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 – Navigation Team

• Acting Principal/Tumuaki, Bernadette May
• In-coming Principal/Tumuaki, Andrew Mouat
• Deputy Principal/SENCO, Jenny Wood
• Explorers Syndicate Leader, Michelle Parsons
• Discoverers Syndicate Leader, Chris Sumer
• Navigators Syndicate Leader, Alice Denley
• High Fliers Syndicate Leader, Nicky Pateman

Administration & Office Staff

• Principal’s Personal Assistant/Office Manager, Michele Stephens
• Bursar, Megan Moore
• School Secretary/Itinerant Music Coordinator, Diane Magon
• Office Administration / Sports Uniform Co-Ordinator, Kate Thomson

Teaching Teams

Explorers (Year 0-2 Syndicate)

• Room 22 and 23 (New entrants), Peta Berry and Charlotte Bates
• Room 24 (New entrants), Suzy O’hara and Caitlin Ross
• Room 6, Ruth Burry and Judy Davies
• Room 7, Bethan Dempster
• Room 8, Helen Norcliffe
• Room 9, Michelle Parsons

Discoverers (Year 3-4 Syndicate) 

• Room 1, Kate Keenan
• Room 2, Heather Owen
• Room 3, Jenny Wood 
• Room 4, Chris Sumer
• Room 5, Jenny Oldridge

Navigators (Year 5-6 Syndicate)

• Room 14, Jane Williams
• Room 15, Catherine Dalley and Sheryl Burgess
• Room 16, Alice Perry
• Room 17, Tamara Saxon
• Room 20, Alice Denley 
• Room 21, James Robinson

High Fliers (Year 7-8 Syndicate) 

• Room 10, Hamish Lancaster-Whillis
• Room 11, Amy Kenel
• Room 12, Katelyn Hill
• Room 13, Alice Barakat
• Room 18, Nicky Pateman
• Rooom 19, Jarad Pateman

Support Staff

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

• Additional teaching staff – Lana Sweeney, Deb Burn, Penny Ledgard

• Teacher Aides – Bella Shewan, Callum McLean, Christine Swain, Janine Aertse, Jill Radcliffe, Juliet Aitken, Linda Gallavin, Lisa Dunn, Lucy Ward, 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 and Sharen England.
• Performing Arts Teachers – Danielle Boxall teaches in-class music, drama and dance. Helen Murray teaches in-class music and Percussion. Music teachers for lessons and performance groups are listed under Opportunities.
• Librarian – Bridget Hayes
• Funding and Grants Co-ordinator – Jodie Kilshaw
• Caretaker – Michael Hutchinson