2026 Staff

Principal: Carmel Nigro

Assistant Principal, Teaching and Learning: Tawny Harkness

Assistant Principal, Wellbeing and Inclusion: Rachel Gathercole

Business Manager: Emma Pearse

Office Manager: Catherine Sturzaker

Office Assistant: Vanessa Samphan

Kindergarten 

Teachers:Rhiannon Williams, Mei Ding, Cora Hong, Yin Tong, Nadia Kelly 

and Melanie Green

Educators:Siv Ou, Bianca Nunes and Althea Del Vecchio

Foundation

Learning Specialist: Sarah Salt

Team Leader: Rachel Hawley

Teachers: Ashlee Coleman (returning), Rebecca Karpati and Phoebe Rontogiannis

Teacher Aides:  Joseph D'Souza and Helena Jones

Year 1/2

Learning Specialists: Amanda Tran and Lucy Walton

Teachers: Daphne Chong, Caitlin Allman, Zoee Sitarz, Amanda Malins, Emma Sketchley, Georgia Cook (new)

Teacher Aides: Minoli Fernando, Jackie Andersson, Dania Al Taib and Salena Hawley (new)

Year 3/4

Learning Specialist: Michelle Heather

Team Leader: Jess Yates

Teachers: Catherine Croft, James Hill, Louise Bryce and Lisa Franklin

Teacher Aides: Hiranthi Alexander, Lisa Peterson, Gus Olguin (new) and Kiara Fraser (new)

Year 5/6

Learning Specialist: Rachel Hastings

Team Leader: Jordyn Halliwell

Teachers:  Will Rickwood, Amie Bishop, Kirri Van Haaster, Patrick Calvett and Lisa Nguyen

Teacher Aides: Ella Brockley, Mel Demirkol and Brooke Tolson (new)

Tutors

Phoebe Rontogiannis and Sam Addison

Language and Literacy Program

Drakelyn Bui, Chantelle Hingert (returning) and Marina Ruffolo

Multicultural Aides

Vietnamese: Mei Luong

Khmer: Dana Chan

Casual Teacher Aide: Christy Selemidis

Specialists

Environmental Education: Bryan Hunter

Performing Arts: Trish Brewer

Visual Arts: Emily McIntosh and Sam Addison

Physical Education: Chris Keleher

LOTE - Mandarin: Malina Qi

STEM: Rebecca Meade  

Allied Health

Psychologists: Louisa Trainer and Ashleigh Barber

Speech Therapists:Ella Mechelen, Sophie Bird and Michelle Pickering

OSHC Coordinator: Wendy Beveridge 

OSHC Assistants: Dania Al Taib and Ella Brockley

IT Technicians: Alexx Verdichizzi and Sahith Pogalla

Gardens/Grounds Maintenance: Greg Schuhkraft

Library Manager: Deborah Maniatis

Occupational Health and Safety: Katrina Gray

Chaplain: Jing Hua