Across Oliver's Desk 

Dear Parents/Guardians,

I know a lot of you were waiting to see where we are placing all of the teachers for next year. Unfortunately you will have to wait until the next newsletter for the full list as we are yet to fill one teacher vacancy for next year. 

I will, however announce the positions that we know will not change.

Prep A – Lisa Syme

Prep B – Jess Lowe

Prep C - Jess Howe/Zena Earsman

Prep D – Bonnie McKercher

5/6 A – Jess White

5/6 B – Elyse Newman

5/6 C – Ash Shanks

5/6 D – Danielle Marnock 

P/E – Ash Gibbons

Art – Clive McArthur 

German/Cooking – Sandy Walter

Science – Fiona Eckhardt 

LLI – Mary Menta

Tutors – Lucy Derix, Nat Telpuk, Stephanie Verhoef

Bereavement Message

It is with great sadness that I write to you about the passing of Mount Evelyn Primary School Principal, Angie O’Hare.  Firstly I would like to extend our deepest sympathy to Angie’s family, friends and colleagues at this difficult time.  I knew Angie as a wonderful colleague and educator.

As a school we have offered our support to the Mount Evelyn school community. Flick has been approached by the Department and will be Acting Principal at Mount Evelyn for the next five weeks.  I’m sure you will all agree with me that Flick is the perfect person to step in and help that community.  Rachel Ward and Jess Wallace will step into Flick’s Assistant Principal role while she is away. 

Christmas Carols

After speaking to School Council and our staff, we have decided to postpone our traditional carols night this year. This decision was not taken lightly as we do love our carols night.  The problem is that we are squeezing a full term into six weeks and some things simply have to go.  Carols will be back bigger and better next year! 

Graduation Dinner

Our grade six graduation dinner will be going ahead this year at Killara in Seville East.  Killara is a brilliant venue and the perfect place for memorable graduation photos. 

Normally our students fundraise throughout the year to pay for all the costs associated with graduation dinner.  Unfortunately COVID has put a stop to our fundraising efforts for the past two years. Therefore, parents that wish to attend the dinner will need to pay $30 a head. The school will still pay for the students through the fundraising that we have managed to do. 

As with government regulations parents will need to be double vaccinated to attend the venue. 

Prep transition activities and dates

We are looking forward to our fantastic new preps coming to have their first visits to the school. 

Friday November 12th   9:30 – 11am

Friday November 19th   9:30 – 11am

Friday November 26th     9:30 – 11am

Friday December 3rd        9:00 – 11am

Tuesday December 7th (step up day) 9:30 – 12:30pm

Breakfast Club

Breakfast club is back from 8am Tuesday and Thursday.