Dear Parents, Carers, Staff, Students and Friends of Derinya,

What an incredible morning we had celebrating our annual Christmas breakfast. I was absolutely blown away by our communities generosity and thoroughly enjoyed coming together to celebrate the end of the year. Today’s assembly was magnificent with many achievements to celebrate. It was timely to reflect on how much is offered to the children and how they embrace this and give things their best shot even when outside their comfort zone. Many thanks goes to the Salvation Army who come and gather the donations and ensure these are distributed to children in need.

Well done year 1

A huge well done to our year 1 students on their stunning performance on Grandparents Day. It was wonderful to have so many grandparents visit us and celebrate the children and their learning.

Staffing news

It is with sadness but also our best wishes that we say goodbye to Mrs Megan Packham, Ms Sarah Vosper and Ms Tori Jackson who will be moving to teaching positions in the private system in 2024. I thank these wonderful teachers for their incredible work and wish them all the very best.

Teacher allocation in 2024

It is such an exciting time of year as we secure plans for the year ahead. Please note the following arrangements.

Prep	Year 1	Year 2
Mrs Zoe Richey & Mrs Shelley Alderman Mrs Rebecca Uccello Mrs Stacey Jones Ms Kellie LeCerf Ms Alice Roberts	Ms Ally Duncan Mrs Christina Ellis Ms Rebecca Anderson Mrs Samantha Allen Mrs Julie Baltas Mrs Ashlee Grant	Mr James Neale Mrs Nita Wills/Mrs Rosslyn Rosenburg Ms Samantha Beckhouse Ms Michelle Sands Mr Spencer Daly Mrs Nikki Lonie & Mrs Sam Walsh
Year 3	Year 4	Year 5
Mrs Anita Presti & Mrs Abbey Keon Mrs Pippa Dowling Mrs Julianne Neylan Mr Mark Everard Mrs Lisa Male	Ms Eliese Catterick Mrs Briony Beaver Mrs Tammy Greene Ms Abby Chernishoff Mrs Katrina Sands & Mrs Zoe Summerfield	Mrs Liz Catford Mrs Jayne Potts Mr Derek Williams Mrs Sarah Dalgleish Mrs Kasey Black
Year 6	Specialists
Mrs Stephanie Guest Ms Leah Clarke Mr Andy Henry Mr Joel Wylie Mrs Monica Waterworth & Mrs Nikki Trevaskis	Japanese – Mrs Therese Sakamoto & Mrs Elle Taylor PE – Mr Michael Runchey & Mrs Louise Jenkins Art – Mrs Anne Wilkin and Mrs Helen Trend Science – Mrs Georgie Dymond & Mrs Sue Grostate Performing Arts – Mrs Lindi Morrison, Mrs Jacky Morgan & Mrs Madison Runchey

All class placements have now been finalised in preparation for step up day next Tuesday where the children will meet their new teacher and their class mates for the year ahead.

Please know that staff spend many hours carefully considering the placement of each individual student and your support around transition is appreciated.

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend ahead.

Nadine Pye on behalf of the Derinya Team.

Student Achievements

WOW Awards & Spotlights

Maths Mindset Awards

Year 3

Year 5

Year 6

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