About Us

The school opened for students, Prep to Year 6 in Term 1, 2017.
Principal: Ms Mary Ryan
Assistant Principal: Ms Caroline Van Oorschot
Business Manager: Finoula Murray

School Name - Mernda Park Primary School
This name was chosen to reflect the beautiful parklands that surround the school and that the suburb of Mernda is well known for. Thank you to all members of the Community for your positive feedback regarding the name at our community forum.

Public Private Partnership (PPP)

The Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) is officially launched and the new website features pages for each of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) schools.

Check out this link to Mernda Park PS and read about our amazing facilities and enrolment information.

http://www.schoolbuildings.vic.gov.au/Pages/Schools/Mernda-South-Primary-School.aspx

School Facilities

The school is designed with the local community in mind and is a gathering place for local families and residents to enjoy community, arts, sports and recreation programs.
Facilities include:

an additional multi-purpose space that is used by the school during school hours and is also used by the YMCA out of school hours to provide a range of community services and programs
an expanded gymnasium built to Netball Victoria standards
conference and meeting rooms for local community use
embedded environmental sustainability education via the CERES ResourceSmart Schools program initiative
conference and meeting rooms for local community use.

The site includes an Integrated Early Learning Centre which will be comprised of the City of Whittlesea's Child and Family Centre and the YMCA-operated Early Learning Centre.

Timelines

Project inception/Pre-planning: COMPLETE
Architects appointed: COMPLETE
Designs finalised and released: COMPLETE
Site preparation: COMPLETE
Construction commences: COMPLETE
Principal appointed: COMPLETE
Enrolments open: COMPLETE
Construction completed: COMPLETE
School fit out: COMPLETE
School opened January 2017