Every state and state-integrated school in New Zealand has a Board with elected parent representatives, a staff rep, and the Principal who manages the school in line with the Board's direction and policies. Voting occurs every three years.

Board Update:

It was great to see so many turn out for the recent Matariki Evening; upgrades to the school hall are underway and it will be great to see how much more room we have with new seating (and storage for this) and portable staging.

Each time we meet, reports are presented to the Board. The principal's report outlines how we are meeting our strategic goals, the finance, property and health & safety sub-committees present, and we hear from various curriculum leads. This term we have had a Curriculum and Prebbleton Pathway Report and our three Kāhui Ako Within School Leads (WSL) gave progress reports for their various roles.

If you'd like to read the meeting minutes, these are published on our school website under the 'Ō Mātou Tāngata - Our People' and 'Board'.

Meet Prebbleton School's current Board:

Simon Thompson - Presiding Member

Our Presiding Member (chairperson) Simon is the General Manager of the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. Simon has two daughters at Prebbleton School, one in Year 3 and one in Year 5.

Naomi Crawford

Naomi is a Registered Landscape Architect and Director at Glasson Huxtable Landscape Architecture and also teaches for the Landscape Architecture programme at Lincoln University. Naomi sits on the property sub-committee and has a son in Year 3.

Owen Flattery

Owen is the Head of Digital Transformation and Innovation at Rangi Ruru Girls' School. He represents Prebbleton on the Ngā Mātāpuna o te Waihora Kāhui Ako Stewardship Board. Owen has two children in the junior area of the school.

Bron Hunter

Bron works for Te Whatu Ora Waitaha as a speech and language therapist. Bron is a member of the finance sub-committee and is secretary of the school Parent Teacher Association (PTA). Bron has two sons in the senior area of the school.

Mandy Liu

Mandy is an accountant and has a kitchen design business with her husband. Mandy is also a member of the PTA, and has two boys at Prebbleton School, one in Year 3 and one in Year 5.

Richie Cawthorn

Richie is the staff representative on the Board. He is the Year 7&8 Team Leader and has taught at Prebbleton School since 2015. Richie lives locally with his wife and two preschool-age sons.

Kim Alexander

Kim has been Principal of Prebbleton School since 2016. Kim was awarded a 20-week sabbatical for 2024; Alli Williams is Acting Principal while Kim is away.

Board meetings are usually held at 6.00pm on the Monday of the 4th and 9th weeks of each school term. Dates of upcoming meetings are on the Calendar and in the Newsletter. If you wish to contact the Board via email the address is admin@prebbleton.school.nz.