Dear Families
This week was a big week for our Year 6 students (as well as parents and staff!) in their final week of school. On Wednesday we celebrated a wonderful Graduation together in our Hall, yesterday they had their Big Day Out at Melbourne Cable Park, they led us beautifully this morning in our End of year Mass and this afternoon we all made a guard of honour and farewelled the Year 6's on their last day! Congratulations Graduating Class of 2024!
KEY INFORMATION AND UPDATES:
Graduation Awards
Congratulations to the following Year 6 students who received the following awards at our Graduation Ceremony:
Chris Dixon Memorial (Literacy) - Macy McClaren
Nepean Shield (Sam Groth) - Miron Jojy
Numeracy - Ned Carroll
Paula Duff (Visual Arts) - Iris Wickham
Principal’s Excellence - Miron Jojy
Spirit of Padua - Iris Wickham
The Progressive Psychology Resilience - Xavier King
Staffing Updates
First, I wish to announce that Tegan Senior has been appointed our Student Engagement Leader (Wellbeing and Diversity). Tegan is currently our school counsellor. She brings many strengths to this role with a Master’s degree in Student Wellbeing, a Postgraduate qualification in Counselling, and over 15 years of experience supporting the wellbeing of young people including being a youth worker. This year Tegan has also had the experience of working across two schools with a Hub.
We warmly welcome the following staff to our school in 2025. Each brings many gifts to our team:
Daniela Colavecchio, our Language - Italian teacher. Daniela is a very experienced Italian teacher who has worked in numerous schools and systems.
Samantha Maher, Learning Support Officer. Sam is an experienced LSO who has worked over 20 years in a special needs setting. She is returning to the school setting after 2 years of being an NDIS Support Coordinator.
Barbara Adolfi, Learning Support Officer. Barb is an experienced LSO who has been at Moorabbin Primary School for the last 12 years. She also brings experience in the Library and as well leadership of First Aid and her team.
Donna Madigan - Learning Support Officer. Donna is a very experienced LSO who has made the sea change to Rosebud from Mont Albert Primary School. She brings a vast skill set to add to our wonderful team.
Furthermore, the following staff have adjustments to their roles next year:
Fleur Koole will continue as Literacy Leader and add Intervention to her portfolio.
Gabi Fisher will take on Community Engagement Coordinator.
Vanessa Mastramico will teach Italian (specialist) to our Prep and Year 1 classes
Some changes to our teaching team are:
Barbara Ellwood has made the decision to retire. Barb has worked at Fatima for five years as a Learning Support Officer and has been instrumental in our Hub.
Rania Ibrahim has accepted a position at Peninsula Grammar, nice and close to home! Rania has had numerous roles here at Fatima from classroom to Indonesian and tutoring, and her willingness to step into different roles has been an asset.
We wish both of these fabulous women all the best in the next adventure.
2025 Student Leaders
Congratulations to the following students who have been appointed Year 6 leadership positions:
School Captains: Cynric Raphael and Zeke Solomon-Stephens
Besgrove (Yellow): Lexie Bateman and Zak Thompson
Hinton (Red): Imogen Della Gatta and Joshua D’Alia
McCombe (Green): Olga Rolek and Zarna O’Shannassy
Nepean (Blue): Jazelle Grant and Ruby Rees
2025 Fee Schedule
Please click here for all information related to our 2025 Fee Schedule.
In closing the final newsletter of the school year, may you be filled with the everlasting spirit of peace this year. Wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
We will see all of our Preps to Year 5 on Monday and Tuesday for the last days of 2024. Don’t forget it’s a 1pm finish on Tuesday!
Sarah McDermott
Principal 🙂
