Senior Leaders
Principal | Tumuaki Jonathan Ramsay
Deputy Principal | Tumuaki Tuarua Jonathan Jackson
Deputy Principal | Tumuaki Tuarua Bhairavi Vara
Deputy Principal | Tumuaki Tuarua Margaret Talbot
Acting Deputy Principal | Tracy Hewlett
Tumuaki Tuarua mō naianei
Aroha Team - Year 1-3
Rosie Oliver (Team | Rōpū Leader) Room 2
Ariel Ampado Room 1
Callum Wood Room 3
Philippa Priest Room 4
Fabienne Gillies Room 5 (Nest)
Atawhai Team - Year 1-3
Heike Micheel (Team | Rōpū Leader) Room 8
Latha Nayagam Room 7
Yashika Dheda Room 9
Adrienne Kerin Room 10 (Nest)
Akoranga Team - Year 1-3
Aine Connaughton (Team | Rōpū Leader) Room 20 (Nest)
Suzie Neilson Room 18
Hayley Eagle Room 19
Grace Du Room 21
Mahi Tahi Team - Year 4 and 5
Mark Airey (Team | Rōpū Leader) Room 11
Lily Bergin Room 12
Christopher Quincey Room 14
Grace Rogers Room 15
Tahi Vaneveld Room 16
Ingrid Cheung & Liese van Dam Room 17
Tuakana Team - Year 5 and 6
Tracy Hewlett (Team | Rōpū Leader)
Shamin Flanagan Room 24
Katrina Kiely Room 25
Leah Pereira Room 26
Braedon Schache Room 27
Nik Edwards Room 28
Melody Yong Room 29
Please click on the teacher's name to contact your child's teacher. For all other inquiries please email office@edendale.school.nz
Specialist Teachers
Marg Talbot [DP] Special Education Needs Coordinator (SENCo)
Tracy Hewlett [Acting DP] Special Education Needs Coordinator (SENCo)
Lynne Carlin ESOL and Literacy Support
Anna Swain ESOL, Literacy Support & Reading Recovery
Yana Dennett Reading Recovery, Literacy Support & Library
Ingrid Cheung Reading Recovery and classroom teacher
Liese van Dam. Reading Recovery and classroom teacher
Jamie Christensen STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Maths) specialist
Catherine Petersen Music specialist
Kusam Fausett Art specialist
Kylie Maltman Garden to Table Specialist
Sonia Ingle Garden to Table Specialist
Learning Assistants
Emma Henry
Danny Houston
Carroll Spence
Kavita Kaushal
Kerry Steel
Sharon Williams
Lizzie Lucas
Administration Team
Chriss Bus Administration Team Leader
Chetan Kale Property Manager / Caretaker
Karen Brunton Receptionist, Administration Support
Zoe Gardiner Payroll, Administration Support
Sue Prebble Finance Officer
Board
Our Board meetings are advertised in our school newsletter. Parents/caregivers are most welcome to attend our 'open to the public' meetings.
Boards are elected by the parent community every three years.
Our current Board members were elected in June 2019 with some co-opted in June 2018 and late 2019 and a by-election in August 2021.
Presiding member Warner Cowin
Trustees Maryvonne Gray, Katie Higgins [co-opted], Jane Yee, Anna Ferguson,
Anthony Trigg [co-opted]
Principal Jonathan Ramsay
Staff Trustee Kusam Fausett
To contact the Board Presiding Member please email board@edendale.school.nz
Friends of Edendale Primary (our PTA)
Friends of Edendale meets on the third Thursday of each month (excluding school holidays). Parents and caregivers can join in these meetings to see what it's all about. PTA elections are held annually in November.