Primary Update – Term 4 Week 8
Christmas Liturgy
Last Wednesday, our Fr Kaz and our Pre-Primary students hosted our Nativity Liturgy. A big thank you to our Pre-Primary team for preparing the students. Such a wonderful way of reminding us of the true story of Christmas.
Year 3G Assembly
Thank you to 3 Green and Mrs Anne-Marie Terry for their performance last Friday, reminding us about the importance of Advent. Yes, we are excited about Christmas but we need to prepare our hearts and minds and to be people of Hope, Peace, joy and love!
Christmas Carols and K-5 Awards
Thank you to all of our Primary families for attending our Primary Carols and Awards Evening. It was a wonderful celebration of Christmas Music, and a celebration of the year, with recognition of those K-5 students who received awards on the night. A special thank you to Ms Laura van Rijn for her preparation, and coordination of the event – a huge task!
To view the Kindy to Year 5 award winners, please click here.
Year 6 Graduation Mass & Awards Night
On Tuesday night we celebrated a huge milestone for our Year 6 graduating class of 2025. Our Year 6 students, families and College staff celebrated a beautiful Mass, followed by our annual Year 6 Awards. It was a beautiful occasion and a fantastic celebration of our Year 6 cohort. I was particularly impressed by the fantastic graduation song, ‘Unwritten.’ A huge thank you to our Year 6 teachers Mrs Lara Gray, Ms Imogen Crostella, and Ms Grace Sloan for the work in preparing the Year 6s. We wish our Year 6’s every success as they move into our Marcellin campus.
To view all the award winners for 2025 please click here.
Class Reps 2026
Thank you to those parents who have volunteered to be a class representative in 2026. We are still looking for class reps for PPG, 3B, 4G and 6R. Please refer to the email send from Mrs Edwina Battersby, Leader of Wellbeing earlier this week.
Reports
Primary reports are available to view via SEQTA Engage.
Should your child not be returning to Newman College in 2025, we remind parents of the requirement to download all reports from SEQTA Engage by 31 December. After this time the student record is archived.
2026 Primary Staffing
Please see below for 2026 Primary Classroom Staffing
| Blue | Green | Red | |
| PK | Colomba Iannitelli EA: Julie Topini | Megan Bankes EA: Poppy Corbett | |
| Kindy | Sarah Francia EA: Lisa Matthews EA: Julie Topini | Kellie Craig EA: Suzanne Pluske EA: Elliana Celisano | Lisa Carbone EA: Helen Cawley EA: Kate Bartlett |
| Pre-Primary | Sarah Isherwood EA: Naomi Fisher | Amy Donnelly EA: Lisa Matthews (M) EA: Lucinda Hope (T-F) | Rebecca Rose EA: Lisa Johns |
| 1 | Tess McKenna | Catherine Nicolaou | Holly Cooper |
| 2 | Alessia Chiera | Kylie Mawson | Amy Dawson |
| 3 | Melissa Heaver | Drew Elliott | Sharon McAuliffe |
| 4 | Sarah Dalton | Nikita Rees | Erica Horn |
| 5 | Delia Kretzmann | Josh Houwen | Lucy Zambonetti (M-T) Robyn Hatchett (W-F) |
| 6 | Imogen Crostella | Renee Micale | Lara Gray |
As we draw the 2025 school year to a close — a milestone year for Primary — I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all families for your ongoing support, partnership, and trust.
We look forward to welcoming Mrs Laura Christopher as the incoming Head of Primary in 2026.
Thank you for your support during my time acting in the role across Terms 2, 3 and 4. It has been a privilege to serve our community.
Wishing you and your families a merry and blessed Christmas.
Mrs Sarah Pagett
HEAD OF PRIMARY (ACTING)