a word from our leaders

Student Reports

Semester Two academic and instrumental reports are now available to parents through your Edumate login.

We encourage you to take time to share in your child’s achievements.  Celebrate their successes and assist them in setting some new goals for 2022.  Although it occupies only a small part of each achievement record, we encourage parents to focus first and foremost on the ‘effort’ score reported for each learning area.  Whilst individual strengths and weaknesses each impact on a child’s level of academic attainment, outstanding effort is an accurate indicator that your child is maximising potential.  Celebrate! 

We trust the report continues to give clear and concise information relating to your child’s progress.

Move Up Morning

Next Monday students will spend some time meeting with their 2022 classmates and teacher.  The session is aimed at giving students familiarity with their classroom learning arrangements for next year, and we trust, will generate excited expectation of the year ahead.

Open Classrooms

Following a positive response in 2021 and pending clarity around COVID restrictions, we invite you to drop in and visit your new classroom and specialist learning areas prior to the commencement of the school year.  Meet the teachers – classroom, specialist and learning support staff.  Get excited about the year ahead!

31 January, between 1.30 – 3.00pm

Celebrating our staff

The installation and re-dedication of all school staff will, God willing, take place at the 10.30am Worship Service at Good Shepherd on Sunday 6 February.  The ‘Back to School’ service celebrates the beginning of the new school year. Families and friends of the school are warmly invited to this special service.

It’s wonderful to again be expanding our teaching team. Energy, expertise, teamwork and laughter continue to be attributes of this highly professional group.  I feel honoured to lead them.

Teacher allocations for the 2022 school year are as follows:

Curiosity

Jacqui Gliddon (Director)

Trish Childs, Demi Ikonomopoulos, Karen Winderlich,  (Lead Educators) 

Phoebe Armitage, Karen Bloffwitch, Lauren Botheras,  Jodie Frost, Amelia Lambden, Veronica Martin, Viva Phetsikhio, (Co-educators)

Foundation (Stage 1)   

Tim English,  Elysha Magor, Sarah Shaw.

Sarah Smith (Learning Support Stage 1)

Year 1/2 (Stage 2)        

Christie Corbett & Gen Hart, Bec Ingham, Sarah Jones, Bethany Kluge, Kayla Sunman.

Kate Burton (Learning Support Stage 2)

Year 3/4 (Stage 3)      

Therese Abraham, Katherine Anderson, Charlotte Armitage, Lena Harmer, Donna King.

Anne Carter (Learning Support Stage 3)

Year 5/6 (Stage 4)      

Janet Kuhlmann & Lisa Roennfeldt, Jake Miles, Nathaniel Nilsen, Andrew Petkovic, 

Trish Stewart (Learning Support Stage 4)

Leaders

Evie Stevens (Director Junior Primary)

Brett Humphrys (Director Senior Primary)

Karen Schoff (Director Learning Innovation) 

Specialist Teachers             

Carolyn Buhren (Auslan)

Jason Wain (Physical Education) 

Janine Panagiotou (Physical Education)  

TBA (Visual Arts)

Claudia Deanshaw (Creative Arts)

Farewells 

The wonderful service of Marion Chan (Curiosity), Matt Ingham (Grounds), Caroline Manser (Imagination OSHC), Shane Poole (Stage 3), Nell Quirk (teacher currently on parenting leave), Garry Schwartz (Business and Finance),  Tania Siebert (German), Ashleigh Willoughby (Stage 4),  will be acknowledged at our closing worship on Tuesday morning.

We also celebrate with and pray for Chelsie Cossens-Riches (Co-educator) and Danni de Dezsery (Visual Arts) who begin 2022 on maternity leave.  

David Wilksch

Principal