Welcome Back to School & Back to School BBQ
Welcome to the 2023 school year. It is very exciting to see and hear the students enjoying being back at school. There have been many happy faces and new and rekindled friendships made this week. All staff spent Monday and Tuesday busily preparing for our students return and attended two days of Professional Learning around Collaborative Inquiry, the DECYP Values of Courage, Apiration, Growth and Respect and the DECYP Strategic Plan priority of Reading.
Welcome to New Staff/Staffing Changes
There has been a buzz in the classrooms and as we warmly welcome many new students and families to SPS. I would like to also take this opporunity to welcome many new staff. Mr. Andrew Street is our new Education Facilities Attendant (EFA) - Grounds, sharing the role with Mrs Michelle Santos who is largely responsible for the cleaning aspect of the EFA position. We also welcome Mrs Elize Brozgul, our new German/KP Music/56 Choir Teacher across the school; Miss Anna Heath to the KP and Miss Emily Van Galen to the 56. Miss Van Galen shared some exciting news with the students this week and announced she is expecting a baby in August! We are very excited for her and wishe her and her family all the very best. Mrs Elise Wells will continue on as our School Chaplain and also teach specialist Science/Technology across the school this year. Mrs Jo McLean has taken on the role of Literacy Coach and Literacy Support this year and Mrs Wilson has assumed an exciting Advanced Skills Teacher (AST) leadership position. We congratulate all new staff and welcome them aboard or into their new roles at SPS!
Family Welcome Back BBQ – Save the Date
We would like to invite you to a Welcome Back BBQ to celebrate the new school year, where you will have the opporunity to inofmrally meet your child’s teacher/s and help us to christen our new BBQ area on Wednesday 22nd February from 5.00pm-6.30pm. This will be an opportunity for you to browse the classrooms and hear more about the curriculum and expectations of the new class your child attending. Each class teacher will prepare a short spiel and we hope to see as many of you there as possible. Times below are approximate:
Kinder / Prep with Miss Heath and Mrs Wood 5:15pm
1 / 2 with Miss Pearce 5:30pm
3 / 4 with Mrs Sparshott 5:45pm
5 / 6 with Miss Van Galen and Mrs Wilson at 6pm