Teaching Teams in 2022

At this time of year, we prepare to farewell some members of our team and welcome new staff.

We say farewell and thank you to Natalie Paterson, Nicole Glassenbury, Vi Truong, Val Zenel, Michael Vampatella, Sam Gates, Anne Hutchins and Jeanette Green.

We welcome Elizabeth Hein, Kathleen Georgiadis, Alexandra Attrill, Tanya Mischler and Carmel Sitilidis in 2021. We also welcome the return of Lauren Turner, Katie Butcher and Lauren Fairbairn.

Here are the 2021 Teaching Teams:

Junior School

Prep

Jo King (Team leader) – Sarah Brush – Anneliese Staubli

Year 1

Larissa Lamers (Team leader) – Ashley Hamilton – Sally Calvert

Head of Junior School- Adrienne Dudley

Middle School

Year 2

Humaira Chaudhry (Team leader) – Alexandra Attrill – Meg Dickson

Year 3

Alex Silvestro (Team leader) – Connor Thomson – Kim Liss/Megan Lannen

Head of Middle School- Amanda Dwyer

Senior School

Year 4

Fran Gould (Team leader) – Sophie Herbert – Jenny Li

Year 5

Elizabeth Hein (Team leader) – Ben Phillips – Adrienne Posar

Year 6

Lucy Foster (Team leader) – Kathleen Georgiadis– Katie Butcher/Beth Stewart

Head of Senior School- Ben Phillips

Specialist Team

Justin Bartlett (Team Leader)- PE

Lauren Fairbairn- Music

Kim Liss/Lauren Turner- Art

Michelle Tang- Mandarin

Tutor Learning Initiative

Bec Charlesworth

Leadership Team

Tom Boyle - Principal

Adrienne Dudley- Assistant Principal

Amanda Dwyer- Leading Teacher- Literacy and Student Wellbeing

Ben Phillips- Leading Teacher- Evidence for Learning

Sophie Herbert - Learning Specialists

2022 Step Up Day- Tuesday 15th December

Our teachers have finalised the 2021 classes after a very thoughtful process that takes the following into consideration:

• Teacher’s knowledge of their students’ learning and social needs.
• Student input of learning friends where they are guaranteed to have at least one of their nominated friends in their class for next year.
• Parent information provided in writing to the leadership team by October 28.

The classes are reviewed by teaching teams and the Leadership Team in preparation for Step Up Day on Tuesday the 14th of December where the new classes will come together for a day of learning and getting to know you activities. This is an important day to start developing relationships with teachers and classmates prior to the start of the 2022 school year as part of our transition process.

Covid update

We have received notification that another one of our students has tested positive, however they were not on site during their infectious period, therefore at the moment there is no requirement that anyone isolate until they test negative. If we receive any further updates, we will communicate this with our community via Compass.

I would like to reiterate the importance that if a child/family member has any symptoms no matter how mild, they should get tested and remain at home until they receive a negative result and are symptom-free.

In light of this, I would also like to reiterate the CHO still directs primary school students in Grade 3-6 to wear a face mask indoors at primary school unless a lawful exception applies. Parent/carers of a student/s who meet the criteria for an exception should provide their approval in writing for their child/ren to not wear a mask and send this directly to your child's teacher via email/compass. You are able to find further information regarding this via the following link

https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/face-masks-when-wear-face-mask