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Our Staff 2022

 Leadership Team
MEL CROSBIE
  • Mrs Crosbie is the kindest and funniest principal on the planet -  Carlisle

  • Mrs Crosbie is the boss of the world -Year 1

  • She always does fun stuff with us, like going down the mudslide. She even threw mud at us!  - Room 13

  • Mrs Crosbie is really nice and always says hello to us. She is hardworking and has lots of funs ideas for our school -  Room 10

Mel Crosbie - Principal

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FIONA SOUTHGATE
  • Mrs Southgate can run really fast around the school!  -  Year 1

  • She always look as after us and she helps us to respect our school. She plays fun games in our assemblies -      George

  • She works hard and is a loving and kind person -  Room 10

  • She spends her time dealing with problems around the school - Finley

  • Mrs Southgate makes me smile. She is everything that is good, a really positive person -  Jiho

Fiona Southgate - Deputy Principal
Head of Junior/Purapura School

JACKI HARRISON
  • Mrs Harrison is a great Deputy Principal. She is so hardworking -  Alyssa

  • She deals with our problems and is helpful with our learning - Will

  • She dressed up as an alien in assembly - she is so funny -  Cooper

  • Mrs Harrison is.very good at keeping secrets -    Jiho

Jacki Harrison - Deputy Principal
Head of Middle/Teina School

 RUTH TAYOR
  • Mrs Taylor is a sporty, hardworking and cheerful teacher who is mostly known for managing our sporting activities. She makes it a lot of fun - Cody

  • Mrs Taylor is a kind and loving person. She makes our days better by creating great activities like maths and athletics day - Lariah

  • She encourages everybody to take part in all events. She also helps with camps - Bella

  • She is a very intelligent person, who does a lot to keep the school a tidy and healthy place -  Connor

Ruth Taylor - Associate Principal
Head of Senior/Tuakana School

Junior school
Purapura Year 0,1 and 2 Heads of Teaching and Learning
GILL STEEL

Gill Steel - Year 0 and 1
Head of Teaching and Learning for New Entrants, school transition and community

ABI COPLEY

Abi Copley - Year 1 and 2
Head of Teaching and Learning

Middle School
Teina Year 3 and 4
Head of Teaching and Learning

 

Hayley Brass - Year 3/4
Head of Teaching and Learning

 

Teachers
Senior School Tuakana Year 5 and 6
 Head of Teaching and Learning
NATHAN HANWELL

Nathan Hanwell - Year 6 
Head of Teaching and Learning

Whole School Leaders of Learning
RUTH TREVATHAN

Ruth Trevathan 
Whole School Curriculum Leader

JOANN BEVENS
  • Mrs Bevens is like a chatter box of learning -  Romi

  • Mrs Bevens is creative, like an artist -        Annabel

  • Mrs Bevens is a master at learning -Hunter

  • Mrs Bevens is like a fairy princess, because she is kind - Isabelle

  • Mrs Bevens is a like a book, she can teach us to read -  Alanys

Joann Bevens  
Across School Kahui Ako Literacy Lead

DAGMAR GOODALL
  • Mrs Goodall is kind and funny and she helps us with our English -  Room 11 

 

  • Mrs Goodall always listens to us and she is so funny -  Benjamin

 

  • She is smart and amazing at English. She takes us to the beach for picnics -Jiho

  • Mrs Goodall is a nice teacher who loves to write -  Rachel  

Dagmar Goodall 
Whole school Literacy Lead

KIRSTEN KIATA
  • Mrs Kiata is an extremely great teacher and she has an amazing personality.

  • She is very calm as a teacher and netball coach.

 

  • Mrs Kiata is very intelligent and she can do what ever she believes. She is really positive towards us.

 

  • Mrs Kiata teaches us lots of things, especially maths!

Kirsten Kiata  
Whole School Math Lead

Teaching Staff
BELINDA VRETROS
  • She helps me to learn - Emma

  • She teaches me so many things. I really love to do Maths with her  - Indie

  • She always looks after us and takes care of us - Hunter

  • She lets us do exciting things and she lets us even do things by ourselves - Alice

Belinda Vrettos - Year 1

Room 1

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Caroline Graham - Year 1
Room 2

MICHELLE RAE
  • I love the way she teaches all about letters - Caleb

  • She teaches me know to write - Summer

  • She teaches me right throughout the whole day - Avayan

  • Sometimes she lets me play with the dress ups - Hudson

  • I love Mrs Rae’s smile - Laison

Michelle Rae - Year 1 

Room 3

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Janet Cochrane - Year 1/NE

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Room 5

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Room 6

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Eve Kilvington - Year 3 
Room 7

Victoria Nealie -Year 2
Room 8

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Rhiannon Le Sueur Year 2

Room 10

DENISE AYRES
  • She is the greatest teacher ever - Lily

  • She is always so nice and kind  - Vibhav

  • She gives us a present when we fill up our sticker chart - Jett

  • She  gives us marbles when we show good manners. We get to put them in the marble jar and then sit on the tiger. - Isaiah

  • She is very tall and has a beautiful smi- Marni

Denise Ayres - Year 2 
Room 11

CHLOE RICE
  • She is kind because she is a good person - Casey

  • She teaches us how to use the ipads - Zacharey

  • She is always nice and plays games with us - Shiloh

  • She teaches me and is helping me to learn how to read - Lilah

  •   I love her when she gets us to make pictures - Leo

Chloe Rice - Year 1 
Room 13

Abi Copley - Year 2 
Room 9

ABI COPLEY
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Kim Burton - Year 2 
Room 12

Hayley Brass - Year 3 and 4

Room 16

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           Antica Hill -Year 3 and 4
Room 18

 

NIKKI VAN DER STAR
  • She is a very kind, patient and understanding teacher so everyone listens to her.

