Welcome to 2023

Welcome back to 2023!

We hope all our families had an enjoyable Christmas and New Year and a relaxing holiday break. We are looking forward to a positive year ahead, filled with new and engaging learning experiences, fun and exciting community events, and being with our friends and family. This year will be another busy year with implementing the new K-2 Syllabus and the school's involvement in a School Review and Improvement process in Term 2. 

Updating Personal Information

During Term 1, the school will also begin to transfer to Compass - a new school management platform. The School Office may contact some families over the next couple of weeks to confirm that we have updated family personal details to ensure a smooth transition to the new platform. The new platform will be going live at the beginning of Term 2. 

If your details have changed since last year, please get in touch with the office with your changes as soon as possible. If you are not receiving correspondence from the school, please ensure you have downloaded the schoolzine app and the school has your latest email address.

Return to School

Just reminding parents that the Year 1 - 6 students will return to school on Wednesday, 1 February. We will hold a short assembly in the hall to welcome everyone back. It will be exciting to welcome our new 2023 Kindergarten cohort next Friday, 3 February. The school will provide morning tea and a chat in the School Hall after the morning assembly for all parents who may need extra comfort before they leave. We can't wait to see them all dressed in their school uniforms!

MAI - Maths Assessment Interview

School Uniform Update

At the end of last year, we were excited to announce the transition of a new school uniform during Term 2, 2023. All students will commence the year wearing our current school uniform. Please see the school uniform guidelines below. The current school uniform can continue to be worn until the beginning of 2025, when all students will be expected to have transitioned to the new school uniform. The Uniform Committee decided upon the 18-month transition period to ensure all families had adequate planning time to implement the change.

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2023 Staffing

Although the leadership appointments and teacher class placements for 2023 were communicated at the end of last year, we just wanted to re-share this information for our new families.

Leadership Team:

Principal: Rick Galvin

Assistant Principal Mission: Mrs Maria Wilson

Assistant Principal Learning and Teaching: Mrs Jessica Koenig- 4 days per week ( Monday-Thursday)

Leader of Learning - Literacy and Numeracy: Mrs Kristan Nichols

Leader of Inclusion: Mrs Fiona Hayward

Class Teachers:

Kindergarten : Mrs Carlie Dedal & Mrs Leah Toole ( Co-Teacher)

Year 1: Mrs  Lorna Aldridge 

Year 2: Mrs Jessica Watts

Stage 1 Support Teacher: Mrs Kristan Nichols

Year 3: Mrs Sonya Steep

Year 4: Mr  Michael Marshall

Stage 2 Support Teacher: Mrs Jessica Koenig

Year 5: Miss Josie Lulham

Year 6: Mrs Vanessa Peck

Stage 3 Support Teacher: Mrs Maria Wilson

Teacher Release: Mrs Lou O’Neill, Mrs Alfina Jackson and Mrs Fiona Hayward

School Counsellor/Psychologist: Mrs Rebecca Jamieson ( Wednesday and Thursday)

Speech Therapist: Mrs Nerine McGrath ( Monday and Thursday)

Teacher Assistants: Rebecca Faddy, Jane Border, Leanne Parsons, Lynda King, Sharni-Lee Pollard. We would also like to welcome Hilary Burch and Amy McCormick to the team.

School Office and Other Positions:

School Administration Officers:  Mrs Crystal Batt ( Monday - Friday) and Mrs Amanda Hansen ( Wednesday- Friday)

Canteen Coordinator: Mrs Emma Hockham

Maintenance & Grounds: Mr Brad Shea

Holiday Improvements

During the holidays, we had some concrete paths laid in the school grounds to connect the basketball court and the adventure playground to allow greater student access, particularly after heavy periods of rain. The students will also be able to use these paths as additional areas to play handball. Filling all the potholes on the front entrance road and car park pick-up area was another holiday improvement. We will replace the bitumen at the Car Park Pick area with concrete during the Easter Holiday break.

Best wishes from the leadership team