New staff for 2008

The Board and I have been working through the process of appointing new staff for 2008. We have now made several appointments for the new year and we are extremely pleased with the high calibre of the teachers that we have awarded positions to. We are still working on the exact positioning of teachers for next year and I will add more details soon. The new appointments are as follows:

Carolyn Silby will be joining us as Junior Team Leader. She is coming to us from Southbridge School and is an outstanding teacher and leader.
Paulette Newton is returning from her maternity leave to become our new Transition to School leader.
Karen Brown and Louise Dennis have both won permanent positions at FOS.
Deborah Kennedy and Letesha Campbell will also be with us in 2008.
Joanne Murphy is re joining the school after a year in the UK. She taught a year 4 class at FOS in 2006.
Hazel Holland is joining us from Nottingham, UK. She is another outstanding teacher who comes to us with a glowing reference.
Marama Buck worked with us during her Graduate School training earlier this year, and we are delighted that she will be starting her teaching career with us.

I am very excited about all the new appointments and I look forward to working with them all next year.