From the Principal
Sonja Mercer
Welcome to our School Newsletter for Week 9
I'm writing to you on the last day of the 2020 school year, and hasn't it been a rollercoaster?!
We don't usually send a newsletter out in week 9 of term 4, but now that we've gone digital, it is much easier to get our newsletters out to families, even when there are fewer students on site.
I'd like to thank you all for the kindness and generosity you have shown me over the last six months. I am excited to hand the reins over to Mr Steven Barclay for 2021 and return to my role as Senior Years Leader, but I will never forget what I've learned and had the chance to experience as Acting Principal.
You will find below a table of our staffing arrangements for 2021. Please note that sometimes things change over the holidays so, whilst this staffing plan is pretty certain, there may be a tweak or two.
| Role | Staff Member | Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Principal | Steven Barclay | |
| Deputy Principal | Jenny Coe | Home Ec and VET Leader |
| Senior Years Leader | Sonja Mercer | English and Workplace Practices |
| Middle Years Leader | Cody Twyford | English, PE and Tourism |
Quality Learning and Teaching Coordinator | Lauren Amey | Maths |
| Learning Centre Teacher | Ros Francis | Year 9 Classes and learning intervention |
| Art Teacher | Cenise Macdonald | IPP and Research Project |
| Science Teacher | Vincent Vella | Psychology, Biology and HASS |
| Maths Teacher | Douglas Fraser | Business Innovations and HASS |
| Music Teacher | Vacancy | |
| Student Wellbeing Leader | Esther McCann | Year 8 classes, PE and Spanish |
| Aboriginal Education Teacher | Tarni Reeves | Tech Studies, Digital Tech and Enterprise and Business |
| Student Services Officer | Amanda Tuckwell | Lab Tech |
| Finance Officer | Paula Thomas | |
Aboriginal Community Education Officer | Jeannie Ryan | |
| Administration Officer | Sarah Mercer | |
Classroom Support Officer | Tracey Challans | MacqLit literacy intervention |
Classroom Support Officer | Tarran Jones | |
| IT Officer | Steven Lovegrove | |
| Clerical Officer | Penny O'Dowd |
This year we farewell some staff and welcome some others, we also have some teachers starting or extending their leave for 2021.
Farewell to: Strali Vo, Jeshurun Tan, Jon Ovan, Melanie Cornish-Fidler, Brett Wittwer and Karen Heness. We thank you for hard work and dedication to PHS.
See you again soon to: Kaitlyn Havers, Ben Hussell, David Marino and Sue Randall as they take leave for 2021.
Welcome to: Cenise Macdonald, Vincent Vella, Douglas Fraser and Tarran Jones. We look forward to having you as new team PHS team members!
I hope to share news with you about our new music teacher very soon.
I wish all members of our PHS and Peterborough community a restful and relaxing holiday period. Here's to a shiny and bright 2021.
Sonja Mercer
Acting Principal