Middle Year's Sub School

Welcome Back

What a great start to 2020.  Students in the Middle Years Sub School have jumped back into the academic rigors of the school year.  The year kicked off with us welcoming our Year 7 students to the Wantirna College community.  They were fortunate enough to spend a couple of fun filled days with the Year 12 students and the Green Hat Organisation.

The Year 8’s and 9’s were also welcomed back to the College today and were engaged in a range of team building activities.  This allowed them to get to know the students in their new classes.

We have had a number of changes to our Sub School this year.  Therefore, I would like to introduce the Middle Years Team for 2020:

Year 7 Year Level Leaders

Mrs Gaschk and Ms Nugent

Year 8 Year Level Leaders

Mr Karwan and Mrs Digby

Year 9 Year Level Leaders

Mrs Franks and Ms Ivankovic

Student Engagement and Wellbeing Case Manager

Mr Brooks

Leader of Catalyst Programs and Transition

Ms Timms

Leader of Middle Years Sub School

Darren Hoogkamer

Assistant Principal Middle Years

Shane Kruger

Meet Some of the Team

My name is Mrs Gaschk and I am very excited to be one of your Year Level Leader for the year ahead (working with the fabulous Ms Nugent). I’ve been working at Wantirna since 2017 and have taught across both the English and Humanities learning areas. Aside from reading books, drinking tea and enjoying time with my crazy, very loud family, I also really love music. Looking forward to a great year with all of you

Welcome to the Year 8 cohort of 2020! My name is Mrs Andrea Digby and I am one of the Year 8 Level Leaders this year. I have been teaching at Wantirna College since 2007 and in that time I've taught from Year 7-12 in the subject areas of English, English Language and Humanities. I have also been a Year Level Leader numerous times during my time here. This year I am teaching Year 11 English Language and Year 8 English. I have two young girls, one who started Prep this year and the other who is nearly 3. I really enjoy reading, pilates and spending time with my family. I'm looking forward to a great year ahead, working closely with the Year 8s to achieve their best. 

Welcome to the Year 8 cohort of 2020! My name is Mr Ben Karwan and I am one of the Year 8 Year Level Leaders. This is my third year at Wantirna College, and this year I'm teaching Year 7 and 8 English and Year 12 English Language, though I have also taught Humanities in the past. In my spare time, I play the piano and do a lot of reading. I'm looking forward to getting to know the Year Eights really well and supporting them to challenge themselves and achieve their best.