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Brad Nelsen joined MMC in July 2026 as Head of Caulfield Campus, bringing over 30 years’ experience including 12 years at Firbank Grammar and time at Beaconhills College. He’s drawn to how Montessori education builds...

Rodney Balent has spent 11 years at MMC leading IT and the Makerspace. He loves watching students grow from hesitant beginners into confident makers who sometimes teach him a thing or two. Outside school, he’s...

Building the ‘Emotional Floor’ that Children Will Walk On for the Rest of Their Life The Toddler Years are when children build their ‘emotional floor’– those most basic understandings and core beliefs about themselves and...

The world of work is constantly changing, as is the pathway for creating future ready graduates. It is dynamic, sometimes unpredictable but full of opportunities for young people with the right qualifications, mindset and employability...

Our new Senior School Teacher, Jaszmin Dennis-Hayne, is enjoying life at MMC. She’s already encouraging students to be curious and independent and did you know that Jaszmin is also pretty curious herself – especially when...

By Janis Coffey, Melbourne Montessori College Principal   As a child growing up in Philadelphia, I remember playing intricate games of ‘chasey’ with complex rules that we would make up with friends from the neighbourhood....

How Montesori Builds Students Who Are Ready for Life There comes a point in adolescence when many teenagers begin to question how what they are learning at school connects to the real world. They start...

Manya joined MMC at the start of this year and has quickly become an important part of our school community. Attracted to MMC because of the supportive environment and the Montessori focus on the whole...

By Melinda Kan, MMC learning and teaching leader Resilience is toughness and the capacity to withstand, or recover quickly from, difficulties. As children of the 1970s, we prided ourselves on being tough. Walking barefoot on...

Choosing a prep program is a tough decision. As parents, we want to get it right because a strong Prep year can help shape the path of our child’s learning through the primary years and...

Meet Kim Collins, MMC’s new Head of People and Culture, who brings a wealth of international experience and a passion for building supportive, thriving teams. After years in the not-for-profit sector, she is already making...

The Science of Reading – The Montessori Way More schools are introducing programs focused on the ‘science of reading’ to strengthen reading and literacy outcomes, but this has been part of the Montessori classroom for...

Senior School students recently interviewed MMC’s new Principal, Janis Coffey, at a Brighton Campus assembly. Here’s what they learnt. Janis Coffey is an experienced educator who has recently joined the Melbourne Montessori College community as...

As Brighton’s new Head of Campus, Ilja van Weringh brings intellectual depth and a strong sense of community to the role. With a background in history, humanities and philosophy, and a year and a half...

Meet Karan Jones, our school librarian who joined MMC in Term 3, 2024. Karan brings a deep love of books and an impressive background that includes more than 20 years in public and university libraries,...

At MMC, the classroom materials and environment are a vital part of the Early Learning Program. All of us take in information from the outside world through our senses – through sight, hearing, touch, taste...

Ned Smithfield has been bringing energy, positivity and a love of the outdoors to the Brighton Campus since 2017. With teaching experience across Australia, the US and Africa, Ned brings a global perspective to his...

Melbourne Montessori College Foundation is proud to launch the inaugural Impact of Giving Report 2024 .  This milestone publication celebrates the generosity, vision and commitment of our community. “This report isn’t just about numbers. It’s...

How to support independence without letting go Parenting a teenager is a dance of boundaries and freedom, presence and space. You want to trust their growing independence, but still guide them through the complexity of...

Confidence is not something that can be handed to children. Montessori builds confidence step by step, through meaningful experiences, opportunities for independence, and gentle guidance at just the right moment. In Montessori classrooms, this is...