Mooroopna Park Primary School
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (09:51): Last week I joined some of the students at Mooroopna Park Primary School for lunch as part of the school’s healthy food program. The food program provides morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea to ensure all students have access to a regular meal. The school has won numerous awards for this program, including the Best Student Wellbeing Program on the national stage at the prestigious Australian Education Awards. The school also has a bus service in which the staff drive the bus, picking up students from their doorstep in the hope of improving school attendance. They also have a community garden where students get to bring the food from the garden to the plate. The school also recently built a scooter and road safety track on the school grounds, which is so impressive, complete with road signs and a roundabout. It was incredibly humbling to see the team of dedicated staff literally going above and beyond for the needs of their students. The school also has an Easter fundraiser to cover the food program, which is not easy in these times. Hopefully we can get more assistance for this school so they can continue to care for the needs of their students.