Dear Families,

I would like to extend a warm welcome back to all our existing and new members of our community (especially our Kindergarten families) as they begin their learning journey here at our fabulous school.

We had an amazing start to 2021 and we are so proud of the way our students settled into school and their classrooms. Before school commenced teachers worked tirelessly to ensure that classroom learning environments were ready to go and looking fantastic. Our fabulous Teacher Assistants and EFA’s were also busy before school started to make sure the school and classrooms looked amazing and welcoming to all. Thank you to all staff for the efforts that you have put into making our start to the year smooth and engaging.

It gives me great pleasure to announce our wonderful team for 2021.

Teaching staff:  Mr James Milne Assistant Principal (Teaching and Learning Leader), Mrs Georgina Field (AST and  LiL/LIFT Co-coordinator), Mrs Rachel Kitto (AST and Support Teacher), Ms Miri McShane (Kinder ),  Mrs Tam Norton (Prep/1), Mrs Sam Balhatchet (1/2), Miss Madeline Rizzolo (1/2), Miss Sian Prior (3/4),  Miss Rebecca Meissner (3/4), Mr Jake Vandermey, Miss Stacey Lovell (5/6), Mrs Louise Hedge (Support Teacher), Ms Amberley Jones (Literacy Intervention/Support),  Mrs Colleen Anning (Sustainability) and Mr Sebastian Wishart (HPE).

Ancillary staff: Ms Tracy Burn (School Business Manager), Mrs Janina Saville (Admin Clerk), Mrs Sue Riley (Teacher Assistant and Kitchen Specialist), Mrs Linda McKenzie (Teacher Assistant – Library), Mrs Amanda Griffiths (Teacher Assistant - Speech), Mrs Alana Berry (Teacher Assistant), Mrs Tarra Downham (Teacher Assistant), Mrs Jo Percy (Teacher Assistant), Mr Jayden Thornton (Teacher Assistant ), Miss Lily Barwick (Teacher Assistant),  Ms Jo Wrigley (Education Support – Prep)  Mr Steve Bennett (EFA – Groundsman), Mr Ricky Gavin (Garden Specialist and EFA) Ms Donna Gregson EFA/Cleaner and Mr Carl Jones (EFA/Cleaner).

Support Staff: Ms Jacqui Bostock (Social Worker), Miss Emily Chalmers (School Psychologist) Miss Jess Marriott (Speech Pathologist) Ms Marnie McNichol (Speech Pathologist), Ms Georgina McDonald (School Nurse) and Mr Chris Dand (Home School Liaison Officer).  

We also welcome to our school, Miss Sophie Levett.  Miss Levett is a student teacher who will be working with us this year and will be undertaking her practice teaching in the Prep/1 class and 1/2 Balhatchet. 

We are very excited to announce that we will be able to return to offering programs and events to our school calendar and are all looking forward to hosting our Grade 3-6 Athletics Carnival and an Early Years Easter Carnival later in the term.  There will still be protocols in place to ensure we maintain health requirements.   Indoor events will continue to require parents to sign in at the office and assemblies will be invitation only so that we can keep the distancing requirements. 

On Monday, 22 February and Tuesday 23rd February all classes across the school will participate in the Growing Up program.  A letter will be sent home next week regarding the program and a parent session will also take place at the school.  Any further questions can be directed to Mrs Kitto via the school office.

The staff and I look forward to working with you this year.

Kind regards

Carolyn Brown, Principal