Principal's Message

Welcome back everyone. It has been lovely catching up with students and hearing about all the wonderful things they have done over the holiday period. The school has started the year really settled and the students are hard at work in the classrooms. 

Thank you to everyone for joining Sentral Parent Portal. This will be a great way for the school to communicate with our parent community. If you haven't joined please call the office and they will support you through the process of joining. 

I am looking forward to welcoming our new Kinders tomorrow for the first full day at big school. I am also looking forward to meeting parents as you drop your child at school. 

Teaching team:

KM - Meleesa Smith (Early Stage 1 Assistant Principal)

KH - Janean Hanlon

KB - Nicole Burden

K/1R - Kristy Rich

K-6F - Carolyn Flanagan (Support Assistant Principal)

K-6H - Cassandra Hayes

K-6S - Marty Stewart

K-6B - Ella Barwick and Daniel Wharton

1/2T - Michelle Taylor (Stage 1 Assistant Principal)

1/2C - Sigourney Conroy

1/2M - Reace Milgate

1/2G - Amelia Garner

3/4M - Elizabeth Miller (Stage 2 Assistant Principal)

3/4C - Brownyn Carlisle

3/4K - Kerrie Charlton

3/4E - Jenny Eagle

5/6M - Joanne Michael (Stage 3 Assistant Principal)

4/5O - Cheryl Owens

5/6B - Sophie Bellamy

5/6P - Dave Peters

Student Support Learning Officers - Jay Cashen, Annie Lawlor, Catharine Riini, Steve O'Brien, Catarina Stafford and Rebecca Ghattas

Student Support Learning Officers (Support classes) - Kierin Thornton, Louise Farry, Cathy Cottrel, Emily Brabham 

Assistant Principal Instruction and Curriculum - Jodeen Jackson

Intervention - Melissa Clare and Cheryl Cluff

Learning and Support teacher - Hayley Eriksson

RFF team - Sue Craft, Elly Stepto, Lindsay Marsh, Marilyn Johnson, Louise Brace and Katie Bourke

Librarian - Bronwyn Davey

Office staff - Cathy Zammitt (SAM), Leesa Lepaio (SAO), Angela Best (SAO), Carrolyn Halsey (SAO), Anne Huges (SAO)

Stage snippets will be in next weeks newsletter and will give you information about what is happening over the term for each stage.

A couple of reminders as we return:

1. Please ensure you do not park in the disabled parking space across the road from the school unless you have permission to do so. The council parking rangers frequently drive past the school ensuring all parents are following the parking rules.
2. If you park across the road and walk across to the school to collect your child please ensure you use the school crossing once you have picked up your child. 
3. Family holidays - The Department of Education encourages families to take holidays during term breaks. If this is totally unavoidable please see the office and complete an Application for extended leave - Travel form.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any concerns. I can be contacted through the school office.