Leadership Team

Our leadership team consists of three Deans, with overall responsibility for their team, or area of the school. Within their team Deans will have responsibility for student welfare, behaviour management, co-ordination of curriculum planning, delivery, assessment and reporting, tracking student achievement, overseeing support programmes and liaising with Principal and staff.

Principal: Mrs Jennifer Horgan

Dean of Junior School: Miss Natalie King

Dean of Middle School: Mr Garth Powell

Dean of Senior School: Miss Janine Clague

CLASSROOM TEACHERS

Kohekohe - Room 1 Yr 6 Miss Janine Clague / Mrs Jolene Casey (Release Teacher)

Nīkau - Room 2 Yr 6 Miss Lisa Agnew

Pohutukawa - Room 3 Yr 4/5 Mr Peter Thorn

Kahikatea - Room 4 Yr 4/5 Miss Jo Bryson

Kānuka - Room 5 Yr 2/3 Miss Hayley Miller

Kōwhai - Room 6 Yr 2/3 Mrs Belinda Duff

Kawakawa - Room 7 Yr 3/4 Mr Garth Powell/Mrs Lyn Donaldson (Release Teacher)

Tōtara - Room 8 Yr 3/4 Mrs Sarah O’Neill/Miss Bronwyn Holgate (Release Teacher)

Rātā - Room 9 Yr 0/1 Miss Anna Devereux

Rimu - Room 10 Yr 0/1 Mrs Jo Hackfath

Mataī - Room 11 Yr 1/2 Mrs Jessica Hall/Mrs Catherine McRae (Release Teacher)

Mānuka - Room 12 Y 1/2 Miss Melanie Cruickshank

Kauri - Room 13 Y NE Mrs Sarah Esplin (class to start Week 6)

We have three third year teacher trainees with us this year - Harrison Jolly in Tōtara, Room 8, Larah Shaw in Rimu, Room 10 and Kendall Brook in Mataī, Room 11. We are looking forward to working alongside them throughout the year.

SPECIALIST TEACHERS

SENCO (Special Education Needs Coodinator): 

Miss Natalie King

Learning Support Coordinator: Ms Denise Hannagan

Specialist PE Teacher & Sports Coordinator: Mrs Jolene Casey

Music Specialist: Mrs Alison Tay

Support Staff

Office Administrator: Annette MacRae/Michelle Day

Librarian: Diane Hyslop

Caretaker: Ross Ballantyne

Teacher Assistants

Diane Hyslop

Christine Wright

Kerry Bristow

Kate Cotter

Michelle Day

Susan Irvine

Tracy Ruddenklau

Donnya Blair

Amy Moir

SCHOOL STRUCTURE

Senior/Middle School: Rooms 1,2,3,4

Junior/Middle School: Rooms 5,6,7,8

Junior School: Rooms 9,10,11,12,13