Our Staff2011 Staff Photograph

Senior Leadership Team
Mr Werner A van Aswegen BEd, BA (Hons) Principal
Mr David Mallinder BEd, TchgCert Deputy Principal
Ms Gayle Cameron AdvComTchgDip, NatDipSpSubjects Assistant Principal
Mrs Jenny Davies DipHom Ec, AdvDipTchg, NatDipSpSubjects Assistant Principal


Heads of Departments
Mrs Jo Fissenden PhD, MSc(Hons), DipTchg Science
Mrs Fiona Gilliver BA, DipTchg, DipTESL English
Mr Alasdair Lean BSc(Hons), PGCE Social Sciences
Mr Bill Lonsdale BSc, DipTchg Mathematics
Mrs Jos Mains PostGradDipTechEd, BTchL, HigherDipTchg Technology
Mrs Helen Parkinson DipTexDes, DipTchg Visual Arts
Ms Jo Thorne BEd(PE), DipTchg Health, Physical Education & Outdoor


Teaching Staff
Mr Nick Booth BA, Dip Grad, DipTchg English
Mr Marcello Cecchi BA, PGCE Social Sciences
Mr Bob Clifford BSc, PGCE Mathematics
Mr Damer Farrell TchgCert, AdvTrade Cert, NatCert Adult Ed Technology
Ms Glenys Hanley BScGrad, DipEd, GradDipApplied Fin, CertMgt Home Room Teacher & Learning Support
Ms Michelle Heald BSc, GradDipTchg Science
Ms Stacey Hurndell BEd(PE), GradDipTchgLrng Science
Mrs Tracey Lean BA(Hons), MA, PGCE, PostGradDipSpecEduc (one year leave of absence) English & Learning Support
Mr Jonathan Loan BAgr, MEd, TTC, DipCouns, MNZAC Guidance Counsellor
Miss Sarah MacLeod B(PA), GradDipTchg Teacher in Charge - Drama
Mrs Sarah Rattray B(Pharm), GradDipTchgLrng Home Room Teacher
Mr Tony Robson BSc(Chem), BSc(PE), GradDipTchg Physical Education
Mr Andrew Welsman PhD, BSc, GradDipTchgLrng Science
Mr Selwyn Williams BEd, DipTchg, TESOLCert Yr 7/8 Co-ordinator


Support Staff
Ms Jackie Andrews Cleaner
Mrs Susan Clark NZCS(Chem), PGDipHortSc Science Technician
Mrs Jan Dasler Principal's PA, Board Secretary, Finance
Mr Bob Goodyer Grounds & Maintenance
Mr Tony Guthrie Grounds Assistant
Ms Susi Haberstock BA(Hons), DipSLT Adult Community Education
Mrs Joy Holmes Teacher Aide
Mrs Dianne Mackle Teacher Aide
Mrs Marianne Nelson Librarian
Mrs Julie Priddle Gateway, STAR, Careers
Mrs Lisa Schonwald Teacher Aide
Mrs Sandra Scott Cert Dental Nursing Student Administrator
Mrs Donna Snow Sports Co-ordinator, Office Administrator
Mrs Loretta Sumner Cleaner
Mrs Colleen Virgin Cleaner


Staff Waiata

The following staff waiata and literal translation talks about our Aotearoa/New Zealand icon - the kiwi. It is not so much as a celebration of what the kiwi represents internationally on the sports page, but rather its indigeneity and our national heritage as a country. Although the literal translation or definition of the words is actually more traditional (as opposed to the contemporary view of the kiwi and what that represents), the waiata talks about the incubation period and hatching of a kiwi egg which is nurtured - funnily enough - by the male!

Engari te tiitii e tangi haere ana e
As a mutton bird seeks food, it cries on its way

Whai tokorua rawa raaua
They follow closely behind (kiwi parents)

Teenaa ko au nei, he manu
I am now likened to that of a bird

Kei te hua kiwi i maahue ki te tawa-i!
Alas! I see a kiwi egg unattended below a tawa tree which belongs to me!

In this instance, an egg is left unattended but the parents are close. Just as other birds are out at night searching for food, the kiwi parents are also doing the same. This implies a subtle kind of relationship which reflects the need for human parents to go out in search of work (in a contemporary sense), but not so much that the egg is left at great risk below the tawa tree, because the parents are close.



Tama Tū Tama Ora
Expectations of Teachers: Our Teaching Vision

Manaakitanga: Create a Supportive Learning Environment

• Know your ākonga well to meet their varied learning needs.
• Encourage a sense of belonging and connectedness.
• Orient ākonga to want to achieve goals and take responsibility for their learning.
• Foster confidence that ākonga can perform and succeed.
• Encourage learning dispositions such as persistence, interest and curiosity.

Kōtahitanga: Encourage Reflective Thought and Action

• Provide the processes, strategies and feedback to assist learning.
• Design tasks and opportunities that require ākonga to critically evaluate the material they use and consider the purposes for which it was originally created.

Wānanga: Enhance the Relevance of New Learning

• Explain how the activity or work is useful and relevant to encourage ākonga to take greater ownership of their own learning.
• Explore what ākonga already know and inspire them to want to know more.

Whakapiringatanga: Facilitate Shared Learning

• Encourage active involvement and relating to others.
• Provide opportunities for ākonga to learn from and with each other.
• Promote life long learning through active participation and contribution.

Mana Motuhake: Provide Sufficient Opportunities to Learn

• Give ākonga enough time and opportunity to engage with, practise, and transfer new learning.
• Provide appropriate assessment to determine what “sufficient” opportunities mean for an individual student and to sequence ākonga’ learning experiences over time.

Āko: Use Enquiry Teaching and Learning

• Decide on a focusing enquiry to find a baseline, a direction and learning outcomes.
• Actively reflect on what your ākonga have already learned and what they need to learn next.
• Using research evidence and own and collegial past practice, consider which strategies are most likely to help learning to achieve.
• Reflect on the result of your teaching and the implications for future teaching.