Welcome and Welcome Back!

This week we have welcomed back all our students, new students in different Year groups and new Kindergarten and Year 7 students. I hope everyone had a wonderful break. We are all excited for a wonderful year of learning and growth in 2025.

If you are a new family, welcome to our community and we look forward to partnering with you.

The last week has been a rich and busy time of learning for all our staff as we have geared up for 2025. The staff have engaged in a range of professional learning experiences. One of the major areas of focus was the launch of the College Learning and Teaching Framework. This has been in development for the last few years, and it was wonderful to be able to launch it with staff. We will be providing our community with more information about this initiative in the next few weeks, so keep an eye out.

As we have welcomed new students this week, we have also welcomed a range of new staff to the College. Our new staff for 2025 are;

Andrew Brinton – Teacher (Primary - Year 6)

Ben Cartland – ICT Service Delivery Officer

Sam Farey – Teacher (Secondary Science)

Andrew Flegg – Teacher (Secondary HSIE)

Jess Gardiner – Teacher (Secondary Drama)

Emma Gough – Teacher (Secondary English)

Christina Hutchinson – Marketing Manager

Anwyn Jeannot – TAS Food Technology Assistant

Kellie Kesby - Teacher (Primary – Year 4)

Wayne Mayhew - Teacher (Primary – Year 6)

Emily Montgomerie - Teacher (Primary – Year 3)

Laura Newell - Teacher (Primary – Year 1)

Jacob Peterson - Teacher (Secondary – Maths & TAS)

Holly Prater - Teacher (Secondary – PDHPE)

Ariane Starr - Teacher (Secondary – Science)

Mark Tipple - Teacher (Secondary - PDHPE)

We are thankful for God's provision of these new staff and we are excited about the contribution they will make to our community.

Over the next few weeks, we have several welcome and partnership opportunities for families. Can I encourage you to prioritise these events as they provide rich opportunities for communication and partnership. I look forward to many of you at these events.

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Joel van Bentum