – online Prep 2022 Parent Information Night
- Term 4 December – ‘Up Day’ meet the 2022 classroom teacher and classmates