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 2024!

New Staff Members

We would like to welcome our new staff for 2024. 

Amy Westmoreland, James Dean, Bronwyn Chamberlain, Kiralee Molnar.

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: Maria

Year One: Tsubasa

Year Two: Flynn

Year Three: Olivia

Year Four: Zane

Year Five: Carolina

Year Six: Dimitra

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:

Citizenship Award (North East Shield): Dimitra

Literacy Award: Aaron

Maths Award: Jeremy

Visual Arts Award: Luke

Performing Arts Award: Heidi

Sports Award: Lucca

Spanish Award: Zoe

Library Award: Ivy

STEM Award: Athena

Community Spirit and Leadership Award: Sophie H

Rotary Award: Alex L

Academic Award: Bella

Graduation Award: Brian

Congratulations to our new 2025 Student Leaders

A big shout out 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: Jayden, Annika

House Captains - Killara: Max D, Zoe

House Captains - Mirrabooka: Max S, Sophie

House Captains - Warrawong: Jeremy, Sienna

House Captains - Wurundjeri: Josh S, Olive 

Junior School Council Captains: Priscilla , Madeline 

Sustainability Captains: Harvey, Reya

Technology Captains: Zac C, Jehaan 

Community & Cultural Captains: Mlak, Dulein

Peer Mediator Captains: Ruby, Eavan

Library Captains: Aleks, Hugh

STEM Captains: Ayrton , Emily 

Performing Arts Captains: Lily, Juliette

Visual Arts Captains: Stevie, Jack

Year Six Graduation

On Wednesday, 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:

2024 Class Teachers

Foundation: Bianca Seymour, Lauren Cummings, Buni Hasvong, Luisa Hill

Year One: Pierre Douvartzides, Abbey Tiernan, Alex Phillips, Emma Thomas, Amy Westmoreland

Year Two: Toby Keen, Dani Calvisi, Lily Pan, Kerry Todkill, Kate Jackson

Year Three: Liz Padman, Charlotte Fatnowna, James Dean, Abbey Papailiou

Year Four: Karen Horvat, Brigette Roberts, Glenn Tooth, Olivia Mahon

Year Five: Amanda Jeeves, Alysha Kennedy, Tahnee Ramsay, Bronwyn Chamberlain, Kiralee Molnar

Year Six: Rachael Duke, Charlotte Pemberton, Erin Ward, 

Visual Arts: Susan Tate

Performing Arts: Grace Jasinski

LOTE - Spanish: Carla Melo Perea

Library: Hayley Sheridan, Kate Jackson

PE: Jarrod Liston

STEM: Matt Anthony

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

Michelle Ogilvie

Principal