We have reached the end of 2021! I can’t thank our staff and community enough for their support this year in another trying year impacted by COVID-19. Our community have come together once again to support each other and continue our journey of improvement and achievement. The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of activity and celebrating student success. I was so pleased to attend our recent award assemblies and Kinder celebration. Last Friday we welcomed our 2022 Kinder’ s which is very exciting for new families to join our school and community.

On Wednesday night we held the Year 6 Leavers Dinner on site at AFPS and it was a huge success.  It was fantastic to see so many family and friends come along to celebrate and acknowledge our leavers as they take the next step into high school. Yesterday farewelled our leavers at their final assembly.

I would like to wish all of our community a safe and happy Christmas break and we look forward to 2022 with excitement for what lays ahead!

Staff farewells

This time of year, always comes with a tinge of sadness when we farewell staff who move on for various reasons. This year we have some staff movement for a variety of reasons. Below are staff that we will farewell and would like to thank officially for their impact on our school since joining AFPS and our community

Ruth Quinn 3/4 – Transfer to Lenah Valley Primary

Monika Pearce 3 – New role at St John’s Primary

Claire Huxtable teacher – New role at St Mary’s College

Anita Button Coach – Leadership opportunity at Molesworth Primary

Samuel Winckel Art– King Island District School (1 year)

Kelly Figgel office– eSchool (Term 1)

Kerrie Riewoldt Assistant Principal – Long Service Leave (Term 1+2)

Tayla Wagner Nurse – College

Sinead Payne Psych – DoE

Micaela Maui TA – Holy Rosary

2022 Staffing

We are now able to officially announce new staff who will be joining our school and community in 2022.  We are very excited to welcome these people who all come with a new skill set to support our goal of continuous improvement

Rachael Sayers – Assistant Principal

Ann-Marie Johnson – Quality Teaching Coach

Jordan West – 5/6

Brydie Pearce – 3/4

Amelia Clifford – 3

Stacey King – Prep/1

Rupan Singh – Prep

Gabby Gollogly – Art

Aleisha Howlett – Psych (return from maternity leave)

Emma Atkinson – Nurse (return from maternity leave)