It has been a dynamic start to learning at McAuley in term one and a pleasure to welcome our new educators.
Mrs Charlotte Hejka in Year 6, Mr Jake Scharenberg in Year 5, Miss Ellie Gillard in Reception and Mrs Tiffany McCallum in Music have joined our team of amazing educators.
Mrs Charlotte Hejka, mum of four adult children, has been teaching for nearly thirty years. Her passion is numeracy and social sciences which includes religious education. Currently studying part-time Digital Technologies at Flinders University, she hopes to enhance the STEM experience at McAuley. She is also an educator at Flinders University teaching pre-service teachers in Differentiation and Pedagogy. On the weekends, she loves to spoil her ‘oodles’ and her children.
Local Mr Jake Scharenberg, who has spent the last six years teaching in the Barossa, is thrilled to be back home. He passion is golf and comes from a footy mad family. Mr Scharenberg is also a qualified PE teacher though is loving being back in the classroom fulltime.
“I am really enjoying building relationships with my Year 5 class and learning about all their interests.”
Miss Ellie Gillard is already loved by her Reception class. Having taught for the last three years in the Catholic system, something she appreciates about McAuley is how well connected educators are to their learners and their families. Having grown up in Renmark in the Riverland, to relax, Miss Gillard loves being on the river and having a BBQ with her family.
Mrs Tiffany McCallum brings a wealth of music and performance experience to McAuley. Before teaching in a primary school, Mrs McCallum spent fifteen years teaching performing arts in dance, singing and choreographing whole school musicals. As well as her degree in education, she studied music at the Adelaide Elder Conservatorium of Music. Watch this space for how she will engage learners in the love of music and performance.
And it is our pleasure to welcome the very popular Mrs Sarah Graham back from leave to the Year 6 Neighbourhood.
"I am absolutely loving being back and seeing so many familiar faces. Also, everyone is so much older looking and taller!"
Mrs Graham and Mrs Hejka work together in the same Year 6 Pastoral Care Group.
