Newsletter

From the Principal...

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to the 2020 school year! A special welcome to our many new families from Kindergarten to Year 6 and all our new staff. Our new families who commenced last week or this week include: the Acharya family, Baker family, Billingsley family, Chandrasena family, Coghlan family, Cuellar family, Daly family, Edwards family, Gent family, Gill family, Griffin family, Hayes family, Johnston family, Kennedy family, Kenny family, Lane family, Lee family, Matthews family, Malu family, McFarland family, McMahon family, Mitchell-Tawhai family, Parajuli family, Parry family, Shim family, Stahlhut family, Streeting family, Trivett family, Turner family, Walmsley family, Worthington family and the Zerazion family.   To our staff we welcome: Mrs Dale Cain - Assistant Principal - Curriculum and Acting Religious Education Coordinator, Miss Jessie Simpson - Class Teacher 2S, Miss Eleisha Outridge - Class Teacher 3O, Mr Craig Norrie - Class Teacher 4N and Mrs Kelly Walters - Class Teacher 6W.

 

We look forward to meeting and greeting everyone at our Welcome BBQ on Wednesday 13th February. Before that happens, we have many opportunities to get together including our Swimming Carnival this Friday, our Parent Information Sessions next Tuesday 11th February and our Opening School Mass on Wednesday 12th February. 

 

Today our Kindergarten classes commenced. Thank you to Mrs McMillan and Mrs Godwin for all their work with the Best Start Assessments in the lead up to the Kinder classes starting. After a wonderful transition program last year it was lovely to see how well the new Kinders settled into their classrooms.

Thank You

A huge thank you to Mrs Michelle McKay who has run our clothing pool for the last several years as a volunteer. Michelle, due to a change in employment, is no longer able to run the clothing pool so we are currently looking for a volunteer to take over this positions. The job entails coming in one afternoon a week from 2pm to 3:15pm to sort and hang donated clothing and to be available to assist any parents wishing to purchase clothing from the pool. We are flexible about the afternoon the clothing pool is open however it needs to be a set day. If you are interested in taking on this important job or need more information please contact the school office.

Staff for 2020

Our classroom teachers, teaching staff and Leadership position for this year are:

Principal:                                                                              Mrs Alanna McRae

Assistant Principal - Pastoral Care & Wellbeing:  Mrs Louise Reinke

Assistant Principal – Curriculum                                Mrs Dale Cain

 Acting Religious Education Coordinator                Mrs Dale Cain

Leader of Pedagogy                                                         Mrs Catherine Stephen

 Leader of Wellbeing                                                        Mrs Teonie Flynn

 Leader of Extension & Enrichment                           Ms Tabitha Dowse

 Sport Coordinator                                                           Mr Marcel Garraud

                                                                        

Teaching Staff:

KG:     Mrs Kym Godwin                                                 KM:     Mrs Kath McMillan

1F:      Mrs Teonie Flynn                                                 1S:      Mrs Dorothy Suluma

2F:      Mrs Elizabeth Fitzgerald                                   2S:      Miss Jessie Simpson

3C:      Mrs Cassie Croft / Miss Carmela Limen     3O:      Miss Eleisha Outridge

4N:      Mr Craig Norrie                                                    4R:      Mrs Catherine Ross

5L:       Mr Darren Lester                                                 5S:      Mrs Liane Smith / Mrs Sue Newsome

6G:       Mr Marcel Garraud                                            6W:     Mrs Kelly Walters    

Other Roles:

Teacher/Librarian                                                          Mrs Megan Gollan

Student Support Teacher                                          Ms Tabitha Dowse

Music, Choir and Orchestra Teacher                     Ms Sara McNeall

RFF – Maths Teachers                                                  Ms Tabitha Dowse & Mrs Leesa Bible

First Call Permanent Casuals                                   Ms Leonie Keoghan & Mr Bernie Mackson

Teacher Assistants:

Additional Needs Assistants                                     Mrs Felicity Turnbull, Mr Josh Cain, Miss Genevieve                                                                                                              Tavener, Mrs Jenny Teege and Mrs Jodi Troon

Aboriginal Education Assistants:                            Mrs Elizabeth Stahlhut & Miss Emma Widders

Secretarial Staff:                                            

Senior School Support Officer (Finance):           Mrs Judi Hansen

Personal Assistant to the Principal:                      Mrs Rebecca McCann 

School Support Officers:                                            Mrs Penny Patricks & Mrs Barb Hosking

Ancillary Staff:

ICT Support                                                                     Mr Andrew Watt

Grounds and Maintenance                                       Mr Mark Wittig

Canteen Supervisors                                                  Mrs Jodie Kratz

                                                                                             Mrs Sonya Symons

After School Care                                                         Mrs Felicity Hubbard

 

Please note that Mrs Liz Fitzgerald will be on leave for the next three weeks and Mr Bernie Mackson will be teaching the class during this time.

Parent Information Sessions

We will be holding Parent Information Sessions on Tuesday 11th February and we hope all families will have at least one parent attend these important meetings.  Working in partnership with parents is an important part of Catholic education and these meetings give teachers the chance to share their hopes, expectations, plans and procedures for their class in 2020.  Session times are:

  • 5:00 pm – Kindergarten
  • 5:20 pm – Year 1
  • 5:40 pm – Year 2
  • 6 pm – Year 3
  • 6:20 pm – Year 4
  • 6:40pm – Year 5
  • 7pm – Year 6

Please note that these information sessions are for Parents and Guardians and we ask you where possible to arrange care for your child/ren at home as there will be no supervision.

Learning Environments

Please be aware that the corridors outside Kindergarten and Year 1, enclosed by the glass doors, are  learning spaces. When dropping off Year 1 children parents are asked to walk them across the quadrangle to the breezeway where the bag racks are, please do not use the corridor. Parents picking up children in the afternoon need to wait in the quadrangle for the children to exit classroom spaces .