Dear Parents and Friends of DPS

Welcome back to the new school year! It has been wonderful to see students return so positively and settle quickly into their classes. All year levels are off to a calm and confident start, with classrooms buzzing with learning and new friendships.

A special welcome to our new Prep students and families, as well as those joining our school community for the first time. We are delighted to have you with us and look forward to a year of learning, growth and partnership.

Our new School Captains are excited for their first Virtual Assembly which will be held Monday afternoons at 2:30pm. You will receive a Compass Newsfeed with the link. We look forward to seeing lots of parents online at this time.

You will shortly receive information (via Compass) regarding an Open Classroom afternoon which is always a great chance to meet your child's class teacher.

Our first Face-Face Assembly will be held at 11:30am on Thursday 19 February where we will have a special performance in celebrating Chinese New Year. All parents are welcome to join us on site for our face-face assemblies.

We are excited to welcome new staff to the school who have already made such a great impression on the school community. Please see staffing for 2026 below:

Staffing for 2026

Jarod Ryan - Principal

Julia Bay - Assistant Principal

Niky Corfios - Assistant Principal

Andrew Johnson – Leading Teacher - Mental Health Wellbeing Leader

Bradley Simpson- Leading Teacher STEM/ Data

Diane Meilak - Junior School Literacy Learning Specialist

Lillie Powell – Senior School Literacy Learning Specialist

Brent Granger – Junior School Numeracy Learning Specialist

Nathan Watson – Senior School Numeracy Learning Specialist

Natalie Pike – Business Manager

Rebecca Rolfe – Office Manager

Zhara Mellor - Office Assistant

Level	Leader
Prep	Jessica White (PW)	Caitlin Wightman (PC)	Millie Edwards (PE)
1	Brent Granger (1G)	Shona Misso (1M)	Summer Scott (1S)
2	Diane Meilak (2M)	Mei Sng (2S)	Gabe Trevan (2T)
3	Lillie Ryan (3R)	Joy Lai (3J)	Taneisha Fredericks (3F)
4	Rana El-bay (4E)	Hannah Stagoll (4S)	Julia Di Cosmo (4D)	Brett Tomsett (4T)
5	Lisa Foster (5F)	Sam O’Bryan (5O)	Jac Holzer (5H)	Sarah Bayliss (5B)
6	Nathan Watson (6W)	Vanessa Keen (6K)	Georgia Redfern (6R)	Sara Hamilton 3 days Jayne Hill 2 days (6H)
STEM	Brad Simpson (LT)		Andrew Johnson (LT)
Physical Education		Martin Spinks	Andrew Johnson (LT)
LOTE		Rida Su	Tracey Baxter
Art		Marika Quinonero	Tracey Baxter
Performing Arts		Kathey Coumaros
MHWL		Andrew Johnson
EAL		Mary Scopas (3 days)
Groundsman	Mick Tolliday		Psychologist	Hanna Ho

Annual Privacy Reminder

Our school collects and uses student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ privacy policy and the Schools’ privacy collection notice.

Our Photographing, Filming and Recording Students policy (available on the school website), describes how we collect and use photographs, video and recordings of students. The policy also explains when parent consent is required and how it can be provided and withdrawn.

We ask parents to also review the guidance we provide on how we use Google Workspace for Education safely at the school and what parents can do to further protect their child’s information. If after reviewing the guidance, you have any questions or concerns regarding your child using Google Workspace for Education, please contact the school.

For more information about privacy, refer to: Schools’ privacy policy: information for parents. This information is also available in eleven community languages:

Amharic
Arabic
Chinese
Dari
Gujarati
Mandarin
Somali
Sudanese
Turkish
Urdu
Vietnamese

It is going to be such an exciting year for DPS and thank you for your ongoing support.

Determination Pride Success

Jarod Ryan

Acting Principal

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