LEFT, Ms. Dunn, Maya Hill, April Cozis, Hayley Muscat, Skye Sommer, Piper Mead, Dom Mead, Matilda Tarrant, Alex Mc Millan, Nova McMasters and Beau Manwaring. Lola Giddings, Imogen Steele, Sam Stone, Darby Abnett, Charlie Beal, Ardy Abnett, Chase Peterson, Sam Dunstan, Tyler Smith, Mikayla Howe. Ms Campbell, Seamus Killick, Indigo Douglass, Georgia Jones, Kirra Lea Porter, Paton Read, Elijah O’Keefe and Ms Foster. Hugo Forge, Caleb Sheargold, Aurielle Potts, Toby Johnson, Tilly O’Connor, Lachlan Martin- Dye, Charlie Power and Charlie Prosser.
Murrumburrah Public excitedly welcomed 36 new Kindergartens, and two new staff members to their school this week. The cohort, one of the largest seen in recent years, has been divided into two classes, with Sophie Dunn and Georgie Campbell each teaching a class. Traci Foster will work as the learning support officer for the two classes.
Nick Barrett joins MPS as one of two new staff members, with him teaching Year 5 for 2018. A native of Sydney, Nick studied education at Macquarie University, before assuming his first teaching position at Boggabilla, on the New South Wales-Queensland border. Having taught there for 6 months, he moved onto an Aboriginal community, where he would educate a Kindergarten class. In 2017, Nick returned to his hometown of Sydney, taking up a position at Toongabbie, before relocating to Harden-Murrumburrah at the beginning of this year. “I love the little country town atmosphere, and the community involvement that you don’t get in the larger schools,” Nick said of Murrumburrah Public. Nick is currently attempting to discern whether Harden or Murrumburrah is home to the best coffee in the Twin Towns.
Aimee Skinner has also joined the teaching staff at Murrumburrah Public, relocating from just down the road at Jugiong Public School, where she taught Kindergarten to Year 2, given that school’s size. Originally hailing from Hervey Bay in Queensland, Aimee relocated to the region for family, as well as to study at Charles Sturt University in Wagga. Murrumburrah Public will prove offer different challenges for Aimee, who is accustomed to educating more than one age group at once. “The parents of my students have been lovely,” Aimee said, continuing “Rural people are friendly, happy, chatty, always have miles on their faces.” The Twin Towns warmly welcome Nick and Aimee, and wish them the best of luck.
