Our People
Our Staff
We have a diverse staff who bring expertise and experience to our school. We are proud to have so many creative and passionate educators, support staff and administrators - all making a difference.
Below is a list of the teaching and support staff at Owairaka District School. Should your query be regarding your child’s learning, your first point of contact should always be the class teacher.
Senior Leadership Team
Sheryl Fletcher - Principal - principal@owairaka.school.nz
Susan Whysall - Deputy Principal - swhysall@owairaka.school.nz
Deb Cramer - Associate Principal - dcramer@owairaka.school.nz
Rimu Iti - Tuatahi (Our Reception Class)
Philippa Getty - pgetty@owairaka.school.nz
Joanna Waddington - jwaddington@owairaka.school.nz
Karen Haines - khaines@owairaka.school.nz
Rimu Iti - Year 1
Room 1 - Soraya Landall - slandall@owairaka.school.nz - Team & Learning Leader
Room 4 - Lisa Romaniuk - lisar@owairaka.school.nz
Room 5 - Nathalie Mitchell - nmitchell@owairaka.school.nz
Room 15 - Rose Hansen - rhansen@owairaka.school.nz
Rimu Nui - Year 2
Room 10 - Stephen Windsor - swindsor@owairaka.school.nz
Room 11 - Jennie Hand & Donna Strong - jhand@owairaka.school.nz & dstrong@owairaka.school.nz
Room 12 - Saishree Bhatia - sbhatia@owairaka.school.nz - Team & Learning Leader
Room 14 - Angela Madell - amadell@owairaka.school.nz
Puriri Toru - Year 3
Room 16 - Andy Faulder - afaulder@owairaka.school.nz
Room 18 - Nikki Hoffmann - nhoffmann@owairaka.school.nz
Room 19 - Sam Lyons - slyons@owairaka.school.nz - Team & Learning Leader
Room 20 - Krystal Murray - kmurray@owairaka.school.nz
Puriri Wha - Year 4
Room 17 - Paul Greenfield - pgreenfield@owairaka.school.nz
Room 21 - Maria Mudgway - mmudgway@owairaka.school.nz - Team & Learning Leader
Room 22 - Kristie Mills - kmills@owairaka.school.nz
Kauri Team - Year 5/6
Room 6 - Rachael O'Shea - roshea@owairaka.school.nz - Learning Leader
Room 7 - Megan Judd - mjudd@owairaka.school.nz
Room 8 - Jo Green - jgreen@owairaka.school.nz - Team & Learning Leader
Room 23 - Bridgette Tuipulotu - btuipulotu@owairaka.school.nz
Room 24 - Sarah Burt - sburt@owairaka.school.nz
Room 25 - Nikki Watson-Smith - nwatson-smith@owairaka.school.nz
Specialist Team
ESOL Teacher - Lorna Johns
Garden To Table - Sarah James & Richard Kerr
Literacy Teacher - Caroline Bailey
Release - Karen Haines & Glenn Pressnell
Te Reo & Tikanga Māori - Whaea Carol
Support Team
Teacher Aides - Lau Adams, Iunisi Falala, Helen McShane, Sarah Miller, Natasha Rickit, Fay Saumamao, Judy Scott, Toki Tsukada, Puhi Tuki, Kendahl Whitley-Su'a
Caretaker - Taytum Hutton
Assistant Caretaker - Sean Ween
Admin Team
Admin Manager - Dee Hodge - deehodge@owairaka.school.nz
Receptionist - Rachael Galt - reception@owairaka.school.nz