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  • About Us
    • Our Program
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    • After Kindy Care
  • How to enrol
    • Join Waitlist
    • Fees - 2025
  • FAQ
  • Contact Us

Our Educators

At St Lucia Kindergarten, our educators are responsive and inclusive to ensure all children feel secure, confident and involved. We value and build on each children's strengths, skills and knowledge to ensure they are motivated and engaged in learning.

All of our teachers and educators are highly qualified, experienced and passionate about early childhood education and community Kindergarten in particular.  Consistency and familiarity of staff for children is strongly valued in our model of care.

We believe that interactions and relationships are vitally important for learning. We actively promote children's learning through worthwhile and challenging experiences and interactions that foster high-level thinking skills.


Intentional teaching involves educators being deliberate, purposeful and thoughtful in their decisions and actions. Educators will use strategies such as modelling, demonstrating, open ended questioning, shared thinking and problem solving to extend the children's understanding and learning.
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Lucy O'Brien

Director, Teacher & Educational Leader

​Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
4 years of service to SLK
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Rochelle Ellis

Teacher

Bachelor of Social Work, Graduate Diploma of Education (Early Childhood)
9 years of service to SLK
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Cathy Mullins

Teacher

Bachelor of Education (Preservice Early Childhood)​
3 years of service to SLK
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Camilla Blomqvist

 Teacher

Bachelor of Education (In Service) & Bachelor of Education in Child and Youth Education (Sweden)
New to SLK
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Hitomi Kimura

 Assistant Teacher

Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care
​2 years of service to SLK
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Yamuna Abeyratne

Assistant Teacher

Certificate III Early Childhood Education and Care
​18 years of service to SLK
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Ann Inoka

Assistant Teacher & After Kindy Care Educator

Certificate III Early Childhood Education and Care
14 years of service to SLK
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Keiko Fischer

Assistant Teacher

Certificate III Early Childhood Education and Care, Certificate IV Education Support
2 years of service to SLK
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Sarai Sandoval

 Inclusion Support Assistant & After Kindy Care Lead Educator

Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care
New to SLK
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Anne Riachi

Administration Officer

Administration and Bookkeeping
22 years of service to SLK

Our Volunteer Management Committee for 2024

St Lucia Kindergarten is a not-for-profit community based organisation. We are affiliated with C&K, however as an affiliate service, our current parents work alongside teachers to operate the Kindy. By electing to join the Management Committee, family members can use their skills and knowledge, support us with decision-making and make plans for improvements to our community Kindergarten.​

President

Frances Byrne
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Vice President

Amie-Lee Huynh
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Secretary

Carrie Dearnley
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Treasurer

Katherine O'Keeffe
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