Staff Contact Details

Class Teachers 2026

Class Teachers 

Prep - Mrs Chantelle Wegner, Miss Cristina Menegas

Year 1 - Miss Brooke Davis & Mrs Lara Beltrame, Mrs Lauren Wilkinson 

Year 2 - Mrs Elise Mears & Mrs Tracey James, Mrs Laura Ciavarella

Year 3 - Mrs Catherine Carrick, Miss Olivia Bottomley

Year 4 - Mrs Marianne Di Fabio, Miss Angelique Barbuto & Mr Paul Tarabay

Year 5 - Mrs Sue Lee Kew, Mrs Simone Porthouse

Year 6 - Mr Shane Thompson, Miss Hollie Goad, Miss Alexia Marian

Specialists

Performing Arts - Mrs Maria Buttifant

P.E. - Mr Ben Friggi

STEM - Mr Frank Cotela

Italian - Mrs Maria Veronese

Classroom Teachers and email contacts

Year Prep (Foundation) - Chantelle Wegner, Cristina Menegas

cwegner@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au 

cmenegas@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

Year One - Brooke Davis &  Lara Beltrame (Mon), Lauren Wilkinson

bdavis@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au 

lbeltrame@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

lwilkinson@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

Year Two - Elise Mears (Mon, Tues & Fri) & Tracey James (Wed & Thurs), Laura Ciaverella 

emears@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au 

tjames@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

lciaverella@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

Year Three -  Olivia Bottomley, Catherine Carrick

obottomley@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au  

carrick@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au 

Year Four - Angelique Barbuto & Paul Tarabay, Marianne DiFabio

abarbuto@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au 

ptarabay@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au 

mdifabio@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

Year Five -  Sue Lew-Kee & Penny Baynes, Simone Porthouse

slewkee@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

pbaynes@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

sporthouse@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

Year Six - Hollie Goad, Alexia Marian, Shane Thompson

hgoad@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

amarian@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

sthompson@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

St John's Leadership Team

Principal - Alison Dean  principal@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

Deputy Principal - Elizabeth Whiting ewhiting@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

Learning & Teaching Leader - Elizabeth Whiting ewhiting@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

Education in Faith Leader - Connie Bandiera  cbandiera@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

Vision for Instruction Literacy Leaders - Tracey James (P-2), Elizabeth Whiting (Yr 3-6)

tjames@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

ewhiting@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au  

Vision for Instruction Mathematics Leader - Angelique Barbuto abarbuto@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

Vision for Engagement - Learning Diversity Leader - Nicole Federico nfederico@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

Vision for Engagement - Wellbeing Leader - Brooke Davis - bdavis@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au 

eLearning Leader - Frank Cotela - fcotela@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au  

Office Contacts

Bursar - Louise Verna - accounts@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au

Administration - TBC - office@sjheidelberg.catholic.edu.au