Welcome to our School Newsletter for Week 1, Term 1.

It is my privilege and honour to write this first newsletter of the new school year as the new Principal of Peterborough High School. I am looking forward to meeting the parents, students, and members of the Peterborough Community over the next year. In my first few days I have been very impressed with the welcoming and friendly nature of our students who have went out of their way to make me feel welcome.

I am joined here with a fantastic leadership team who continuously strive to drive improvement and enrich student learning experiences. On Wednesday we welcomed four new teaching staff to PHS who we will introduce in the next newsletter. The new teachers are Douglas Fraser, Vincent Vella, Cenise Macdonald and Brittany Dunchue.

Week 1 was an incredibly short week for us here at PHS. On Wednesday we welcomed our new Year 8 cohort to Peterborough High School and we are looking forward to working with and getting to know them over the next year. Next week we will be holding our first Governing Council Meeting and AGM on Wednesday 3rd February. The role of Governing Council members will be an exciting and transformational one in 2021. We have many important decisions to make including the preparation of Year 7 students to High School. I value the voice of parents and caregivers as we evaluate progress and improvement priorities.

If you would like more information please contact me on steven.barclay716@schools.sa.edu.au or by phone to talk to me about what it entails.

Looking forward to a great year in 2021!

Steven

Role	Staff Member	Plus
Principal	Steven Barclay
Deputy Principal	Jenny Coe	Home Ec and VET Leader
Senior Years Leader	Sonja Mercer	English and Workplace Practices
Middle Years Leader	Cody Twyford	English, PE and Tourism
Quality Learning and Teaching Coordinator	Lauren Amey	Maths
Learning Centre Teacher	Ros Francis	Year 9 Classes and learning intervention
Art Teacher	Cenise Macdonald	IPP and Research Project
Science Teacher	Vincent Vella	Psychology, Biology and HASS
Maths Teacher	Douglas Fraser	Business Innovations and HASS
Music Teacher	Sonja Mercer
Music, English	Brittany Dunchue
Student Wellbeing Leader	Esther McCann	Year 8 classes, PE and Spanish
Aboriginal Education Teacher	Tarni Reeves	Tech Studies, Digital Tech and Enterprise and Business
Student Services Officer	Amanda Tuckwell	Lab Tech
Finance Officer	Paula Thomas
Aboriginal Community Education Officer	Jeannie Ryan
Administration Officer	Sarah Mercer
Classroom Support Officer	Tracey Challans	MacqLit literacy intervention
Classroom Support Officer	Tarran Jones
IT Officer	Steven Lovegrove
Clerical Officer	Penny O'Dowd

Senior Tops

Esther McCann