Sydenham Campus Principal Message

Sydenham Campus Welcome to Term 1, 2022.

Welcome back to all our returning students and their families. A special welcome to Sydenham Campus to our new Year 7 students and their families! It has been a wonderful start to the school year and despite the continued uncertainty of the pandemic, lots of lovely smiling faces in our classes and around the school yard.

Our Campus Student Management Leadership Team consists of the following staff members and we encourage families to ask for them by name when you contact the General Office.

Andrew Atherton – Campus Leader Years 7 and 8
Ercan Hasip – H Team Leader (7 & 8)
Celine Chung- E team Leader (7 & 8)
Karen Martin – Campus Leader Years 9 and 10
Aggie Koroneos – K Team (9 & 10)
James Riccobene – B Team (9 & 10)

We continue to be well resourced to support our students’ well being and mental health. Our Campus Student Well Being Team is also available to be contacted, please ask for;

Sarah Pearson- Educational Psychologist
Jane Williamson- Social Worker
Jasmine Warren – Mental Health Practitioner
Jade Tauber- Myers- Inclusive Practices Leader.

We also welcome the following new staff to our Campus;

Lucy Grande- Leading Teacher, E Team

Stephanie Browning – E Team

Juan De Castro – H Team

Ana Cakovska- H Team

Shefie Demiri – B Team

Ranjeni Kumar – K Team

Alex Moyer – Leading Teacher, K Team

Bahriye Bol- Apak- K Team

Fadi Oraha- K Team

Mushtaq Ali – K Team

Mariam Hussein- H Team

We will also continue with the Tutor Learning Initiative and welcome to our Campus;

Wen Yeo, Kayla Else, Cassidy McDonald, Charlotte Seago, Bharti Singh, Conrad French and Leo Li.

Some of the new staff members are also new to the teaching profession and it is a great privilege that they have chosen Copperfield College as the school where they begin their careers. Some are also ex Copperfield students – what a great endorsement in our College! We extend our thanks to the more experienced teaching staff who will act as mentors to our newly arrived colleagues.

Our Campus Educational Support Staff will include new members; Louise Koprek- Front Office, Josie Debono-Integration Aide and Georgie Pryor- Pathways Team. Abraham Nyieth and Tluang Lausaw will continue in their Community Liaison roles across the College.

Whilst the term is only a few weeks old we have had a number of events already, namely the Swimming Sports. Thank you to Kylie Brookshaw (College Sports Leader) and James Riccobene (Campus Sport Leader) for a wonderful day of friendly competition. H Team reigned victorious again. We are now looking forward to the Year 7 Iron Form Day on March 4th.

Morrisby Career Profiling

Year 9 students have completed their Morrisby Career profiling and they are now participating in their interviews with a trained Pathways counsellor to discuss their profile and to set goals for the year ahead.

Year Level Assemblies

We have tried to be cautious by not having large groups of students assemble, in line with DET Operations Guidelines, however we are hoping to have Year level assemblies to formally welcome students back to campus and to introduce our 2022 Student Leaders. We also want to invite students to take on our 2022 Campus goals;

Improving student attendance
Seating arrangements informed by student data and designed to promote learning
Fostering pride in our environment
Amplifying student voice and agency

We were very proud of our Champion Year in 2021 and we look forward to a Year of Champions in 2022.

Thank you to all our families for continuing to trust us with your child’s education. Looking forward to continuing our partnership,

Ms Mary Chiodo and Mr Michael Gruis

Campus Principals