Dear Parents/Guardians
We welcome your involvement with Waggrakine Primary School. At Waggrakine parents and staff work together to guide and support students through their primary years of education, aiming to make this a safe and enjoyable time for your child.
During my time at Waggrakine we have seen the school grow and evolve. With ten years of increased growth, the school has gone from 330 students to now in the mid-500s. At Waggrakine we are striving towards a vision of 21st century learning. We aim to create a learning environment where your child is able to learn to be collaborative, creative, a problem solver, a critical thinker, sharing, caring and respectful of themselves and others.
We invite you to be involved in the school and encourage you to maintain regular communication with your child’s classroom teacher. Seesaw is our whole school platform for regular and effective communication. Our staff have the interest of your child at heart at all times and our decisions and actions are made with that interest uppermost in our minds. The partnership between home and school is pivotal to your child’s success at school.
We look forward to working together with the community to provide a fun, engaging, safe and challenging learning experience for your children.
Ms Lis Turner – Principal
B Arts, B Ed, Grad Dip Linguistics, Masters of Early Childhood
- 2011 WA Primary Principal of the Year
- 2012 Finalist Australian Principal of the Year
- 2012 Australian Council of Education Leaders, Fellow
- 2012 Churchill Fellow
- 2017 Harvard University Fellowship


Meet our Admin Team
Lis Turner, Diane Suckling, Zoei Nixon and Mandi Ostaszewskyj in the spirit of Book Week.
The Leadership Team
Principal
Elisabeth Turner
Deputy Principals
Diane Suckling
Mandi Ostaszewskyj
Brad Reynolds
Brenda Wann
Sue Carr
Manager Corporate Services
Carol-Anne White
Support Staff
School Officers
Marina Fowler
Michelle Tazewell
Library
Kylie Pears
School Technical Officer
Jen Ford
Aboriginal and Islander Education Officers
Janita Bellotti
Gloria McCallum
SAER Team
Lauren Read – Autism Specialist Teacher
Kym Coulthard – Lead EA
Theresa Voigt – Speech