Principal's Report

Staffing 2020

Parish Priest:                                                                Fr. Ian Ranson

Principal:                                                                       Mr Pat Berlingeri

Deputy Principal/REL/Student Wellbeing:     Mrs Cathy Ferrari

Deputy Principal/L&T/Maths Leader:                Ms Michelle Hill

Administration Manager (T/W/T/F):                    Mrs Libby Thomas

Administration Assistant (M/T/W):                      Mrs Liz Freeman

Classroom Teachers

Prep:          Miss Sigrid Happell ~ Prep H and Miss Nonie Kay ~ Prep K

Year 1         Miss Charlotte Ireland ~ 1I and Miss Amy Lafferty ~ 1L

Year 2         Mrs Irene Greenway ~ 2G and Mrs Jo Howell ~ 2H

Year 3:        Mr Steele Anderson ~ 3A and Ms Kate Johnston ~ 3J

Year 4:        Ms Tessa Bell ~ 4B and Miss Laura Zeeng ~ 4Z

Year 5:        Mrs. Margy D’Rozario ~ 5D and Miss Annalisa Gourley ~ 5G

Year 6:        Mr Matt Callery ~ 6C and Mrs Ruth Dempsey ~ 6D

Leaders

Learning Diversity:                   Mrs Peggy McDonald

Literacy Leader Junior:          Mrs Irene Greenway

Literacy Leader Senior:         Mrs Margy D'Rozario

Maths Leader:                            Mrs Jo Fraser

eLearning  Leader:                   Mr Steele Anderson

Sustainability Leader:            Miss Charlotte Ireland

Community Leader:                Mr Matt Callery

Specialists Teachers

PE (Prep - Yr 4):                          Mrs Jenny Allen

PE (Yr 5 & 6) & Sports:             Mrs Tania Thompson

Performing Arts:                       Mrs Susan Williams

LOTE (Italian):                            Mrs Lena Sirianni

Visual Arts:                                  Mrs Lisa Poulter

Reading Recovery:                   Mrs Dianne Ward

Intervention:                              Mrs Jo Fraser

Classroom Support:                Mrs Amanda Norton

                                                         Mrs Cathy Ferrari

                                                         Ms Michelle Hill

                                                         Mrs Jenny Allen

                                                         Mrs Tania Thompson

Other Staff

Library Admin:                               Mrs Narelle Connell

Learning Support Officers:       Mrs Sally Hill                                                                                                                             Mrs Sue Humble

                                                             Mrs Anthea Conroy

                                                             Mrs Sonia Blakey

                                                             Mrs Trish Davis

                                                             Mrs Liesl Willcocks

                                                             Mrs Zelda Chun

                                                             Mrs Liz Freeman

                                                             Mrs Narelle Connell

Groundsman:                                 Mr Dino Tornese

Staff Farewells

I would like to say farewell to the following staff: 

Mrs Yvette Porter, Mrs Liz Drinan, Miss Caitlin Liels, Mrs Jacqui Prosser and Miss Trees Menz.

I wish all of our departing staff well and I thank them all for their dedicated service to St. Finbar's school community.

Year 6's Farewells

Farewell to our departing Year 6 students

We would like to farewell our year 6 students as they finish one chapter of their lives and commence another new and exciting one:

From 6C:

Tessa B, James B, Luke C, Ben C, Tom C, Matthew D, Jasmine F, Jess Fellini, Isabelle F, Finn G, Imogen J, James L, Zac L, Sasha M, Archer M, Scalette M, Dewi M, Oscar N, Claudia R, Nina R, Ruby R, Ronny S, Dimity W and Sidney Z

From 6M:

Rory B, Marco C, Zach C, Lucas D, Ebony D, Joseph E, Luca F, Sophia H, Sophia J, Liam L, Roy M, Ava-Jane M, James M, Juliet O, Charlotte P, Helena P, Antony P, tom R, Emma S, Patrick S, Ali S, Jasmin V, Maisy W and Ryan W.

Students & Families Departing

Farewell to the following families:

We say a farewell to the following families who are leaving St Finbar's at the end of this year:  Barnard, Burrows, Cochlan, Cochrane, Coutts, Czelen, Da Silva, El-Mouallem, Farrugia, Fellini, Frazer, Furber, Jackett-Simpson, Largey, Lewis, Millie, Mitropoulos, Napolitano, Raymond, Revill, Ryan, Stanford, Svik, Symes, Vizzini, Walker, White and Withers.

We also say farewell to the following students moving on to other schools:  Seamus C, Zoe C, Vegas H, Kelly O, Petra S, Matteo S,  Frankie W and Harriett W.

Start Date for 2020

Year 1 - 6 students commence school on Wednesday 29th January at 8:50am sharp.  Prep students will commence on Tuesday 4th February from 8:50am - 12noon (half day) and full time from Wednesday 5th February.  Please note: Prep assessments will be held on the 29th, 30th & 31st January and 3rd February 2020.

Stationery Orders 2020

All stationery has now been delivered to the school in preparation for the new year.  All families have an added book levy on their school accounts.  This will ensure that students will have all their requirements and ready to learn from day one.  Thank you.

God Bless,

Pat Berlingeri

Principal