2021 Staff

At St Martins School we are fortunate to have a passionate, dedicated, and professional team of teachers, lead by a strong management team, and supported by experienced teacher aides, specialist teachers, and administration and support staff.

You are welcome to contact staff via email. Click on their name below to access their email address.

School Leadership – Implementation Team

• Principal / Tumuaki, Andrew Mouat
• Deputy Principal, Alice Denley
• Deputy Principal / SENCO, Leanne Parnham
• Explorers Syndicate Leader, Michelle Parsons
• Discoverers Syndicate Leader, Chris Sumer
• Navigators Syndicate Leader, Hamish Lancaster-Whillis
• High Fliers Syndicate Leader, Nicky Pateman

Administration & Office Staff

• Principal’s PA/Admin Team Leader, Michele Stephens
• Bursar, Megan Moore
• Reception/ Itinerant Music Coordinator, Diane Magon
• Library / Sports Uniform Co-Ordinator, Kate Thomson

Teaching Teams

Explorers (Year 0-2 Syndicate)

• Explorers 1
  • Room 3 (Harakeke), Charlotte Bates
• Explorers 2
  • Room 5 (Ti Kouka), Suzy O’Hara
  • Room 6 (Ti Kouka), Paige Hampton
• Explorers 3
  • Room 7 (Aruhe), Helen Norcliffe
  • Room 8 (Aruhe), Michelle Parsons

Discoverers (Year 3-4 Syndicate) 

• Discoverers 1
  • Room 9 (Raupo), Kate Keenan
  • Room 10 (Raupo), Jenny Oldridge and Catherine Dalley 
• Discoverers 2
  • Room 21 (Awaawa), Chris Sumer
  • Room 22 (Awaawa), Chantal Ward
  • Room 23 (Pari), Susie Keenan

Navigators (Year 5-6 Syndicate)

• Navigators 1
  • Room 17 (Tawhatanga), Jane Williams
  • Room 18 (Tawhatanga), Amy Kenel
• Navigators 2
  • Room 14, Tamara Saxon
  • Room 15, Sarah Williams
  • Room 16, Hamish Lancaster-Whillis

High Fliers (Year 7-8 Syndicate) 

• High Fliers 1
  • Room 19 (Kaniuniu), Jarad Pateman
  • Room 20 (Kaniuniu), Nicky Pateman
• High Fliers 2
  • Room 24 (Pari), Alice Barakat
• High Fliers 3
  • Room 11, Alice Perry
  • Room 12,  Lavinia Buckenham Baines

Support Staff

Contact support staff via the office or, in the case of teacher aides, the classroom teacher.

• Teacher Aides – Callum McLean, Chris Swain, Juliet Aitken, Lisa Dunn, Lynley Keown, Marie Cliff, Vickie Rickard-Green, and Wendy Hayford
• Garden to Table – Marie Cliff (Kitchen Specialist) and Howard Keene (Gardens)
• Reading Recovery, ESOL & Special Needs – Cate van Leuven
• Music and Performing Arts Teachers – Music teachers for lessons and performance groups are listed under Opportunities.
• Caretaker – Michael Hutchinson