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Volume 36 - 18 November, 2014 Dear Parents and Students As the year comes rapidly to a close I wish to acknowledge and thank a number of staff whose time holding particular leadership roles will conclude at year’s end. Firstly, I wish to sincerely thank Mr Gavin Swanson – Deputy Principal - ICT for his outstanding contribution and service given over these past four years. The legacy of his leadership is evident in the transformational changes that have occurred in terms of significant improvements to the ICT infrastructure, hardware and software throughout the College. His passion and vision for improving teaching and learning has been evident in all that he has achieved so masterfully in such a quiet, confident and capable way. It is a genuine loss to our leadership team that he wishes to return to the classroom, but our loss is a definite gain for the students. I wish also to thank Mrs Jenny Strachan, Year 8 Coordinator (since 1986) and Ms Michelle Davidson, Year 10 Coordinator, for their significant Pastoral Leadership. Their particular care of the students and support for families has been greatly valued and appreciated. They have provided genuine quality service and selfless commitment. We sincerely thank them. Lastly, I wish to thank the following Academic Coordinators: Mr Kevin McAlinden, History Coordinator (since 1989); Ms Chris Rynne, Business Coordinator; Mrs Chris Cuskelly, Workplace Learning Coordinator and Mr Alan Lane-Richardson, Senior ICT Coordinator. The fine leadership of each has been appreciated and valued. We thank them for their evident efforts and generous commitment shown over past years. Especially we thank Mr McAlinden and Mrs Strachan for their sustained leadership and very generous commitment and service given to the school over so many years. They have each, in their own unique way, especially encouraged and nurtured generations of Loreto girls to become women of dignity and confidence. With the many changes to come in 2015, a number of our current staff will hold new positions of leadership next year. The following staff members have been appointed to new Pastoral roles in 2015. I congratulate and thank them for their willingness to accept these positions: Year 10 Coordinator – Mrs Kate Thomas Year 8 Coordinator – Mrs Jan Kearney Year 7 Coordinator – Mrs Anna Nielson 2015 TIMETABLE Another change to be introduced in 2015 will be the move to a seven day cyclical timetable. This timetable will enable a more flexible and equitable distribution of time across subjects and it will allow the students in Years 9 and 10 to choose a greater number of electives to study.
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