We have a wonderful group of dedicated staff members who strive to make the school a great place. Meet them here.

Principal: Paul Wallace
Assistant Principal: Nicole Rettke

Alongside Paul and Nicole, the Leadership team comprises learning specialists and leading teachers.

Learning specialists

  • Literacy – Binh Hoang

  • Numeracy – Sophie Ratcliffe

Wellbeing & inclusion leading teachers

  • Grace Clark

  • Cathy Turner 

Classroom teachers

Foundation

  • FA – Lucy Papaioannou

  • FB – Jayde Brownhill

  • FC – Kate Hickey

Year 1

  • 1A – Faye Söderström

  • 1B – Lauren Withers

  • 1C – Anneliese Staubli

 Year 2

  • 2A – Michele Fraser

  • 2B – Elise Dowell

  • 2C – Brendan Nick

  • 2D – Emily Grant

Year 3

  • 3A – Millie Pinney Gvozdic

  • 3B – Jack Dillon

  • 3C – James Nash

  • 3D – Sophie Ratcliffe & Jess Greenway

Year 4

  • 4A – Binh Hoang

  • 4B – Prue Middleton

  • 4C – Emilia McDonald

Year 5

  • 5A – Naomi Reynolds

  • 5B – Blake Herreen

  • 5C – Anne Killick & Olivia Li

  • 5D – Tom Edwards

Year 6

  • 6A – Anna Moore

  • 6B – Conor Markey

  • 6C – Jourdan Murray & Emily Lindsay-Smith

 Specialist teachers

  • French – Laurence Barré

  • Performing Arts – Olivia Li & Keri Spence

  • Physical Education & Sport – Geoff McShane

  • Visual Arts – Marjie Tkatchenko

  • Science – Mariah Wylie

 Support programs + staff

Our programs

  • Librarian – Paula Stafford

  • Literacy Support – Rebecca Creswick

Integration aides

  • Nicola Collie, Joe Coveney, Gabby De Jong, Andres Guerra, Callum McCracken, Katherine Meng, Rowena Pakis, Prue Romeo, Gabi Scott, Teri Tharapos, & Filipa Valente

 Administration staff

  • Business Manager: Nia Syrbopoulos 

  • HR & Facilities: Elena Paladino

  • Communications: Sarah Moody

  • Administration: Leisa Chambeyron & Kitty McDonald

  • Maintenance: Graham Keen

  • Sustainability: Amelia Trompf

  • IT: Arthur Ho

School nurses

At Fairfield Primary School, a qualified school nurse is available every day from 10:30am to 2:30pm to support student health and wellbeing. Our dedicated nurses provide first aid with consistency, compassion, and a strong focus on student wellbeing.

  • Dianna Prior & Carolyn Ridley