Dear Families,

Many of you will be pleased to know that we have filled the Classroom Support Teacher position. Kathryn Olsen will be joining us from next year. Kathryn currently works in the government system and also runs her own tutoring business working with students with dyslexia. She comes with a wealth of experience and is excited to be working at St Thomas Aquinas. Kathryn will be coming in for a few days before the beginning of next year so she can get to know some of the students and their needs.

Many of you will have seen the announcement that Skye McPadden will be moving to St Thomas More’s at Campbell next year. Skye has worked as Religious Education Coordinator at St Thomas Aquinas for the past four years. She has been a valuable member of our leadership team and I have valued her contribution as both a teacher and as REC.

Last week our preschool students had their first assembly. I congratulate the whole ELC team on this assembly and could see that their hours of practice really paid off. It was also wonderful to see so many families come to watch the assembly.

Lee will be travelling abroad from the end of this week to attend her son’s wedding. Steph will be stepping into the finance role in the front office and Chay, who many of you may know from the ELC, will be helping Steph out for the rest of the year. While we are doing our best to cover the gaps, there may be a few days where there is limited staffing at the front office, and we ask for your understanding.

Take care and God bless