Our Team

Our Leadership Team

Tracey Riley
Tumuaki - Principal

Mark Maddren
Tumuaki Tuarua - Deputy Principal

Kim Wells
Tumuaki Tuarua - Associate Principal

West Melton School

Our Team

743 Weedons Ross Road,
West Melton 7618

Phone: (03) 347 8448

Email: office@westmelton.school.nz

Our office hours are Monday to Friday 8:15am - 3:30pm.

Contact details

Kōwhai Team (New Entrant to Year 2)

Jeanette Neal (Leader of Learning)

Jo Buckenham

Janette Bowen

Sonja Beaumont

Annalyse Bain

Tī Kōuka Team (Year 2)

Thelma Herring / Carey-Anne Whitaker

Stephanie Birkett

Mānuka Team (Year 3 & 4)

Moira McKendry (Leader of Learning)

Annabelle Cloudesley

Clarissa Hurihanganui - Maternity Leave Term 2 to 4

Maddy Walker-Ibadulla

Liz Griffiths

Vanessa Adams

Tōtara Team (Year 7 & 8)

Mandy Newcombe (Leader of Learning)

Brianna Oorthuis

Brad Meads

Adrienne Baxter

Our Support Crew

Kim Wells (Leader of Learning)
Adrienne Baxter
Charlotte McGregor
Julie Cockburn
Kathleen Brentwood

Brenda Quinn
Cara Cormack
Cheryl Greer
Claire Fahey
Kathleen O’Connor
Lexi Bryant
Pip Roycroft
Rebecca Dore
Sonya Boskell
Sarah McConnell

Fab 5

Learning Support Teacher
Adrienne Baxter

Learning Assistants

Learning Support Coordinator
Pam Berry-Mason

Administration Staff

Tracey Ogle (Office Manager/Principal’s PA)

Hannah Batkin (Bursar/Administrator)

Rita Spadoni (Promotions & Sport Administrator)

Caretaker

Sam Holt

Toetoe Team (Year 5 & 6)

Mandy Newcombe (Leader of Learning)

Colleen Suddaby

Georgia Avery

Mike James

Natasha O’Connor/ Kim Wells

Leaders of Learning

Jeanette Neal
Kowhai & Tī Kōuka Leader of Learning (New Entrants to Year 2)

Moira McKendry
Mānuka Leader of Learning (Year 3 to 4)

Mandy Newcombe
Toetoe Leader of Learning (Years 5 to 6)

Mandy Newcombe
Tōtara Leader of Learning (Year 7 to 8)

To email a teaching staff member please address to:
[first name].[surname]@westmelton.school.nz

An alternative email is:
[first name]@westmelton.school.nz
or email office@westmelton.school.nz

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