From our Principal

Dear Parents, Students and Friends,

Welcome back to the new academic year. I offer a special welcome to new families that have joined our community for the first time in 2022.

Our school theme this year comes from the 1st Letter of Peter (1-13), “Therefore prepare your minds for action”. The theme was chosen by students and endorsed by staff to guide our work in 2022. It’s a theme that speaks to gearing up for the learning to come and acknowledges the disruptions to learning over the past two years and a collective commitment to the work ahead in making the most of the learning opportunities afforded us. It implies that we are all in this together.

I look forward to exploring the theme further throughout this year.

Our first day provided us with the opportunity to welcome 325 new Year 7 students who appear to have made a wonderful beginning to the secondary learning. May St. Peter’s College be a place where our new Year 7s, and for that matter all students, discover a fertile learning environment from which to be to inspired to reach their full potential. 

Communication

Communication between St. Peter’s College and home is critical in supporting your child/ren. The fortnightly newsletter is important in giving an overview of events. Other forums for information flow include:

• The College Website: https://www2.stpeters.vic.edu.au/ 
• The College Facebook Page: For up to the minute information
• Operoo Notifications: Used to communicate specific information as well as the vehicle from which permissions for school events are registered and received
• SMS: used for reminders and just in time messages
• Email: used to distribute correspondence

It is important to note that the College’s e-mail policy states that: ‘St. Peter's College staff access their work emails normally between 8:00am-5:00pm and will endeavour to respond to emails within 24-48 hours. However, staff are not expected to respond in this timeframe during weekends, public holidays and term breaks’.

Who’s Who

Enclosed in this edition is a Who’s Who guide of staff including their roles. Please keep a copy for future reference. It is important for parents to know who to contact when the need arises. The following table guides and informs that process. The staff member listed here should always be the first contact point:

For more complex pastoral wellbeing issues it would be appropriate to speak to your child/ren’s House Leader 

Welcome to new staff

A number of new staff have joined us at the beginning of this year, they are:

Clyde North Campus

Lu’ae Abd-Elgani – Learning Support Officer

Despina Angelidis – teaching English and Humanities

Irene Balder – teaching Chemistry, Maths and Science

Natasha Cachart – Learning Support Officer

Clarisse Campos – teaching in the Year 9 program – Humanities, English and RE and Yr 11 RE

Jake Charman – teaching English, Humanities and RE

Joshua Clark – teaching Science and RE

James Duffy – teaching Maths and IT

Carolyn Ellul – teaching Psychology, VCAL and RE

Ping Hu – Learning Support Officer

Krystelle Martin – Literacy Co-ordinator and teaching English and Literacy 

Gabrielle O’Connell – EAL Co-ordinator and teaching EAL

John O’Sullivan – House Leader (Glowrey) and teaching English and RE

Amy Sam – teaching Maths and IT

Portia Subotsch – teaching in the Year 9 program – Humanities, English and RE

Madeleine Tabacchiera – teaching Music and Drama

Jordan Ye – teaching Business Management and Humanities

Cranbourne Campus

Bernardita Arias-Lazo – teaching Product Design, Food and VCAL

Alice Carlisle – Senior Years Curriculum Leader and teaching Psychology and Science

Harriet Chataway – Learning Enrichment Co-ordinator and teaching Literacy

Lindsey Cordery – Learning Support Officer

Sarah Hogan – House Leader (Romero) and teaching Health and Human Development

Anouska Khambatta – teaching Humanities and Business Management

Martin Luo – teaching English

Keziah Melvin – teaching PE, VCAL and RE

Deirdre Peterson – Learning Support Officer

Vijaya Sundaramurthy – teaching Maths

Denise Tan – teaching VCAL, RE and Maths

Jing Weng – teaching Maths

Mercy Xavier – teaching VET Electro-technology

We also welcome back from maternity leave Chloe Maltar (CLN)

Current COVID Measures

I thank parents, students and staff for supporting us in the implementation of the current set of measures designed to maintain a safe working place of learning. With the current conditions as outlined by the Department of Education and our own governing authority DOSCEL we are required to continue restricting parents coming on campus as much as possible. If there is a legitimate reason for you to be on campus you must: be fully vaccinated, wearing a mask if inside (unless an exemption applies) and register on the QR code system. Thank-you in anticipation of your understanding.

Undertaking supplied RATs – it is suggested that students should get into a regular pattern of undertaking their RAT on a Monday morning and again on a Thursday morning to distribute the testing regime evenly. Any positive test result must be reported to your child’s Learning Advisor as a matter of urgency.

Masks – students must bring their own supply of masks to school

High Achieving Students

Congratulations to Trinity Lee from the graduating class of 2021 for successfully being selected to represent St. Peter's College in the TOP Arts Season of Excellence. Trinity’s artwork will be exhibited at the National Gallery of Victoria from the end of March until June. Her folios will also be available for visiting students to look at for inspiration during school visits to the National Gallery of Victoria. Top Arts 2022 celebrates the outstanding abilities and the diverse concerns of our newest emerging talents and it is an absolute thrill to announce that Trinity has been successful. 

All the best for the week ahead

Mr Chris Black

Principal