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

From the Assistant Principal

Cody Twyford

PHS Proud Week 2020 - Candle Making with Miss Twyford

Wishing everyone a happy and safe festive season!