Introducing our new staff
We would like to welcome the following new staff to our school community.
Jarrod Chave
Position: Teacher, Science 
What’s your secret to surviving a busy school day?
Coffee!
If you could have any superpower for a day, what would it be and how would you use it?
I’m a teacher- I already have super-powers (ha ha!)
Are you a cat person, a dog person, or both?
Dog
Tom Dawson
Position: Teacher, HASS 
What’s your secret to surviving a busy school day?
Coffee
If you could have any superpower for a day, what would it be and how would you use it?
Mind control
Are you a cat person, a dog person, or both?
Cat
Ian Dewey
Position: Teacher, Mathematics & Science
What’s your secret to surviving a busy school day?
Thrive, don’t survive. Always have a bigger to-do list than your life. Be willing to take breaks from your to-do list, but never sell your potential short.
If you could have any superpower for a day, what would it be and how would you use it?
I’d choose the power to instantly restore ecosystems. I’d give deforestation a hard reset, rewind the oceans, and bring back extinct species (not velociraptors)… all before lunch, then I would go sailing.
Are you a cat person, a dog person, or both?
Both
Zoe Elliott
Position: Library Manager 
What’s your secret to surviving a busy school day?
Get organised as much as you can the day before…and breathe!
If you could have any superpower for a day, what would it be and how would you use it?
I was going to say be invisible or flying, however because it is only for a day I will say healing. Think of the impact you could make in a day if you could heal all disease and pain!
Are you a cat person, a dog person, or both?
Dog
Tom Hall
Position: Finance & Administration 
What’s your secret to surviving a busy school day?
Sugary sweets and caffeine
If you could have any superpower for a day, what would it be and how would you use it?
Flight, and I would fly
Are you a cat person, a dog person, or both?
Dog
Kumarini Pathirana
Position: Teacher, HASS 
What’s your secret to surviving a busy school day?Being organised, drinking caffeine, and taking everything one step at a time
If you could have any superpower for a day, what would it be and how would you use it?
The ability to teleport anyway instantly
Are you a cat person, a dog person, or both?
Dog
Rebekah Pooley
Position: Student Wellbeing
What’s your secret to surviving a busy school day?
Giving my full attention to one thing at a time and trusting God that I will get to the rest later!
If you could have any superpower for a day, what would it be and how would you use it?
To read people’s minds. People don’t always mean quite what they say, and if I could hear their authentic selves I would use that information to serve them better in the future.
Are you a cat person, a dog person, or both?
Dog
Ryan Tripney
Position: Assistant Principal – Effective Learning
What’s your secret to surviving a busy school day?
I like to start my day with a clear objective and then structure my tasks around achieving this.
If you could have any superpower for a day, what would it be and how would you use it?
I would choose time manipulation so that I could, pause, fast forward and rewind time so that I could undo mistakes, create more time to enjoy the fun things in life and skip through the mundane.
Are you a cat person, a dog person, or both?
Dog
Sarah Truran
Position: Year 9 Coordinator 
What’s your secret to surviving a busy school day?
A good coffee and a good joke/laugh
If you could have any superpower for a day, what would it be and how would you use it?
Teleportation – would be very handy for being on time and make my commute to school a lot shorter!
Are you a cat person, a dog person, or both?
Dog
Nicola Williams
Position: Teacher, Mathematics 
What’s your secret to surviving a busy school day?
Surviving a busy school day comes down to staying organised, prioritising what matters, and keeping a sense of humor. A little flexibility and a lot of caffeine doesn’t hurt either!
If you could have any superpower for a day, what would it be and how would you use it?
Time manipulation! I would pause time to catch up on things I never have time for, rewind to relive the best moments, and fast-forward through the boring bits.
Are you a cat person, a dog person, or both?
Dog