Our History

The Perth Montessori School began life in 1980 as the Victoria Park Montessori Playgroup before becoming the Montessori Children's Centre, with the opening of the first Children's' House, Hibiscus, in 1982. Anne Zekas was our first Principal.

Throughout the mid-eighties the Centre continued to expand, with the opening of the first primary group in the old cottage on the Egham Street site, and a second Children's House, Bougainvillea.

This Centre continued to thrive through the latter half of the 1980's with the opening of two further middle primary classrooms, and the Kangaroo Paw upper primary, culminating in the opening of the first phase of the School's new primary building in November 1989.

In the early 1990's the second phase of the new primary building was completed, and the School purchased the Leigh Street property which currently houses our Out of School Care operation and Playgroup. The existing middle primary classes were also amalgamated into a new middle primary group, Jacaranda.

Through the middle and late 1990's the School entered a period of consolidation.

In 2000, Dr Gary Pears joined the School as the Principal and shortly thereafter the Centre changed its name to the Perth Montessori School, the name that we use today.

In the period from 2000 to date, all members of the School community have worked hard to ensure a sustainable future for the School. In recent times the rewards of this hard work have begun to be realised with the re-opening of the 3rd Children's House, Sunflower, the formation of a 4th Children’s House, Camellia and the purchase of the adjoining property at 150 Burswood Road to further improve the classroom environments and the School operations.

In 2004 the School undertook a review of its internal governance policies and procedures which led to an updated Constitution, and a new Board of Management structure.

In 2010 thanks to the Federal Government Building the Education Revolution (BER) program we began construction of 2 major new buildings.  One to house our three cycle 2 (6 to 9 year old) classrooms and also special use rooms for specific needs and a school community parent room.  The other to house our music, playgroup and Out of School Care operation.

The school continues to grow from strength to strength with dedicated focussed staff and a great partnership with the parent community.  Within in the next few years we hope to continue that growth as we expand our high school operation (possibly through a move in location for part or the whole school) and envisage future moving from 200 to 400 students.

Perth Montessori School can truly provide a not only quality Montessori education but more importantly an innovative, progressive education for children from birth through High School that will truly allow them to be able to Learn for Life!

Our School Song - It's Our School

Verse 1
Where’s the school where three year olds come for half a day?
They soon find out the jobs not done until it’s put away;
And many of the lessons are learned by playing games;
And everyone in the school is called by their first name.

Chorus
It’s our school, It’s our story
Our education
It’s our school, It’s our story
It's our education, Montessori

Verse 2
Some children may work alone while others work in teams;
Learning to co-operate, building on their dreams;
And everyone has the chance to work at their own pace;
Learning to be winners running their own race.

Chorus
It’s our school, It’s our story
Our education
It’s our school, It’s our story
It's our education

It’s our school, It’s our story
Our education
It’s our school, It’s our story
It's our education
Montessori   Montessori 
It's our school
Montessori