Staffing Announcement

This year we will be farewelling Mrs Claire Dekuyer who will be moving interstate with her family. Whilst it has only been one year, Claire has contributed so much to the growth of our students in Year 2 and through her role as PE teacher. We are pleased to announce that Mrs Benita Fagan will be taking on the role of PE teacher in 2024. Benita will be moving to us from South Australia where she has been a PE specialist teacher for a number of year.

We also welcome Andrew Owen to our staff in 2024 as our Grounds Maintenance Manager. The Grounds Renewal Project highlighted the value in having our grounds neat and presentable and Andrew will be able to ensure this continues in addition to providing support to our community garden beds. 

In addition to welcoming Benita and Andrew we would also like to announce that Miss Ariana Strmota has accepted the new role of Parent Engagement Coordinator. Ariana has been given time to support parent engagement across our community by liaising with Parent Contacts, supporting whole school events and celebrating our community through social media and the newsletter. Ariana brings all of her experience as our School Chaplain to this additional role.

Community Council and Parent Contacts

We are currently calling for new members of our community council and parents who are interested in taking on the role of Parent Contact for their child's class. Our Parent Contacts will work with Ariana to bring the class together for social occasions and lead an event within our calendar year. Our Parent Contacts will also form the Parent Engagement Working Party which will attend 3 Community Council meetings to discuss how our community is progressing with our initiatives. If you are interested in either of these roles please email Luke Donnelly. Parent Contacts for multiage classes will be allocated based on class groupings. 

Community Council Thankyou

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the School Community Council for all their support of the community this year. Narelle Luchetii, Fr Emil,  Simon Needham, Michael Kelly, Ben Lentini, Simon Benson, Leah Hanley, Skye Keatinge, Nicole Mikkonen, Samantha Mance and Christine Washington have been strong advocates for continuous improvement in student learning and community engagement at STM. Special thanks to Narelle, Simon, Ben and Simon who are vacating their positions at the end of the year. We appreciate and value their dedication and commitment to our community.  

Affirmations

With our End of Year Mass taking place this Friday we have decided to move our final affirmations for the year to next Thursday at 8:50am. We will acknowledge 3 weeks' worth of affirmations at this gathering.