We are pleased to announce that Amy Reid has won the role as our Assistant Principal for the next 5 years. Amy will continue to support wellbeing initiatives across the school as well as providing curriculum leadership across the school. Amy’s position will serve alongside that of principal and deputy principal, and will, in part, replace that wellbeing coordinator and literacy and numeracy coach roles we have in place this year.
We can also announce class teachers for 2019:
Year 6 and 7: Laura Alchin, who has won an ongoing position here at UPS.
Brenton Hillard
Kaye Lindon
Emily Butler
Year 5: Sarah Bullen and Sarah Lawrie
Teagan Fisher and Sarah Lawrie
Year 4 & 5 Paula Lee and Eliza Kennedy
Year 4: Stacey MacDonald
Di Murray
Year 3: Dale O’Connor and Sue Hodgkison
Danni Giro
Year 2 & 3: Tam Jarowyj
Year 2: Anna Taylor
Michelle Newman and Jodie Habgood
Year 1: Maria Koukos
Kirsty Fisher and Abbe Staugas
Elii Goodings
Rec: Glenys Berry
Julianna Pontes Yzumida Willson
Amber Little and Linda Mitchell
Our other teaching staff comprises: Lynn Maddocks (library), Susan Marshall (music), Eric Jankevics (science), Jo Jenkins, Paula Lee and Sally van Leuven (EALD), Joe Pipicella and Vicki Vergis (LOTE). We await the announcement for our PE teacher vacancy.
We are delighted that our current ancillary staff of Wendy, Jane, Jules, Annie, Tenille, Tan and Annie will be back on deck in 2019.
We believe we have an outstanding group of teachers guiding your children over the coming year. We will inform you of details for our Acquaintance Evening early in the year, where you will have chance to get to know your child’s teacher/s a little better.
On behalf of all of our staff, I would like to wish every family a wonderful Christmas and a relaxing holiday. We wish all families who are leaving our school at the end of this year every success and happiness for the future.
We will look forward to seeing everyone else back here for the 2019 school year, commencingTuesday 29 January