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Senior Leadership Team

Oded Nathan 
Principal
​Lee Hiestand
Associate Principal
​Ryan Gilbertson
Deputy Principal
Melanie Ward
Deputy Principal
​Craig Morrison
Deputy Principal
Sarah Hill
Deputy Principal
James Field-Mitchell 
Assistant Principal
Andrea ​Wilton-Connell 
Business Manager

Deans
Nick Sinnamon
Arthur House
Meadow Koslen Ridd
Duncan House 
Kyle Jackson
Fox House and Lead Dean 
Nicole Marr
Hay House 
Beth Newmarch
Mackenzie House

Head of Learning Areas (HOLAs)

Abbey Brown
​HOLA - Arts
Craig Jack
​HOLA - English
Lara Cordonni
​HOLA - Mathematics
​Guillaume Charton
​HOLA - Languages
Gemma Boel
​HOLA - Learning Support
​Erin Sefo
HOLA - ​Social Sciences
Kayleigh Murray
HOLA - Science
Cara Sibtsen​
​HOLA - Health & PE
David Harding
HoLA - Technology

Staff

Assistant Heads of Learning Areas are indicated as 'Assistant HoLA'.
ARTS
Abbey Brown - Visual Arts / Head of Learning Area HoLA / Assistant Dean - Fox
Lucy Buckley - Technology and Visual Arts
Julie Hamilton - Visual Arts
Jake Hansen - Performing Arts / Assistant HoLA
Leslie Koehn - Visual Arts
Chris Mason-Battley - Itinerant Music
​Leo McMenamin - Music
Alistair Monteath - Itinerant Music
Katie O'Brien - Arts Coordinator
Alison Price - Director of Arts
Alex Pyle - Itinerant Music
Rosa Scott - Visual Arts / Assistant Dean - Arthur
Melanie Ward - Music
ENGLISH
Cat Bass - English / Assistant HoLA
Geoff Bird - Media Studies, English
Jordan Coats - English
Kimberley Davis - English
Sarah File - Literacy Specialist
Sarah Hill - English
Craig Jack - English / Head of Learning Area HoLA
Kirsty Jamieson-Gough - English
Partibha Khokra - English 
Wendy Kwan - English
Dominique Larouche - English
Chris Mathews - English
Ryan Narvasa - English
Beth Newmarch - English
Owen Roberts-Day - English
Amanda Robinson - English
Steve Temple - English
Katie Tomkins - Student Literacy Support
HEALTH AND PE
Libby Clifton - Health & PE / Outdoor Education
Conner Hamlin - Health & PE
​Hannah Jarmany - Science and Health and PE
Sam King - Health & PE
Stella Lonsdale - Health & PE
David Lowe - Health & PE​ / Assistant HoLA
Ken McIntyre - Health & PE / Outdoor Education
David Moseley - Health & PE / Outdoor Education
Laura Nathan - Health & PE
Andrew Regan - Health & PE / Outdoor Education
Cara Sibtsen - Health & PE​ / Head of Learning Area HoLA 
Emma Smith - Health & PE
​​​LANGUAGES
Guillaume Charton - Languages​ / Head of Learning Area HoLA
Juliette Cooke - Languages / Assistant HoLA
Camila d'Annibale - Languages
Charmaine Denney - Languages
Mariela Mondaca - Languages
Sione Niupalau - Languages / Assistant Dean - Hay
MATHS
Mark Baldwin - Mathematics
Rowan Cane - Mathematics
Lara Cordonni - Head of Learning Area HoLA
Lucas Duarte - Mathematics
Vicki Elliott - Mathematics
Katelyn Gunson - Mathematics and Science
Lee Hiestand - Mathematics 
Kay Holst - Mathematics 
Kyle Jackson - Mathematics
Juliet Jones - Mathematics​ / Assistant HoLA
Meadow Koslen Ridd - Mathematics
Anjana Kumari - Mathematics
Sahar Lin - Mathematics and Technology
Greg Lockhart - Mathematics and Science
Harriet Luxton - Mathematics
Fariba Motlagh - Mathematics
Emma Purdue - Mathematics and Science
Dax Richards - Mathematics
Bailey Soper - Mathematics
Amy Weir - Mathematics
SCIENCE
​Dawn Aspin - Science​ / Assistant HoLA
Tammy Beale - Science
Joe Bruce - Science / Assistant Dean - Duncan
Zach Coats - Science
Nikki Dukes - Science and Social Sciences
Noni Gabb - Science
Katelyn Gunson - Science
Hannah Jarmany - Science and Health and PE
Rose Kidd - Science
Ben Kunath - Science
Brooke Lawry - Social Sciences and Science
Greg Lockhart - Mathematics and Science
Rosemary McCartney - Science Technician
​Fran McLachlan - ​Science Technician
Kayleigh Murray - Science​ / Head of Learning Area HoLA
