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Principal's Message

Year 6 Graduation

The Year 6 Graduation 2022 took place at Deakin University last night. This was a fabulous opportunity to celebrate seven years of primary school education for the 184 students and their families. For the students, the evening began with photos and a meal at Foo Moo Restaurant before joining with parents and families for the formal presentation of Graduation Certificates in auditorium. 

Speeches from the School Captains: Sophie Langford and Vysnavi Sivasuthan, Vice-Captains: Ayden Jiang and Jeff Tun, School Council President, Praveena Hari Bharath, and the Principal, each captured the important aspects of the educational experience at Mount View. I would like to thank our student leaders for their wonderful speeches and for they way the have demonstrated and modelled great leadership throughout the year. 

Thank you to all of the Year 6 students for their great class videos which were shown last night. These videos showed creativity and humour and were greatly appreciated by the audience.

 

Giving Tree Assembly

The Giving Tree Assembly will take place on Friday, 16 December at 2:40 pm. Thank you to all families who have donated to this community initiative which supports families in need during the festive season. The presents donated by the Mount View Community will be greatly appreciated by children who are in need of additional support at this time.

 

Class Groups 2023

All class groups for 2023 will be announced via Compass on Friday, 16 December at 3 pm. This year’s teachers have worked together to take into account students’ friendship requests and academic and social needs to ensure that we have the best combinations of students in each class group. Some staffing appointments are still to be finalised and the school leadership team will complete these appointments over the next few weeks in time for the new school year.

 

Retirements

On behalf of the Mount View community, I would like to acknowledge the work of two of our long-term team members as they announce their retirement from full time work.

Yvonne Allen has announced that she will be retiring early in 2023 after teaching at Mount View for more than twenty years. Yvonne has most recently been one of our English as a Second Language team members. In this role she has been instrumental in supporting students from across the school as they enter their first Australian school. Yvonne’s skill and dedication has ensured that all her students settle and prosper in their education. Yvonne also has extensive experience as classroom-based teacher who has been a guiding light to her colleagues, students and parents.

 

Tony Lee has been involved in many roles and forums over many years at Mount View. Initially as a parent with little ones at Appletree Kinder, then students at Mount View, Tony has always been actively involved in the life of the school. Over time he has been a School Council member and School Council President. Over the last five and half years Tony has been our Facilities Manager, and in this role, he has maintained the good order and safety of school’s learning environment.

We wish both of our retirees all the very best as the more to a new and exciting period in their lives.

 

Staff Movements

The School Leadership responsibility for management of staffing is quite significant at this time of year. Currently, all schools are experiencing greater than normal movement of staff and a shortage of teachers overall.

Promotions to and within Mount View 

  • Leading Teacher (Daily Organisation) appointment – Adam Foster (MVPS)
  • Leading Teacher (Curriculum) – Candace Middleditch (Currently teaching at Riverview College)
  • Leading Teacher (Professional Learning Culture) – Naomi Hoewel (Currently teaching at Jells Park PS)
  • Leading Teacher (Well-being and Inclusion) – Kristen Whykes (MVPS)

Appointments to Mount View

  • Physical Education 1.0 EFT – Casey Sykes (MVPS)
  • Physical Education 1.0 EFT – Nicholas Peck (MVPS)
  • Physical Education 0.2 EFT - Elke Wood (Holy Family PS)
  • Graduate Release 0.2 EFT - Carly Jones (MVPS)
  • Classroom Teacher Positions:
    • Aimee Williams (MVPS)
    • Colleen Greenway (MVPS)
    • Chloe Easton (MVPS)
    • Kathryn Burman (MVPS)
    • Emily McInerheney (MVPS)
    • Kim Davidson (Karoo PS)
    • Narelle Simpson (Boronia P-12)
    • Corinne Molloy (Boronia P-12)
    • Yu-Han Chen 
    • Cassandra Chung (Lyndale Green PS)
    • Ylana Giauque (Jells Park PS)
    • Jasmin MacKenzie (Wantirna South PS)
    • Courtney Anderson 

Promotions to Other Schools

  • Chris Cheverton – Assistant Principal Osborne PS
  • Liz Anthonisz – Learning Specialist Burwood East PS
  • Annie Sioras - Learning Specialist Ramlegh Park PS
  • Damon Burns – Learning Specialist Laburnum PS

Transfers to Other Schools

  • Oliver Johnson – Mt Eliza PS
  • Jessica Deer – Barton PS
  • Joshua Kamoen – Mt Scopus
  • Lena Hallion 
  • Emily Zajc – Essex Heights PS
  • Rhiannon Hill – Oakleigh South PS
  • Jack Blyth - Birmingham PS
  • Karen Van Buuren – Aurora School
  • Joshua Hewett – Gardenvale PS

Leave to Pursue Other Roles

  • Joanna Daffy – Disability Service/Individual Care
  • Stephanie Loh - Casual Relief Teacher
  • Bianca Filby - Teaching in Queensland
  • Frances Braithwaite – Professional Secondment

Maternity Leave

  • Rebecca Connolly
  • Vanessa Ng

Facilities Manager

  • Andrew Norman – Facilities Manager

Personal Leave

  • Felicity Hall-Shulman - Assistant Principal - Term 1 2023

Positions to be filled

  • Three classroom teacher positions
  • School Psychologist

End of Year Assembly

The final assembly for 2022 will begin at 1 pm on Tuesday, 20 December. All parents and carers are invited to the assembly which be held in the outside assembly area at the Walden Oval. This will be an opportunity for us to farewell all students who are moving onto other schools to further their education.

 

End of Year Early Finish

The final school day concludes at 1:30 pm. All students need to be picked up by their parents at this time. All students remaining after 1:45 pm will go to the After School Care Program.

 

2023 School Year

The 2023 School Year for all year levels will begin at 9 am on Monday, 30 January 2023.

 

Best Wishes

On behalf of the Mount View Community, I would like to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday break. It is important that we all take time to share good times with family and friends. We look forward to catching up again in the new school year.

Regards,

Glenn Butler

Principal