Kia ora. 

 My name is Chaucey Ellis and I have been working at Raphael House since August 2017. 

 Most of my work involves maintaining the payroll for the staff, but I do work on other administrative duties from time to time too. 

 I work here part-time and in the rest of my time I have a second admin job, care for my 3 children and spend a lot of time enjoying my hobby of dancing.

Ko Claire toku ingoa.

I grew up in Palmerston North with my two older sisters and many pets. I attended a small country school and took part in as many after school activities as possible including Girl Guiding. I have always enjoyed learning new things (especially when it means spending time with people) and have been a part of St John Youth; musical theatre; a flower arranging club; an English club; a taiko drumming group; archery; netball; and stage shows. I now live in Lower Hutt.

This is my fifth year teaching at Raphael House but I have also taught as an English teacher overseas in Japan for two years where I lived and worked in the countryside and biked to school everyday. Aside from teaching a big part of my life is crafting and that is actually what led me to Raphael House. I love knitting, crocheting, sewing, needle felting and any other craft I can get my hands on! You will often see me around in something that I have made for myself and I am always looking for inspiration. I especially enjoy creating small creatures and friends to be apart of my classroom as well as knitting themed fair isle.