July 19th, 2026LOCAL MACEDON PREPS TO DESIGN THEIR OWN PREP BAGS

Member for Macedon, Mary-Anne Thomas has announced local Prep students can enter a new annual design competition for Prep Bags, starting this week.
Current Preps at Victorian public schools enter by submitting hand drawn or digitally designed artwork on this year’s theme ‘My Year of Prep’.
The winning design will feature on the front of next year’s Prep Bags.
Preps at local schools across Macedon are encouraged to put pencil to paper and enter.
The bags will be delivered to almost 52,000 Preps at over 1,300 schools on their first day of school.
Prep Bags deliver real cost-of-living relief for families and make the first day of prep extra special.
This year’s bags included five free books selected by a panel of experts, a jigsaw puzzle, colouring activities and resources to help families with the transition from kinder to school.
Preps also received a free holder for the Youth myki.
The competition runs from 16 July until 9 August 2026.
More information can be found at engage.vic.gov.au/prep-bags-2027.