Associate Principal, Operations Report

Welcome Back

It was good to welcome back Dr and Mrs Hirst, Mr Alexander, Mrs Williams, our GAPper Beth Whyte and around thirty students on Tuesday night after what was obviously a great trip through Central Australia for a large group of Year Ten students.  I hope you have seen some of the photos and read the blog!  No doubt we will hear of the highlights and adventures in due course.

Staffing

The end of term sees the conclusion of Mrs Erin Parker’s role filling in for Ms Bolton in the Middle Years Centre.  We have greatly appreciated her efforts for and support of a number of our students during the term and are grateful for her work.

Happily, Mrs Parker returns for the first five weeks of Term Three to replace Mr Sanders, who will be on Long Service Leave.  We wish the Sanders family well for their time away and know that Mr Sanders’ classes are in good hands in his absence.

Also on Leave, for the whole term, is Mrs Williams.  As previously advised, Ms Kate Couchman will look after the classes Mrs Williams normally teaches and we look forward to having her with us throughout Term Three.

Late last week, we welcomed Dr Nicholas Palmer back to the College.  An Old Collegian, he is taking over 6N throughout Term Three and he discovered that many of the parents of his students were at school with him!  We look forward to his contributions – he seems to have settled in well already and we were impressed that, having arrived at Mortlake at 2.00am after a long flight from the Middle East with his family, he was able to arrive at school at 8.00am last Friday and stay all day.

We also acknowledge the very fine work done by Mrs Louise Patterson for much of this term as she took over 6N from Mrs Nettleton and prepared for Dr Palmer’s arrival.  In particular, her willingness to commence earlier than planned when Mrs Nettleton needed to go on Leave earlier was hugely appreciated.  We look forward to welcoming Mrs Patterson, another Old Collegian, back in the future.

Finally, hearty congratulations to the Ough and Nettleton families on the arrivals of their daughters in recent weeks!

Sporting Success

Congratulations to Isaac Hocking who has just received confirmation of his place in the South Australian Under 13 hockey team.  Well done, Isaac!

Mr Neil MacLean

Associate Principal, Operations