STAFFING CHANGES

At the end of this year we say goodbye and good luck to Signora Rosaria Rossi who has had 2022 off on leave and has now decided to retire and spend more quality time with her family. Mrs Deb Nodding, who joined our Liwara staff for 12 months in Kindy this year, will be welcoming a new baby early in the year and Mrs Claire Butler-Ritchie who has been working in a regular relief capacity will be stepping into the Kindy team in 2023. Mrs Payal Kerai, who has also worked as a relief Education Assistant this year, will be joining the Liwara staff team.

Mr John Dols is taking the 2023 year off as special leave and we have Mrs Jesseca Francis taking on his AP role along with Visual Arts for her other days. Jesseca is currently the Assistant Principal at Holy Rosary School, Derby and prior to this she has worked at St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary School in Port Kennedy. Mrs Ruth Harris will be returning to a fulltime position at the school which she currently also works at, one day a week. I believe she will be teaching Year 6 next year.  We also thank and farewell Signora Jessica Licastro who has stepped into the Italian role for 2022. We wish her and Mrs Harris all the very best for their futures.

Mr Ciaran Sanders will be teaching Physical Education from next year. Ciaran is currently teaching PE at both, St Paul’s Primary School, Mount Lawley and St John’s School Scarborough. Joining Liwara and only working at one school will be a good thing for him as you can imagine two of every carnival would be extremely exhausting! Mr Scott Varady will be joining the teaching team as Mrs Federica Huntington will be on parental leave from the beginning of 2023. Scott is currently teaching at Sacred Heart Primary School in Mundaring.

Mrs Anne Stent will be replacing the position that Mrs Anthea Pickering held till July of this year before she moved, fulltime, to St Patrick’s in Fremantle. Mrs Karen Rosser & Mrs Julie Basso very kindly stepped in to fill her position, till the end of the year, so we had time to advertise and appoint her replacement for 2023. Anne’s current position is at Infant Jesus School, Morley where she has been working since 2019.

Reports will be available on Friday 9 December from 3.30pm. Enjoy spending time together with your child reading through their Semester Two Reports on the SEQTA Engage Portal and create lasting memories reflecting on the year that has been!

Class Lists will be sent out to all families on Friday 16 December, via Seesaw and copies will be posted on classroom doors on the first day of Term One in 2023. It is my wish that students and families begin the year with fresh eyes, positive hopes and wonderful expectations.

Thank you to the Liwara Community and All Saints Parish for continuing to work together so closely for the benefit of our children.

MAIN ROADS UPDATE

The latest update regarding works being carried out in the school holidays can be found here, so please have a read through to be kept informed of the current works.

SCHOOL FEES 2023 INFORMATION

Families at Liwara Catholic Primary School will continue to benefit from high quality, Christ-centred and child-focused education in 2023. The changes to school fees, which you can view here, have come about as a result of changes to the overall funding for Catholic schools in Western Australia. Our school and CEWA are able to utilise a greater level of data to inform how we determine fees in a way that better matches our school and community’s unique context. This is a strong sign of Catholic Education’s continued place as the best value for money education option for young people in Western Australia.

God bless.