 

  • She is fair to everyone. she promotes a classroom culture where everyone feels valued and respected. 

 

  • She is fun and passionate when it comes to teaching us. she's really organised and extra efficient! She loves the classroom to be tidy.

Zelda Nielsen - Year 3 and 4 
Room 19

STEPHANIE WILLIAMS
  • Miss Williams is very kind and fun. She is creative and makes games that are fun to play. Sophie

  • Miss Williams helps people with their work and she makes math fun to learn. She is the best teacher ever. - Joni

  • Miss Williams is kind. She makes me happy - Sophia

  • Miss Williams is a star and the best teacher because she is nice and cares about us - Aya

Stephanie Williams - Year 3 and 4
Room 20

NATHAN HANWELL
  • Mr. Hanwell's soul is filled with comedy and joy. He's immaculately dressed.- Elsa 

  • Mr. Hanwell is one of the fastest teachers in the school! He loves to make all of his students laugh out loud and make them feel good about themselves. - Maddie

  • I think Mr. Hanwell is a nice, funny teacher. He always turns the bad things good - Lukas

  •  His love for teaching is phenomenal. His soul holds love and happiness. - Jamie 

Nathan Hanwell - Year 6 
Room 21

SARAH BUNTING

Chelsey Trautvetter - Year 6 
Room 22

HELEN CAMMELL
  • Ms Cammell is fantastic - like a shooting star

  • 'Ms Cammell is very funny and she teaches me lots.  I think she sparkles. She is very kind

  • Ms Cammell is amazing, awesome and spectacular

  • She helps me with my work

Helen Cammell - Year 6
Room 25

LISA ANDERSON
  • I like it when Ms Anderson teaches us maths - Kaden

  • I like reading with Ms Anderson - Thomas

  • Ms Anderson is a very good teacher because she does lots of kind things for us - Miette

  • Ms Anderson is kind and funny - Amber

  • Ms Anderson is beautiful - Amelia

Kelly Henton - Year 6 
Room 23

RUTH TREVATHAN
  • Mrs Trevathan is funny, intelligent and good at been really creative to help us learn.

  • Mrs Trevathan is an excellent teacher who doesn't do boring things. Everyday we do something different, she is very smart and can answer most of our questions. 

  • Mrs Trevathan is a calm, kind teacher with a level of patience. I would personally recommend her. 

Ruth Trevathan - Year 5
Room 26

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Sarah Bunting
Classroom Release Teacher

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Keiley Ekanayake
Classroom Release Teacher

KIRSTEN KIATA
  • Mrs Kiata is an extremely great teacher and she has an amazing personality.

  • She is very calm as a teacher and netball coach.

 

  • Mrs Kiata is very intelligent and she can do what ever she believes. She is really positive towards us.

 

  • Mrs Kiata teaches us lots of things, especially maths!

Kirsten Kiata - Year 5 
Room 24

LAURA THRUSH
  • She is humorous and always makes learning fun. She is kind hearted and adores her students no matter what. - Sophie

 

  • She's nice and helpful and she is the best teacher and you will love her. She is funny too. - Brody

 

  • She is funny and she is a mathematician. A bit bossy too. But a shiny personality and an open heart- Ben

 

  • She loves to listen to music, and loves to sing.- Mine

Laura Thrush - Year 5 
Room 27

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LAURA THRUSH
  • She is humorous and always makes learning fun. She is kind hearted and adores her students no matter what. - Sophie

 

  • She's nice and helpful and she is the best teacher and you will love her. She is funny too. - Brody

 

  • She is funny and she is a mathematician. A bit bossy too. But a shiny personality and an open heart- Ben

 

  • She loves to listen to music, and loves to sing.- Mine

Isobel Neville

Classroom Release Teacher

Support Staff
LISA WILLIAMS
  • Lisa is a wonderful teacher aide. She always has a smile on her face and she is so lovely and kind.She does all she can for the school -Brooke

  • Lisa has a cool laugh and is a really kind library lady -  Year 1

  • Lisa is pretty and makes us smile. -         Georgia

Lisa Williams -Teacher Aide 

ANDREA NEWTON

Andrea Newton - Teacher Aide

JUANITA MILLS
  • Juanita - is resilient because she keeps on working even though her arm is sore -  Year 1

  • Juanita is smart, kind and caring. She works so hard in the TA room and looks after me at play and when I'm sad - Cooper

 

  • Juanita is kind and helpful in our class -  Udo

  • Juanita lets us play with her special lego set and she helps everyone with their work and helps us to solve our problems -  Malachi

Juanita Mills - Teacher Aide

HAYLEY MAHURU

Hayley is friendly and always has a smile on her face -  Bella

 

We love having Hayley in our class. She is smart and funny with a silly sense of humour. Hayley is kind, helpful, cheerful and we are very lucky to have her. We like it when she gets the giggles - Charlotte 

Halyey is very beautiful and I like Hayley very much -  JP

Hayley is really kind and always says nice things to people -  Year 1

Hayley Mahuru - Teacher Aide

MARGARET HERON
  • Margaret - is a great story teller and she is really nice  - Year 1

  • Margaret is kind and helpful. She helps us with our writing -  Sophie

  • She helps us heaps when we're struggling - Azaliah

  • Margaret is a really amazing lady and she helps everybody -  Hunter

Margaret Heron - Teacher Aide

SUE ROBINSON
  • Sue is kind to all of us and she keeps us entertained at After School Care -Room 11

  • Sue is lovely and she sacrifices her time to take us out to the playground -  Will 

  • Sue is very caring and very good at playing cards with us  - Jiho

Sue Robinson

Reception / School Care

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Sian Bonner

Deb Fuller - Teacher Aide