Public Speaking

Congratulations to our Year Prep to Year 4 Public Speaking Grand Finalists who all presented superbly to an audience of students and family members yesterday. The quality of speeches was quite incredible, with students speaking confidently, with energy and mostly without notes. We are extremely proud of all of the students, with special mention to the winners of the event:

Prep: Zara Vasudeva (Prep JM)

Grade 1: Layla Gunn (1JC)

Grade 2: Woody Lee (2CC)

Grade 3: Maddy Alford (3MP)

Grade 4: Sehara Jayasuriya (4MR)

Thanks to our Year 5 judges, MC’s and stage assistants, as well as to our Year 6 ICT Captains and staff members, Kim Dellevergin and Armann Kumruyan. Photos of the event appear later in the newsletter.

Prep Info Evening

Last night, we welcomed a packed house of 2024 Prep parents & carers to our November Information Night. We introduced our Prep team of Beth Fletcher and Nan Ternai, who spoke enthusiastically and professionally about the Prep year and answered questions from the audience. We look forward to welcoming the students to our Old Orchard family next year.

Awards Assembly

We are looking forward to the Year 5 & 6 Awards Assembly next week, with a number of special presentations and acknowledgements to our students. The assembly is a special event on our school calendar and also features several musical performances from our students.

Prep Breakfast

Next week also features our annual Prep Breakfast, another exciting event for our students. As always, we are very appreciative of our staff for their commitment and for consistently going above and beyond to provide our students with extra curricular experiences that ensure their school experience is a fulfilling and positive one.

Staffing 2024

We have finalised our teaching team for 2024 and we are very excited about the quality of this team. Special welcome to the newest members of our team, Charlotte Read & Tom Rogers.

Class	Teacher
Prep	Beth Fletcher: PLC Leader - Prep
Prep	Nan Ternai
Year 1	Jen Males: PLC Leader - Year 1
Year 1	Kate Gorfine
Year 1/2	Gemma Ashdowne (Simmons): PLC Leader - Year 2
Year 2	Adam Todd (0.8) / Bianca Gelsi (0.2)
Year 2	Enza Orsini (0.6) / Jenny Flower (0.4)
Year 3	Craig Gooding: Area leader 3 & 4
Year 3	Mandy Parke: PLC Leader - Year 3
Year 3	Milly Bridges
Year 4	Ruth Reading: PLC Leader - Year 4 (0.8) / Laura Feltham (0.2)
Year 4	Monique Rollins
Year 4	Nick Hewish
Year 5	Armann Kumruyan: PLC Leader - Year 5
Year 5	Charlotte Read (new)
Year 5/6	Michelle Chen: PLC Leader - Year 6
Year 6	Ellen Hurley: Area leader 5 & 6
Year 6	Tom Rogers (new)
Year 6	Curtis DeWitt
Support	Bec Mitchell (0.6)
Mandarin	Tracey Ding: PLC Leader Specialist Team
Music	Rhiannon Trimby
Art	Heidi Kelly
P.E.	James Roche
STEM	Lauren Todd
	Meg McKinley (0.6) Area leader P - 2 Specific role to be determined

Nan’s wedding

Congratulations to our Year 5 teacher, Nan Ternai and her fiancee, Ben, who are getting married next Friday. We wish them all the best for their special day and for a long, happy and exciting future together.

Kind regards

Duncan

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