Our People 2024

Shane 
Principal
email: principal@maungaraki.school.nz

Brigitte Ferguson
Deputy Principal
email: brigitte.ferguson@maungaraki.school.nz

Darian Schulz
Deputy Principal
email: darian.schulz@maungaraki.school.nz

Kakano

Years 1 & 2

Junior Syndicate Leader: Adam Murfitt

Teachers:
Room 1 - Talitha le Roux (Terms 3 & 4)
Room 2 - Adam Murfitt - Year 1 & 2
Room 6 - Caeleen Warder - New Entrants & Year 1
Room 7 - Brydie Wolfe - New Entrants & Year 1
Room 8 - Jenna Reddy - New Entrants

Tipu

Years 3 & 4

Middle Syndicate Leader: Nicola Prichard

Teachers:
Room 16 -Grace Esquilant
Room 15 - Anna Coyne
Room 14 - Nicola Prichard
Room 13 - Valerie Archer

The Tipu Syndicate is home to our Year 3 and 4 students and are based in Rooms 13, 14, 15 and 16. The teaching team is Grace, Anna, Valerie and Nicola.  The Tipu syndicate are focused on delivering a fun and engaging programme, through building relationships, giving students opportunities to build their independence, find their passions and be curious, particularly through Pākiki time.

Koru

Years 5 & 6

Senior Syndicate Leader:  Holly Hughes

Teachers:
Room 9 -Kim Webby
Room 10 - Hayley Saxton
Room 11 - Holly Hughes
Room 12 - Ben Glue

Kia ora koutou! We are team Koru. We are made up of Ben, Kim, Hayely and our syndicate leader Holly Hughes. In Koru we are excited to support our tamariki to develop firm work habits, and further develop their confidence to express themselves. We work mainly from our own classrooms, but are together for a range of activities every day. Our collaborative time fosters bonds between all our tamariki, and develops relationships with all three kaiako. 

We use a variety of online learning tools and programmes to support their learning. Some of these are Reading Plus, Prodigy, Banqer, and Epic. As well as this we utilise each others strengths as teachers, and our natural environment, to offer a learning programme we are proud to be a part of. Through our Inquiries we also delve a bit deeper into their creative, critical, and design thinking.  

In Team Koru, we are passionate about making sure all our tamariki get the most out of us and our time in the classroom.

Fern

Years 7 & 8

Intermediate Syndicate Leader:  Ben Young

Teachers:
Ben Young
Jo Fox
Sam Blandford

We are the Ferns Intermediate team and we're passionate about providing rich and engaging learning opportunities for the Year 7 and 8 tamariki of Maungaraki School.

We believe in growing young leaders who actively live out our HEART values and give back to the school and wider community in a variety of ways, using the unique skills and strengths they have developed during their time here.

We have three separate classrooms and balance a mixture of home-class time with collaboration as a whole syndicate each day.

Release and specialist teachers

Jayne Chatfield
Moira Hooper
Christine Trummer
Alle Pollard
Kelly Cooper
Chris McCullough

Support staff

Admin Support Staff
Juanita Kil (PA to Principal)
Tania Potaka (Office Manager & Bursar)
Tim Barnes (Caretaker)

Teaching Support Staff:
Barbara Hatton
Chloe Rahui-Durkin
Helen Billingham
Lily McClennon
Sarah Yaxley
Shona Morris-Priest
Simon Rodwell