Glenmore Road Public School eNewsletter

From The Principal

Welcome to the start of another exciting year at our school. It has been fantastic to see our students excited as they return to school and reconnect with all their peers.

As they do every year, teachers will be working closely with each other and their students to provide relevant and engaging lessons, thus allowing all students to maximise their potential, academically, emotionally and socially. Class organisation and routines will be discussed at our upcoming Meet The Teacher evenings. The organisation of these evenings is below.

Classes for 2025
All classes are now working with their class teacher. It is very important to recognise that it is a very complex and time-consuming task to create classes, with the priority being to produce the best educational outcomes for all students. Congratulations to our students who are incredibly settled and working together as learning partners, creating positive learning environments across the school.

Congratulations to the Kindergarten team, Mrs Cooley and Ms Bell for their planning and organisation that ensured a smooth transition for all Kindergarten students. Next week they will be working together and completing Best Start assessments with our newest students.

Our 'Senior Model' of teaching continues this year where senior class students have a ‘home’ teacher, and a teacher for literacy and maths groups that will operate across the stage. Students will also spend time learning with each of the senior teachers for geography, history, science, music and STEM.

Thank you to our teaching, administrative and support staff for their efforts in preparing programs and getting our students off to a great start in 2025.

Our classes for 2025 and teachers are as follows:

KB - Ms Charlotte Bell

KC - Mrs Rebecca Cooley

1EL – Ms Sarah Elwasfi

1P - Ms Nicole Poynter

2B - Mss Dorothy Bosnar

2H - Mr Darren Herbert (Assistant Principal Kindergarten – Year 2)

3SK - Mrs Zoe Southwell-Keely

3/4N - Ms Kristie Noble

4W - Mr Timothy Wotherspoon (Assistant Principal - Stage 2)

Senior A - Ms Genevieve Andersen

Senior W - Ms Lynda Wieden

Senior O - Mrs Karyn Ortolani (Assistant Principal - Stage 3)

K-6 Support Teacher – Mrs Celeste Dunn (Mon & Tues)
K-6 Support Teacher - Rachel Clerkin (Mon, Tues, Weds & Fri)

K-6 Support Teacher - Ms Annie Seymour (Mon-Thurs)

K-6 Learning Support & Engagement – Mrs Catherine Giesser (Tues-Thurs)

Library - Mrs Judy Klein (Tues-Thurs)

Meet the Teacher Evenings
I am very much looking forward to seeing our parents and the school community coming together to learn about the year ahead and how we can all support our students.

Please be aware that Meet the Teacher Evenings are intended for adults only and there is no playground supervision at these times. For safety reasons, children are not to be left unsupervised in the playground. However, the school has worked closely with The Cottage, and they have reserved limited spaces for families requesting supervision to attend meetings. Please contact the school office prior to the day if you wish to take up this opportunity of free supervision.

Stage 1 (Class 1P, Class 1EL, Class 2B and Class 2H) - Thursday 20 February @ 5.00pm
In students' classroom.

Stage 3 (Senior A, Senior O and Senior W) - Thursday 20 February @ 6.00pm
In students' classroom.

Kindergarten (Class KB and Class KC) - Tuesday 25 February @ 5.00pm
In students' classroom.

Stage 2 (Class 3SK, Class 3/4N and Class 4W) - Tuesday 25 February @ 5.00pm
In students' classroom.

Welcome to Mr Tim Wotherspoon - 4W Classroom Teacher & Stage 2 Assistant Principal
I am pleased to advise that Mr Tim Wotherspoon wil be visiting our school tomorrow and Friday to meet the students of 4W and to introduce himeself to our school community.

Monday 17 February will be Mr Wotherspoon's first official day with 4W.

Thank You
Thank you to our wonderful P&C Committee, led by Sinead Vidler, for all their hard work last year and particularly over the school holidays. The rainforest, school hall and shade cloths are looking spectacular.

Karen Sinclair
Principal