Toni O'Sullivan - Science
Emma Purdue - Mathematics and Science
Eleanor Quaid - Science
Bron Rankin - Science
Nick Sinnamon - Science
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Nicole Ashby - Social Sciences / Assistant HoLA
Gemma Boel - Social Sciences
Kristin Dobbie - Social Sciences
Nikki Dukes - Science and Social Sciences
James Field-Mitchell - Social Sciences
Chrystal Gardiner - Social Sciences
Ryan Gilbertson - Social Sciences
Lisa Graydon - Social Sciences
Michael LaPierre - Social Sciences
Brooke Lawry - Social Sciences and Science
Megan Mackie - Social Sciences
Sarah Marshall - Social Sciences
Marcus Matamua - Social Sciences / Assistant Dean - Mackenzie
Hugo Molloy - Social Sciences
Craig Morrison - Social Sciences
John Obermeier - Social Sciences
Arthur Reeves - Social Sciences
Erin Sefo - Social Sciences / Head of Learning Area HoLA
​TECHNOLOGY
Nicole Anderson - Technology
Lucy Buckley - Technology and Visual Arts
Ben Cook - Technology
Justine Duncan - Technology​
David Harding - Technology ​/ Head of Learning Area HoLA
Harriet Hone - Technology
​Sahar Lin - Mathematics and Technology
Nicole Marr - Technology
Conleth McLarnon - Technology
Cameron Murphy - Technology / Assistant HoLA
Annaliese Seedall - Technology
Kate Webster - Technology
Jenny Whitehouse - Technology
GUIDANCE
Kat Denniston - Guidance Counsellor
Lucy Ford - Guidance Counsellor​
​Vicki Patton - Head Guidance Counsellor 
Camryn Scott - Guidance Counsellor
CAREERS
Ome Allington - Careers Assistant
Gemma Carter - Careers Counsellor and Gateway Teacher
Lea Lawniczak - Careers Counsellor and LEAP and Transition Facilitator
Linda Richards - Head of Careers
INTERNATIONAL
​Melissa Hutcheson - Director, International Students
Kate Ide - Administration Assistant (International Homestay)
Learning Support - Te Whare Tauwhiro
Iona Baring - ORS Teacher Aide
Ben Bates - Teacher Aide
Dan Bocatios - Health & PE Teaching Assistant
Gemma Boel - Head of Learning Area HoLA
Belinda Brittain - Youth Worker / Administrative Assistant (Systems and Data)
Ann-Kathrin Bruce - Teacher Aide
Karen Ellis - Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO)
Beekela Ferreira Smith - Bilingual Support Worker
Caroline Fossey-Smith - Alternative Education Youth Worker
Kirsty Green - Teacher Aide
Penny Hearn - SAC Coordinator and Trades Academy
Keiko (Cakes) Hirokawa - ORS Teacher Aide
Ella Pountney - ORS Lead Teacher
Kirsten Turner - ORS Teacher Aide
Bonny Turton - Teacher Aide
OFFICE STAFF
Savannah Allen - Student Attendance Community Officer
Sue Beale - Receptionist
Paula Bell - Librarian
Lauren Bocatios - Personal Assistant to the Principal
Rosalind Box - Finance Assistant
Belinda Brittain - Youth Worker / Administrative Assistant (Systems and Data)​​
Claire Colebatch - Human Resource and ​Admin Assistant
Nicola Brown - Student Records Officer
Robyn Docherty - Finance/Payroll Officer
Rebecca Ferguson - Administration Assistant (Attendance and Technical)
Ang Gibson - Alumni Coordinator
Bronwyn Hartley - Assistant Librarian
Annie Last - STARS Youth Programme Coordinator
Sandra Morrison - Director of Finance
Julia Russ - Attendance Officer
Erin Tapp - Receptionist
Jen Thompson - Admin Support Student Services
Petra Thompson - Communications Officer and Admin Support
Katrina van Beusekom - Administration Assistant (Resources)
Sports Office
Kate Ferguson - Administrative Assistant (Sports and Arts)
Jen Grant - Sports & Physical Activity Coordinator
Bruce Hunter - Director of Sport
Belinda Strano - Sports & Physical Activity Coordinator
CAF​É
​Craig Box - Café Manager/Chef
Kirsty Dowman - Café Assistant/Barista
Fine McLeod - Café Assistant/Barista
Kesaia Togoloa - Café Assistant/Barista

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