Principal's Message
Dear Parents & Carers,
A warm welcome back to another year at Parramatta East PS. A special welcome to all our new families that have joined us this year. We trust that everyone had an enjoyable and restful holiday and have settled back into the school routine.
Due to fluctuating numbers we have had to maintain a ‘holding pattern’ to determine our classes. I’m pleased to say that we have been able to form our classes effective Monday, 17th February, 2025 with some slight changes.
As part of this we will have four composite classes.
In primary schools, classes are organised in a variety of ways. Composite classes are one such type that may be used within schools as part of the class planning for a school year. Composite classes are commonly found in all schools, yet this structure can be quite different to a parent’s expectation for class structures because of their own experience of schooling.
All classes within a school will include a range of ages and ability. From Kindergarten, children can be enrolled at any age between 4 ½ years and 6 years of age, a difference of 18 months. Such an age range continues throughout schooling regardless of the class structure. Classes which include two or more year levels have traditionally been called composite classes. In recent times, these classes have also been labelled stage-based, multi-age or family classes.
There are two reasons why composite classes will be formed instead of, or in addition to, parallel/straight classes:
Administrative - the NSW Department of Education’s (DoE’s) state-wide school staffing formula is applied to a school’s enrolment data, informing a school as to how many staff will be appointed to that school. Students in Years K-2 attract a higher “staffing allocation” than Years 3- 6 classes. This enables schools to keep classes smaller in the K-2 classes. According to the number of students in each year group, classes will be formed to maintain the smaller class sizes whilst also meeting, not exceeding, the staffing allocation provided by the DoE.
Educational - classes are formed on the basis of educational rationale which include social, emotional and academic needs of students, teaching styles which best suit each child and the types of programs available within a school for different learning needs.
At Parramatta East Public School we take into account both of these reasons when forming our composite classes.
Below is a list of our staff and class names for 2025.
Executive Staff
Principal: Justine Miller
Deputy Principal: Julianne Smith
Rel. Deputy Principal (Wednesday)/ APCI: Will Carr
Rel. APCI: Shalona Goundar (Wednesday)
Assistant Principal (Kindergarten): Simone Gronau
Assistant Principal (Stage 1): Irena Kraljevic
Assistant Principal (Stage 2): Leah Andrews
Assistant Principal (Stage 3): Matthew Teasdale
Class Teachers
K/1 Gilbanung: Simone Gronau (AP), Suzanne Humble (Thursday)
K Gunalung: Maryanne Abouchanab
K Burudyara: Suzanne Humble (Monday), Juolin Baird (Tues-Friday)
K Gunyagunya: Helen Moraitis
1 Burra: Eleanor Lewis
1 Gula: Mirabelle Youssef
1/2 Gudugulung: Irena Kraljevic (AP), Suzanne Humble (Friday)
2 Bubug: Mani Malik
2 Gunggung: Dean Willis
3 Warin: Samanth Palmer
3 Dingoo: Leah Adams
3/4 Murawung: Leah Andrews (AP), Jeremy Yeo (Thursday)
4 Wombady: Andrew Kim
4/5 Windradyne: Matthew Teasdale (AP), Jeremy Yeo (Tuesday)
5 Baludarri: Shalona Goundar (Rel AP C & I), Jeremy Yeo (Wednesday)
5 Goolagong: Ciara Timoney
6 Freeman: Kirrilly Dabinett (Mon-Thursday), Jeremy Yeo (Friday)
6 Pemulwuy: Zachary Gee
Specialist Teachers
Johanna Urzua
Taran Harvey
Helen Mostris
Kate Kovac
Anjulie Allan
Jennifer Petersen
Kallie Smith
Alex Lai
Emma Benson
Jillian Devine
SASS Staff
School Administrative Manager: Tracey Jacka
School Administrative Officers:
Rebecca Giddy
Kelly Crawley
School Learning Support Officers:
Catherine Saddik
Dalia Maroun
Leanne Bohannon
Narelle Giddy
Macy Leong
Ali Oliver
Chantal Adams-Ayoub
General Assistants:
Greg Roy
School Psychologists: Lini Lomov (Thursday)
Stephanie OHare (Monday)