Kerry Maxwell
Deputy Principal

"Curiosity is the engine of achievement."
- Ken Robinson

Jenna Spake
Deputy Principal

"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today." Sir Edmund Hillary

Shanae Simpson
Senior Team Leader and Teacher Year 6 - Rm22

"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

shanaes@kkps.school.nz
Dave Kirkland
Middle School Team Leader and Teacher Room 1 - year 3/4

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

Angela Sime
Junior School Team Leader and Teacher Year 2 - Rm14
"Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion."
Abdul Kalam
 
anges@kkps.school.nz
Wai Muunu
Year 1 Māori Bilingual - Rm 13

“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel” - Socrates

Amanda Lowe
Year 3/4 - Rm04

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of the fire.” William Butler Yeats

amandal@kkps.school.nz
Laurie Merk-Riley
Teacher year 3/4- Rm 3
Amber Edwards
Year 2 Māori Bilingual - Rm 5

“Children learn as they play. Most importantly, in play, children learn how to learn” (Fred Donaldson)

Jess Coyne
Years 3 & 4 Māori Bilingual - Rm 6

Nurturing our kids hearts and souls as well as their minds and their bodies is educating the whole child. 

Maggie Dent
Jess Moir
Years 3 & 4 Māori Bilingual - Rm 7

“So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.” - Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

Anna Rainey
Year 5/6 Māori Bilingual - Rm8
annar@kkps.school.nz
Tracy Bowron
Year 1 - Rm9

"We don't grow when things are easy, we grow when we face challenges."

Claire Brooks
Years 1 and 2 - Rm 10

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all - Aristotle

Hannah Taylor
Year 1 - Rm 12

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”—Dr. Seuss

Rebecca Young
Year 2- Rm15

When educating the minds of our youth, we must not forget to educate their hearts. – Dalai Lama

Paige Corbett
Year 5 - Rm20
Kelsey Weber
Year 5 - Rm 21

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself – John Dewey

Rupert Moore
Teacher Year 6 - Rm23
rupertm@kkps.school.nz
Taylar Renalson
Teacher Year 3/4 - Rm2

"Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open." James Dewar 

taylarr@kkps.school.nz
Erin Hooper
Teacher Year 6 - Rm24

"Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open." James Dewar 

erinh@kkps.school.nz
Joanne Van der Linden
Teacher year 3/4- Rm26
Tell me and I’ll forget , show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand - Chinese proverb
Angela Schofield
School Business Manager
Jeremia Pritchard
Receptionist/Student Liaison Support

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest -Benjamin Franklin 

Bethnie Frear
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 
Kris Robinson
Librarian
You can find magic wherever you look. sit Back & Relax, all you need is a Book - Dr Seuss