Principal's Panorama

Congratulations to our wonderfully talent choristers who performed the recent New England Sings Concert in Armidale. 

Five of our young people dedicated recess and after school times to rehearse complicated songs for over 7 months and on the 27th October they joined with 20 other schools to perform in a professional concert at Lazenby Hall at UNE. 

I cannot describe the feeling watching our young people perform to such a high level, with the performers from the Symphony orchestra, and oh golly, listening to the collective voices as they performed their numbers.. chills...literal chills. 

Well done Lewis, Darcie, Charlie B, Lexi and Kirby, you are wonderful examples of how the arts can ignite such joy and wonder.

Newcastle Permanent Mathematics Competition

In early Term 3, we had 24 students from years 4, 5 and 6 participate in the 44th installment of the annual Newcastle Permanent Mathematics Competition. 

This year saw over 300 schools and 15,000 students participate.

The Newcastle Permanent Mathematics Competition is an annual maths competition that gives students from across regional NSW the opportunity to test their numeracy and problem-solving skills. It is one of Australia’s longest running annual mathematics competitions.

I am excited to announce that the results are in. In total our students were awarded;

2 x Distinction Awards

8 x Merit Awards

14 x Participation Awards

Congratulations to Ms Libby Lockwood

I would like to congratulate Libby Lockwood on her appointment to the position of Assistant Principal/Leader of Pedagogy at St Mary of the Angels Guyra, commencing on 30 January 2025.

Libby has over 10 years of experience in Catholic education in varying leadership and classroom roles, including Assistant Principal, Leader of Curriculum, Religious Education Coordinator, Sports Coordinator and Classroom Teacher across the Diocese of Armidale.

Commencing with Armidale Catholic Schools at St Joseph’s Primary School, West Tamworth, Libby was seconded for Term 3 in 2023 as Assistant Principal at St Joseph's Primary Glen Innes and in 2024 as Religious Education Coordinator and Assistant Principal at St Mary of the Angels Guyra.  During this time, Libby has demonstrated exemplary pedagogical practice and successfully contributed to strong teams through participation in co-teaching practices. 

Libby has a Bachelor of Education (Primary), University of New England; Graduate Certificate in Theological Studies, BBI The Australian Institute of Theological Education.

I know you will all congratulate Libby on her appointment and wish her success in this role.

We hope you have a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing all of our young people on Monday!

Blessings

Zoe