2026 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
• Learning Support Coordinator, Tania Keeling
• Explorers Syndicate Leader, Michelle Parsons
• Discoverers Syndicate Leader, Susie Keenan
• Navigators Syndicate Leader, Chantal Ward
• High Fliers Syndicate Leader, Nicky Pateman

School Office – Student & Community enquiries

• Support Staff Team Leader / Finance Kate Thomson
  

Teaching Teams

Explorers (Year 0-2 Syndicate)

• • Room 1 (Aruhe), Annabelle Cloudesley
  • Room 2 (Aruhe), Emily Smith
  • Room 3 (Toe Toe), Charlotte Bates
  • Room 5 (Harakeke), Michelle Parsons
  • Room 7 (Rāupo), Shauna Kelly
  • Room 8 (Rāupo), Paige Porter

Discoverers (Year 3-4 Syndicate) 

• • Room 13 (Awaawa), Lauren Robb
  • Room 14 (Awaawa Briana Weaver
  • Room 15 (Pari), Bethan Lewis
  • Room 16 (Pari), Susie Keenan
  • Room 21 (Taramea), Helen Norcliffe

Navigators (Year 5-6 Syndicate)

• • Room 17 (Tawhatanga), Oscar Adams
  • Room 18 (Tawhatanga), Chantal Ward
    
  • Room 19 (Kaniuniu), Tamara Saxon
  • Room 20 (Kaniuniu), Kate Keenan
    

High Fliers (Year 7-8 Syndicate) 

• • Room 9 (Kahikatea), Alice Barakat
  • Room 10 (Matai), Jessica Thomsen
  • Room 11 (Tōtara),Nicky Pateman
  • Room 12 (Kāpuka), Jarad Pateman

Support Staff

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

Release Teachers – Penny Ledgard, Julie Young, Nic Geesink, Kendall Skelton, Keisha Gilling

Teacher Aides – Callum McLean, Chris Swain, Lisa Dunn, Vickie Rickard-Green, Tam Edensor, Teigan Reid

Garden to Table – Jacqui Roberts (Kitchen Specialist) and Philippa Curtis (Gardens)

Music lessons – see our Music Lessons page

Performing Arts – see our performance groups page

Librarian – Marie Cliff

Caretaker – Adrian Marr