"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."
- Sir Edmund Hillary
ShanaeSimpson
Assistant Principal/SENCo (2025)
"Take care of our children. Take care of what they hear. Take care of what they see. Take care of what they feel. For how the children grow, so will be the shape of Aotearoa"
- Dame Whina Cooper
KelseyWeber-Scown
Assistant Principal/SENCo (Returning in 2026)
"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."
– John Dewey
LaurieMerk-Riley
Literacy Facilitator
"A good education is a foundation for a better future."
- Elizabeth Warren
JeremiaMullin
Office Administrator
"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."
-Benjamin Franklin
BethnieFrear
Office Administrator
"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
- Maya Angelou
AmberEdwards
Teacher Year 3 Māori Bilingual - Rm 1
“Children learn as they play. Most importantly, in play, children learn how to learn” -
- Fred Donaldson
MadelineJohnson
Teacher Year 4 Māori Bilingual - Rm 2
"Mā te huruhuru ka rere te Manu.
Adorn the bird with feathers so it can fly."
JessCoyne
Teacher Year 5 Māori Bilingual - Rm 3
"Nurturing our kids hearts and souls as well as their minds and their bodies is educating the whole child."
- Maggie Dent
JanNeilson
Teacher Year 6 Māori Bilingual - Rm 4
"Tū māia, tū kaha, tū mātauranga." Stand strong, be steadfast, seek knowledge.
MeganForbes
Teacher Year 3 - Rm 5
MichelleBryant
Teacher Year 2/3 - Rm 6
MelissaParkins
Teacher Year 2 - Rm 7
"Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners and the love of bringing the first two loves togehter."
- Scott Hayden
ChloeMajthenyi
Teacher Year 2 - Rm 8
"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you"
- B. B. King
ShannonSwann
Teacher Year 1 - Rm 9
“A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils.”
– Ever Garrison
TaylarRenalson
Junior Team Leader and Teacher Year 1 - Rm10
"Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open."
- James Dewar
Sharri-LynneFrauen-Felder
Teacher Year 1 - Rm 13
“First delight, then instruct”
- Gustav Friedrich Waagen
AmandaLowe
Teacher Year 3 - Rm 14
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of the fire.”
- William Butler Yeats
AliceMassey
Teacher Year 4 - Rm 18
“Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.”
- Anthony J. D'Angelo
ClaireBrooks
Teacher Year 4 - Rm 19
"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all."
- Aristotle
ErinHooper
Teacher Year 4/5 - Rm 20
"Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open."
- James Dewar
PhoebeSinclair
Teacher Year 5 - Rm 21
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”
- Robert Collier
Emma-LeeDromgool
Teacher Year 5 - Rm 22
Paige Crate
Teacher Year 6 - Rm 23
AngelaSime
Senior Team Leader and Teacher Year 6 - Rm 24
"Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion."
- Abdul Kalam
HannahTaylor
Teacher Year 6 - Rm 25
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."
- Dr. Seuss
WaiMuunu
Te Whakatupuranga Team Leader and Teacher Year 1 Māori Bilingual - Rm 26
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel”
- Socrates
RupertMoore
Teacher Year 2 Māori Bilingual - Rm 27
JessMoir
Teacher Year 2 Māori Bilingual - Rm 28
“So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.”
- Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
AnnaRainey
Teacher
Piopoia te kakano
Kia puawai
Nurture the seed and it will blossom.
(He whakatauki)
PamBrunton
Teacher
BecksYoung
Teacher
"When educating the minds of our youth, we must not forget to educate their hearts."
– Dalai Lama
LanaPatrick
Release Teacher
AnitaMarolias
Release Teacher
LornelleWare
Release Teacher
AngelaSchofield
School Business Manager
GregTatnell
Groundsman
J-LeeBosch
Groundsman
KrisHopkins
Librarian
"You can find magic wherever you look. sit Back & Relax, all you need is a Book."