Primary School
Welcome to 2025 in Primary at GSG
We are so excited to welcome all 232 students this week as they begin their academic year with us. Our teachers have spent many hours creating incredible spaces and learning opportunities for our students inside and outside the classroom. The sounds of joy could be heard all over the campus the morning of day one, from the coffee van right through to bus duty. Thank you for entrusting us to be the heart of your child’s education and welcome to the wonderful community that is GSG.
Please enjoy a photographic snapshot of Day One.
At our Year Two to Twelve Welcome Assembly yesterday, Mrs Ranger and I had the opportunity to speak about beginning the year as the Heads of Primary and Early Childhood.
Please read below a transcript of what was shared with our students.
Good morning, everyone!
I’m so excited to be standing here today as the new Head of Early Childhood (three-year-olds to Year Two). My name is Mrs Ranger, and this is my tenth year at this wonderful school! Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with so many of you, and I can honestly say that I love what I do.
I have a bit of a love for bright colours and fun prints, and I like to think that my approach to teaching is just as vibrant and full of life as the colours I adore! I believe in creating a space where children feel excited, supported and encouraged to learn, and I can’t wait to continue this journey in 2025. Being in this role means I get to help shape an environment where every child feels seen, valued and ready to take on the world. You will also find me teaching Kindergarten on Wednesdays and various lessons throughout the ECC. I hope to meet and interact with many of you this year and encourage you to come up, say hello and even pop down for a visit to our Early Childhood space!
Good Morning! My name is Ms Field and I am grateful to have the opportunity to work alongside Mrs Ranger this year so together we can deliver an exciting year of adventures and learning to our Primary School students. I have spent the last eight months away from the school raising my little boy Archie and bigger boy Hamish, but I am back and ready to begin my 13th year at GSG. This year my main role is to look out for our students and families in Years Three to Six, but I can be found teaching Year Four on Fridays and learning enrichment throughout the week.
GSG is a wonderful community of families, students and staff and I look forward to creating a learning environment where each of you feels seen, valued and heard so you can find joy, passion and purpose in all that you learn and experience. This is a unique place to learn where you have all you need in order to strive for personal excellence and I encourage you to make the most of the incredible opportunity your families have given you by enrolling you at GSG. Look out for each other over the year and please take the time this week to greet the new faces within your classes. We all know what that ‘new person’ feeling is like, and I encourage you to find a way to make everyone around you feel at home, including our new staff members too. This is our biggest Primary School cohort in over ten years and I can’t wait to be a part of the adventures we will have in 2025.
What’s New in 2025!
- School bell times aligned with Secondary School - Lunch is now 1.15pm to 1.50pm
- Year Two can now be found in the Primary School building, Djinda to Year One in the ECC building, Year Six still in Amity
- Ms Meghann Ritchie is our Learning Support Coordinator
- Mrs Hayley Ranger, Head of Early Childhood
- Ms Leah Field, Head of Primary Year 3-6
- Exciting new playground to be built
- Check out the newly painted buildings and new carpets in the Primary School
Class teachers for 2025
Djinda Teachers: Miss Claire Hard and Mrs Hayley Ranger
Education Assistant: Ms Tertia Le Roux
Kindergarten
Teachers: Mrs Gemma McPhee, Mrs Hayley Ranger and Miss Claire Hard
Education Assistants: Ms Tertia Le Roux and Ms Louise Urquhart
Pre-Primary
Teacher: Ms Suzanne Youens
Education Assistants: Mrs Caroline Cameron and Mrs Kym Clifford
Year One
Teacher: Mrs Fiona Gouldthorp
Education Assistant: Mrs Julie-Anne Ramsell
Year Two
Teacher: Ms Donna Diletti
Year Three
Teacher: Mr Geoff Hardey
Education Assistant: Ms Melissa Pears
Year Four
Teacher: Mrs Lee Hegarty and Ms Leah Field (Fridays)
Year Five
Teachers: Mr Paul Osborne and Mrs Lisa Keatch
Education Assistants: Mrs Bron Davey, Mrs Liz Irving and Mrs Heidi Sandison
Year Six
Teachers: Mr Peter Carman and Miss Gracie Laneaux-Neale
Education Assistant: Ms Elisabeth Magri
Specialist Teachers:
Languages (French Year Five and Six) - Ms Vanessa Krier
Physical Education and Year Five Health - Mr Stephen Berryman
Music - Ms Emma Luxton, Miss Kaila Thomas and Ms Sarah Stopher
Art - Ms Angela Diletti
Media (Year Six) - Miss Katie Gunning
Digital Technologies (Year Six) - Mr Kieran Bailey
Library (Kindergarten to Year Four) - Ms Elinor Couper
Christian Studies (ECC) - Mrs Hayley Ranger
Upcoming events
Week Two
Wednesday
Pre-Primary to Year Twelve Leaders' Induction Ceremony in the Multi-Purpose Sport Complex at 11.55am
Friday
Primary School Chapel led by Year Four in the Hall at 9.00am
Parent Information sessions – Primary School Foyer at 5.00pm
P&F Sundowner outside the Pratten Centre between 6.00pm and 8.00pm
Week Three
Thursday
Primary School Interhouse Swimming Years Three to Six, at ALAC all day
Friday
Primary School Assembly led by House Leaders in the Hall at 9.00am
Reminders
Please complete permission/registration forms for tennis, swim squad and the Interhouse Swimming Carnival.
Horizons begins Week Three. Information including the registration form will be sent in the coming days.
We hope you’ve had a smooth start to the term. Please don’t hesitate to contact anyone from the Primary School team to help the beginning of the year run smoothly.
Ms Leah Field | Head of Primary and
Mrs Hayley Ranger | Head of Early Childhood