Principal's Message

School Philosophy

Orchard Grove Primary School is committed to providing a safe, nurturing environment that engages curiosity, promotes learning, personal growth, and well-being for all students. We strive to develop adaptability and resilience so students can become valued members of the local and global communities and be prepared for future life experiences.

From the Principal

Welcome to the final newsletter for 2023!

New Staff Members

We would like to welcome our new staff for 2024. 

Rachel Coulson, Lauren Cummings, Charlotte Fatnowna, Olivia Mahon, Margaret Spillane, Emma Thomas, Rachael Duke.

End of Year Awards

Our end-of-year awards celebrate the achievements of students across the year. These are Citizenship Awards; one student from each cohort of students achieves this by displaying all the school values consistently over the year.  The recipients are listed below.

Foundation: Rappley R

Year One: Joshua M

Year Two: Jake S

Year Three: Catherine L

Year Four: Joshua S

Year Five: Annie A

Year Six: Callum E

The other awards are our Graduation awards, awarded at Graduation to students in a range of categories. A huge congratulations to the following students, who took out the following awards:

Literacy Award: Zoe C        

Maths Award: Cody W               

Art Award: Olivia M

Performing Arts Award: Kirri M

Physical Education Award: Darcy M

Spanish Award: Orlando A         

Library Award: Cooper W

STEM Award: Jake R            

Community Spirit and Leadership Award: Rebecca H

Rotary Award: Alex L    

Academic Award: Louis F

Graduation Award: Harper L

Congratulations to our new 2024 Student Leaders

A big shoutout to all the Year Five students who put their hand up for one of these roles. To see this much enthusiasm within our student group is amazing and something of which to be very proud. 

The following students were successful in gaining one of the positions on offer.

School Captains: Lito A and Emily Y

House Captains - Killara: Mason C and Penny L

House Captains - Mirrabooka: Isaac S and Mia W

House Captains - Warrawong: Lucca W and Chloe S

House Captains - Wurundjeri: Josh C and Billie R

Junior School Council Captains: Dash M and Isabelle B

Sustainability Captains: Sophie B and Juliet C

Technology Captains: Brian C and Joel N

Community Captains: Ilia A and Dimitra A

Peer Mediator Captains: Ryan J and Luke M

Library Captains: Edward T and Ivy G

STEM Captains: Eason Y and Jeremy L

Performing Arts Captains: Heidi W and Ava B

Visual Arts Captains: Luke J and Sophie H

Year Six Graduation

On Monday, we had our Year Six Graduation and it was a great night. The evening went beautifully and it was lovely to celebrate the achievements of a wonderful group of students. Thank you to the staff and parent graduation committee for all the work put into making sure the evening was a memorable one. As part of the evening, we acknowledge the outgoing families who have their youngest (or only) child leaving the school, thus ending their affiliation with the school. We would like to say goodbye and good luck to the following families:

2023 Class Teachers

Foundation: Bianca Seymour, Ellie Short, Lauren Cummings, Lily Pan, Abbey Papailiou

Year One: Pierre Douvartzides, Abbey Tiernan, Buni Hasvong, Luisa Hill, Alex Syposs

Year Two: Toby Keen, Dani Calvisi, Rachel Coulson, Kerry Todkill, Kate Jackson

Year Three: Charlotte Pemberton, Margaret Spillane, Olivia Mahon, Liz Padman

Year Four: Karen Horvat, Erin Ward, Rachael Duke, Brigette Roberts

Year Five: Glenn Tooth, Charlotte Fatnowna, Alysha Kennedy, Emma Thomas

Year Six: Amanda Jeeves, David Simpson, Matt Anthony, Amanda Tebb

Visual Art: Susan Tate

Performing Arts: 

LOTE - Spanish: Carla Melo Perea

Library: Suzi Warton, Hayley Sheridan

PE: Jarrod Liston

STEM: Bec Bird

Enjoy the holidays and quality time spent with family and friends.

Michelle Ogilvie

Principal