Principal's Report
Dear Parents,
I wish all families a Happy Christmas and
New Year. As this is the last newsletter for
the year I begin by acknowledging the Year
6 children.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE YEAR 6
CHILDREN ON COMPLETING YOUR
PRIMARY EDUCATION. WE HOPE AND
PRAY THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS STRIVE TO
ACHIEVE AND DO THE BEST YOU CAN.
GOOD LUCK IN SECONDARY SCHOOL.
It has been an enormous pleasure to watch
the growth and development of the Year
6’s, not only during this year but, for many
of them, since they began as Prep children
seven years ago. As they leave us we wish
them well as they begin Secondary
Education. Good luck and thank you.
On behalf of the school community I wish
to express my sincere gratitude to the
following families who have their last child
with us in Year 6 and have been part of the
school for many years. My thanks for all
that you have contributed to our school:
Amoroso, Dalton, Douglas, Giano, Kiriazidis, Loffredo, Mazzocato, Mihailidis, Park, Prokos, Rostan-Herbert, Taouk, Tassone, Van Hecke, Watts and Wells-Jansz
I refer you to a wonderful quote which I
believe sums up our school year:
‘Today is not just another day. It’s a new
opportunity, another chance, a new
beginning, embrace it.’
This year we have endeavoured to make
every day a new beginning, a new chance
to explore, inspire and create new learning.
Our school theme this year was ‘What lifts me up.’ Every task, and unit of work
explored the concept that anything we
strive to do can be achieved.
In 2018, learning and teaching focused on
developing a culture of continuous
improvement. For teachers this has meant
that they needed to be seen as risk takers,
and have the courage and readiness to
explore and embrace evidence based
teaching through the collection of accurate
data to drive the implementation of
programs.
For taking the risk and providing a well -
balanced curriculum, I thank the teachers
for a job well done. I congratulate the
children for always doing their best and for
their enthusiasm in all that they do. I thank
the parents for your continuous support
and the generosity you have demonstrated
in the many things that have taken place at
St. Mary’s. I thank Father Shabin for the many
ways he continues to support our school.
I use the analogy of ‘The Tram’ with staff.
However, I know and realise that the
‘Tram’ can not move if not for the parents who
have supported us in the learning journey.
For your involvement we are very grateful.
In 2019, we look forward to new beginnings
and we give thanks to God for all that we
have and all that we endeavour to do.
Staffing Changes
It is with sadness that we say goodbye and good luck to Emma Cutler (Performing Arts). Emma has been on the staff for the past 3 years. Emma has produced 2 fantastic Musicals (Alice & Peter Pan) in her time with us. We wish her all the very best for the future.
Due to an increase in enrolments, we have added an extra class in 2019. We welcome Bethany Rees. Bethany is a graduate teacher who is very much looking forward to beginning her career at St. Mary's.
We welcome back from Maternity Leave Julia Lipinski and Renee Loprevite.
We welcome David Cenzato to our school. David is a very experienced Performing Arts teacher with his own theatre company.
After much consultation, time and effort
we have finalised classes for 2018.
Children and parents will be notified on
Tuesday 18th. These classes will not be
altered and are final. Please do not come
and see me to request a change as your
request will be denied. As you can
imagine we put enormous effort into this
and we are not prepared to make any
changes.
ST. MARY’S SCHOOL STAFF 2019
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Parish Priest
Fr. Shabin Kaniampuram
Principal
Dino De Propertis
Deputy Principal/Wellbeing/Student Services
Amanda Gill
Deputy Principal/ School Management
Jarrod Mullavey
Religious Education Leader
Sharen Maguire
Learning and Teaching Leader
Sharen Maguire
Numeracy Leader
Jarrod Mullavey
Literacy Leader
Emilie Owen
ICT Leader
Stephanie Sutherland
TEACHING STAFF
Year Prep C - Hayley Honan
Year Prep E - Emilie Owen
Year 1/2 B - Bethany Rees
Year 1/2 C - Jason Caruana
Year 1/2JR- Julia Lipinski/Renee Loprevite
Year 1/2 NT - Naomi Marron/ Tracey Long
Year 3/4 C - Carla Scobell
Year 3/4 TM - Tania Calabrese/Jarrod Mullavey
Year 4/5 A - Anne-Marie Winnell
Year 5/6 LC- Stephen Luckman/Amanda Caiafa
Year 5/6 S - Stephanie Sutherland
Library -Jane Grapas
Literacy Intervention - Victoria Failla
PE - Stephen Luckman
Performing Arts- David Cenzato
LOTE Italian - Irma Cimarosti
LOTE Mandarin - Bei Chen
Maths Intervention - Sandra Karnezis & Gae Lo Presti
Design Technology - Sally Erickson
ADMIN STAFF
Admin Officer - Margaret Marciano
Library Technician - Cheryl Griffin
Education Support Officers
Sarina Leptos
Vicki Prokos
Poppy Brennan
Viviane Lacey
Eileen Martoccia
Michelle Ray
Sophia Dimitropoulos
Reports will go home with your child on 18 December.
A REMINDER, SCHOOL WILL CONCLUDE FOR THE YEAR ON WEDNESDAY 19 DEC AT 1.30PM.
Have a wonderful Christmas and a safe and happy New Year. I look very much forward to working with you in 2019. Let new adventures begin!
Dino