School Management & Communication

SRE 

Luke Graham joins the SRE team in 2020 for the Coalition of Christian Churches and ISCF. Welcome Luke!

CGHS Properties Work

We are currently upgrading the Dome area outside the MPC with shade, seating, pathway and garden beds part of the scope of works to improve this outdoor area as both a playground and learning space. It will also be a school community space whenever events are held in the MPC, improving amenity for BBQs and serving from the MPC kitchen. Along with the small covered walkway from the C block stairwell to the MPC to ensure a covered passageway is available in inclement weather, these works will create new ways for us to interact as a school community. This upgrade is funded by grants as well as through school funding. The P&C has also made generous contributions to our maintenance and upgrade programs in 2019 including new light bars in the MPC, additional ICT in the library and partial funding of new data projectors in classrooms.

Programmed maintenance in 2019 has included selected new flooring, new doors, and an extensive painting scope.  Planned maintenance and upgrades for 2020 include additional classroom furniture, blind replacements (scheduled for January) and to obtain quotes for an outdoor sound system.  We continue to progress he extension of LED lighting for the whole school.

Picnic Day Update

Year 7 Picnic Day has changed location to the movies, due to the weather. All other Picnic Day events for other Years will go ahead. If there are any further changes, parents will be alerted via Schoolstream App and email.

End of Year Announcements

Canteen - final day of operation is Monday 16 December 2019.

Period 5 - There will be no Period 5 for Yr 11-12 on Monday December 16.

Recognition Assembly - Monday 16 December 2019.  All prize winners have been informed.

Reports - issued on Monday 16 December 2019 via Year meetings at the end day.

Picnic Day - Tuesday 17 December 2019.  Any changes to Picnic arrangements due to bush fires and air quality will be communicated to families of the Years concerned.  NB:   All picnic day monies have closed.

Student Booklet - will be on the website by the end of Week 9.

Staffing Update for 2020

We can announce a number of  staffing changes coming up for 2020 as we end the 2019 school year.

In our SASS team, Ms Chami has taken up the position of Senior Administration manager substantively. Mr Richard Pulsford has also become our substantive permanent General Assistant. Congratulations to both on their appointment through the merit selection process. Further updates to new 2020 Office staff will be announced when staffing is complete. 

We farewell Ms Anna Texeira from the School Learning Support Officer role at the end of 2020 and thank her for the conscientious support she has given a number of specific students with additional learning needs at Canterbury Girls during her SLSO role, as well as in the school office. Ms Lisa Grech who has been a part of the SASS team in 2019 will  also finish up at the end of this year and we thank her for her work in the school library. Finally, Ms Mary Fitsakis who has been working as Science Assistant one day per week will finish up at the end of 2020 from that role. Thank you Ms Fitsakis for your dedicated work in this role and other areas of the SASS team.

In the executive team, Ms Dervenis-Loupos will commence a year of leave for 2020. Ms Houvardas will take over the Head Teacher teaching and Learning role for 2020.

Ms Keirouz returns part time in 2020 and will share Head Teacher HSIE with Ms Michos.

Ms Barry commences a year of leave from CAPA and Ms Flannery will be relieving Head Teacher for the year.

In faculties, we farewell Ms Stephenson who was successful in her application to the TAS faculty in South Sydney HS. Thank you to Ms Stephenson for her years of service in TAS, where she played a signifiacnt role in VET Hospitality (catering many school functions such as Year 12 Graduation Suppers) as well as her coordination of the School Environmental Ambassadors. We wish you all the best in your new role.  Also from TAS faculty, Ms Ormanci takes leave in 2020. Like Ms Stephenson her role in TAS has included VET Hospitality, and she has also been a key teacher of Textiles and Design for many years.

In LOTE, our French teacher Ms  Mavris has served at Canterbury Girls as  a LOTE faculty member and also in English and EALD for learners whose first language is not English. This has seen Ms Mavris work across all faculties and have a part in the improvement of learning for many students. We wish you every success in future teaching positions.

From the Learning Support team, we wish Careers Adviser Ms Conroy all the best as she commences maternity leave at the start of 2020. We look forward to your planned return later in 2020.

In Mathematics, Mr Tim Jurd will be completing his final year for numeracy support teacher at Canterbury Girls. A retired Principal, Mr Jurd returned to the classroom at Canterbury, playing a significant role in delivering Peer Numeracy and numeracy support programs including Maths Clinic and individual and group tuition to support improvement in Mathematics. He has lived through NAPLAN online delivery and the inaugural years of Minimum Standards testing. Thank you Mr Jurd for your unflagging support of student achievement.

In HSIE, both Ms Fountas and Mr Pearson will move on at the conclusion of 2020. Like Mr Jurd, Mr Pearson will complete his teaching career this year after returning to classroom teaching at CGHS, while Ms Fountas is going to work in 2020 for the Intinerant Support team of teachers.  We wish both of you all the best and extend our thanks. Ms Fountas contributed in many student wellbeing roles and was most recently Prefects Coordinator. 

In 2020 we will welcome a number of new staff both substantively and as temporary appointments. Ms Janet Kastanais will join us in TAS as a permanent staff member from Term 1 2020.  Ms Kastanaias worked previously with us and has been at Tempe HS in recent years - we welcome her back as a permanant appointment. In the first 2020 newsletter we will welcome other new staff members joining us - watch this space!