Leadership Report

Farewells and New Beginnings

This morning at our last assembly for 2024 we bid our final farewells to the staff and students moving on to new adventures in 2025.

Finn Fitzgerald, who has been at Magill School for 13 years, is moving on to work at Grange Primary School.

Clare Willsmore has won a permanent position at St Joseph’s Norwood, after working here for 5 years.

We also farewell Helena Sukno who will be taking maternity leave, and Alex Sun who is moving on to other opportunities.

Inoka and Sarah, Curriculum SSOs, who have joined the staff this year are also moving on.

We wish these staff members all the best for the future and thank them for their valued contributions to the Magill School community.

Our Year 6s performed their Graduation Dance and then got a great send off by walking through the traditional human archway. I am sure they will have many fond memories of Magill School to take with them on the next part of their journey. We will look forward to hearing about their future endeavours when they come back for visits.

Best wishes to the families of Year 6 students who will be moving on.

Classroom Teachers for 2025

On Wednesday afternoon, students had an opportunity to meet their new teachers and class mates. There was a sense of excitement in the air.

Here is our teaching team for 2025:

Reception

N8 - Paula Elsegood and Emma Park

N9 - Tania Limmer and Andy Read

N10 - Amy England

N11 - Jacquie Blackeby

N12 - Teena Nicholls and Emma Park

Year 1

N1 - Carolyn Murray and Josie DeCorso 

N2 - Kathy Thompson-Mills

N3 - Katie Holds

N4 - Lisa Williams and Sophie Tarney

Year 2

N5 - Michelle Cowles and Deb Johnson

N6 - Chris Byford

M1 - Heidi Gadsby

M2 - Amelia Talbot and Deb Johnson

Year 3

M4 - Mel Workman and Lilli Carman

M5 - Olivia Hutchings

M6 - Emily Nordestgaard and Beck Phillips

Year 4

F8 - Maria Colarusso and Lex Bremner

F9 - Dion Constantinou

F10 - Faith McKnight

F11 - Deb Knott

Year 5

F12 - Parniyan Ilkhani

F13 - Polly Bowditch

F14 - Fiona Ryan

F15 - Julie Greenfield

Year 6

F1 - Emma Marks and Deana Constantinou

F2 - Mel Pietrobon

F3 - James Hancock

F4 - Robyn Pritchard

Highlights

Be sure to watch the latest version of Inside Magill. It has many entertaining snippets of life at Magill School.

Thank you

On a personal note, thank you for the support offered to me over the past 5 weeks, as I have stepped into the Acting Principal role. I have very much appreciated the warmth and positive feedback.

Best wishes to all families for a safe, peaceful and happy holiday break. We will look forward to seeing most of you back in the new year. 

Kind regards,

Daniela Lawlor

Acting Principal