What a finish!

We hope you enjoy these videos of our graduation and end-of-year performance.

Graduation - note click on the photo to view the video

Concert

Staffing and classes for 2026

On Wednesday, students met their new classes and teachers for next year. Things are already looking great for 2026! Here is our complete list of staffing:

Reception	Katie Martin
Year 1	Alex Agars
Year 2	Suzie Tume (M-W) and Leonie Chatfield (Th-Fr)
Year 2/3	Emma Grosvener
Year 3/4	Stephen Tsiaprakas (M-W) and Kelly Charlton (Th-Fr)
Year 4/5	Rachael King (4 days) and Troy Welfare (Wednesdays)
Year 5/6	Sallie Griffin
Science	Paige Colwell (T - Th)
PE	Troy Welfare (Thursdays)
Indonesian	Susan Lewis (T and Th)
HASS	Kelly Charlton (Wednesdays)

Please note Jaya Thomas will be travelling for the first half of the year, and will return as our mid-year Reception teacher in Term 3.

Permanent staff, Alex Berry, Samantha Irvine and Lizzie Kemp, are currently on extended leave. Samantha will be taking on the principal role at Scott Creek for the year, and we wish her well! If there are any updates to staffing during the year, we will keep you informed.

Welcome Alex

Hello, my name is Alex Agars and I’m thrilled to be joining Uraidla Primary School next

year as the Year 1 teacher. It feels wonderful to be returning to the school, as Uraidla is where I spent my very first day of teaching back in 2016, and where I also co-directed the OSHC program during my studies. I’ve also spent plenty of cold weekends on the netball courts representing Uraidla Demons since under 15’s.

After three years travelling around Australia on and off, and most recently Europe with my partner, I’m grateful to be settled again in the Adelaide Hills and reconnecting with this wonderful community.

Over the past few months, I’ve had the pleasure of doing relief teaching at Uraidla, which has reminded me just how special this school is.

I’m very much looking forward to getting to know the students, staff and wider school community, and I’m excited for this next chapter at Uraidla Primary School with you all.

Welcome Paige

My name is Paige Colwell! I am an experienced teacher with a passion for teaching

Science. I have two young children of my own, with a love of the outdoors, and it was for this reason that my husband and I relocated our family to the Adelaide Hills. Now living in Crafers West, I have deepened my love for gardening and spending time within our local community.

I am passionate about the use of outdoor spaces, natural materials and I adopt a practical approach to teaching Science. I am excited to work with the students at Uraidla Primary School next year.

We also welcome our new pastoral Care Worker Ruth Zweck, who has already joined us for the last foew weeks of the year. See the 'school news' section for an introduction to Ruth.

Welcome Leonie

Hi there Uraidla students, parents and community,

My name is Leonie Chatfield and I have been teaching a long time and really still love what I do. I spent the first half of my career teaching in Queensland and the second half here in the Adelaide Hills.

I have lived and worked in the Hills for the last 16 years. I actually started that time with contracts at Uraidla Primary School for three years and then became permanent at Littlehampton PS. Recently, I decided to give up my full-time permanent position and take on some years of part-time work.

I am very excited to have the opportunity to return to the beautiful Uraidla PS to help out and serve where I can.

I have taught all the year levels many times and love them all. My most recent 10 years, though, have been in the Years 1, 3/4 and 2/3.

Relationships, well-being and learning to be a learner are at the heart of my passion for teaching.

I look forward to meeting you all!

Social Media minimum age information

You would all have received information about the new social media ban. If you would like to learn more about how to navigate this change with your children and your family, go to

www.esafety.gov.au .

SAPSASA Tennis

On the 13th of November our boys and girls SAPSASA tennis teams went to Millswood Tennis World for a knockout carnival. The boys team was made up of - Louie, Ashton, Thomas and Ned and girls team had Layla, Ruby, Klara, and Maddi. It was a full day and both teams had to compete against Highgate, Burnside, and Westbourne Park Primary. Unfortunately, we did not progress through to the next round, but the girls came really close. Thank you Hayley Mounds and Matt Abslom for driving and supervising each team.

Congratulations to Ruby and Layla who were selected to represent the Hills District in tennis. They were both very successful were very successful, coming second in their division, only losing by 1 countback point!

And that's a wrap!

Farewell to all of our graduating students and other students and families leaving us. We wish you all the very best and we hope you will come back and visit!

I wish you all a wonderful and peaceful holiday season. 🧑‍🎄🎄

See you in January!

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