"Curiosity is the engine of achievement." - Ken Robinson
JennaSpake
Deputy Principal
"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today." Sir Edmund Hillary
ShanaeSimpson
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
DaveKirkland
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.
AngelaSime
Junior School Team Leader and Teacher Year 2 - Rm14
"Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion."
Abdul Kalam
WaiMuunu
Year 1 Māori Bilingual - Rm 13
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel” - Socrates
AmandaLowe
Year 3/4 - Rm04
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of the fire.” William Butler Yeats
LaurieMerk-Riley
Teacher year 3/4- Rm 3
AmberEdwards
Year 2 Māori Bilingual - Rm 5
“Children learn as they play. Most importantly, in play, children learn how to learn” (Fred Donaldson)
JessCoyne
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
JessMoir
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
AnnaRainey
Year 5/6 Māori Bilingual - Rm8
TracyBowron
Year 1 - Rm9
"We don't grow when things are easy, we grow when we face challenges."
ClaireBrooks
Years 1 and 2 - Rm 10
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all - Aristotle
HannahTaylor
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
RebeccaYoung
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
KelseyWeber
Year 5 - Rm 21
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself – John Dewey
RupertMoore
Teacher Year 6 - Rm23
TaylarRenalson
Teacher Year 3/4 - Rm2
"Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open." James Dewar
ErinHooper
Teacher Year 6 - Rm24
"Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open." James Dewar
JoanneVan 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
AngelaSchofield
School Business Manager
JeremiaPritchard
Receptionist/Student Liaison Support
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
KrisRobinson
Librarian
You can find magic wherever you look. sit Back & Relax, all you need is a Book - Dr Seuss