{"id":126786,"date":"2024-02-02T04:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T17:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=126786"},"modified":"2024-02-02T11:10:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T00:10:40","slug":"back-to-school-preps-kick-off-their-next-chapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/back-to-school-preps-kick-off-their-next-chapter\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to School: Preps kick off their next chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THIRTY-FOUR prep pupils kicked off an exciting new chapter of their young lives at Moriac Primary School this week.<\/p>\n<p>The school&#8217;s youngest students joined their new Grade 6 buddies on Tuesday walking through the gates for their first official school day.<\/p>\n<p>Pupuls from Grades 1 to 5 also returned to school grounds to begin term one for 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Moriac Primary School principal Melissa Maccora said there was plenty of excitement for the 2024 school year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_126793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-126793\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-126793 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/IMG_8603-scaled.jpg?_t=1706672133\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-126793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Harry Fields, Pearl Sostheim, Lincoln Chealuck, Jonty Vince and Moriac Primary School principal Melissa Maccora.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are really looking forward to what the year will bring, particularly for our prep students.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a huge year for these little people and their families as they venture off into formal schooling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s our biggest intake of preps for a few years too, supporting the notion that Moriac is certainly a fast-growing suburb.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We endeavour to make the transition as calm and prepared as possible for these preps and we look forward to seeing their growth and having them here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More than one million students across Victoria started the school year this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIRTY-FOUR prep pupils kicked off an exciting new chapter of their young lives at Moriac Primary School this week. 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