A little about me for our new and current families. This year I am continuing the role of Assistant Principal, Child Safe Advocate, Rep Sport Coordinator and have begun a new path as Kindergarten co- teacher!!

I always knew I was going to be a teacher and have enjoyed over 30 years in the ‘job’. I have a Diploma (Signadou -now ACU) and Bachelor of Education (Edith Cowan) and began my teaching career in 1989 in a composite 3,4,5,6 class at Sacred Heart, Taralga. The 9 years I spent there were invaluable and provided me with wonderful teaching and community opportunities that I have since built my career on.

I began my time at St Mary’s in 2000 as a casual teacher and have worked through the roles and responsibilities of various positions since then. Every year is a new opportunity to learn something new and I relish the challenge of a new Stage and class. Kindergarten are certainly teaching me something new every day! 

I am married to Dale (Boe) who is a Rural Crime Inspector with the Goulburn LAC and am blessed with four handsome sons who range in age from 25, 23, 20 and 16. They have all chosen different paths and are great mates and good company. Go the Sea Eagles :)

Downtime for me is spent watching anything on Netflix etc, reading or listening to a good book and travelling with friends and family. 

I discovered the Prophet Kahlil Gibran during my Uni days and have built my Philosophy of Education on his words. I also found them invaluable to me as a parent and hope they speak to you too.

Your children are not your children.

  They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.

  They come through you but not from you,

  And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

  You may give them your love but not your thoughts,

  For they have their own thoughts.

  You may house their bodies but not their souls,

  For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in     your dreams.

  You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.

  For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

  You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

  The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.

  Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;

  For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable