Our Staff
He aha te mea nui o te ao, He tangata, he tangata, he tangata. What is the most important thing in the world? It is the people, it is the people, it is the people.
Meet the Dream Team
Our people are incredibly passionate about teaching and believe that by empowering our children to take greater responsibility for their learning we are helping to set them up for success in the future. The culture our teachers are creating at Willow Park fosters the right conditions and environment that will help them grow into great learners.
Senior Leadership Team
Duncan Millward
Principal duncan.m@willowpark.school.nz
Melinda Borland
Deputy Principal Y4, Y5 and Y6 melinda.b@willowpark.school.nz
Casey Simson
Deputy Principal Year 1, 2 and Y3 casey.s@willowpark.school.nz
Our Support Staff
Janine Murphy
Finance/ Human Resource Administrator janine.m@willowpark.school.nz
Fran Bowerman
Office Manager fran.b@willowpark.school.nz
Ros Adams
Office Administrator ros.a@willowpark.school.nz
Tanya Andersen
Resource Administrator tanya.a@willowpark.school.nz
Rebecca Williams
Edpay rebecca.w@willowpark.school.nz
Our Caretaker Staff
Ben Kelsey
Part-Time Caretaker (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)
kelseypropertyservicesnz@gmail.com
Michael Murphy
Part-Time Caretaker (Monday and Tuesday) michael.m@willowpark.school.nz
Roxanne English Swimming Pool Attendant
Year 0 and 1
Theresa Kinloch
Team Leader and Learning Support Coordinator theresa.k@willowpark.school.nz
Lucy Spargo
Room 1 teacher
lucy.s@willowpark.school.nz
Bronwyn Starr
Room 2 Teacher bronwyn.s@willowpark.school.nz
Caroline Hadfield Room 3 Teacher caroline.h@willowpark.school.nz
Georgia Massicks
Room 4 Teacher
georgia.ms@willowpark.school.nz
Annaliese Sina’au
Room 30 Teacher annaliese.s@willowpark.school.nz
Jo MacAskill
Room 31 Teacher jo.m@willowpark.school.nz
Year 2
Cecilia Down Room 13 Teacher
cecilia.d@willowpark.school.nz
Janet Nicholson Room 10 Teacher janet.n@willowpark.school.nz
Justine Seed
Room 14 Teacher justine.s@willowpark.school.nz
Olivia Hope
Room 9 Teacher
olivia.h@willowpark.school.nz
Danelle Jones
Room 12 Teacher/ Team Leader
danelle.j@willowpark.school.nz
Year 3
Rachel Clapham Room 18 Teacher/ Team Leader rachel.c@willowpark.school.nz
Carrie Joyner Room 17 Teacher
carrie.j@willowpark.school.nz
Vivien Bennett Room 19 Teacher
vivien.b@willowpark.school.nz
Lorraine Shen
Room 16 Teacher
lorraine.s@willowpark.school.nz
Year 4
Fiona Smith Room 7 Teacher and Team Leader
Alysha Moore Room 6 Teacher alysha.m@willowpark.school.nz
Lorna Edwards
Room 8 Teacher lorna.e@willowpark.school.nz
Sjaan McCarthy Room 5 Teacher sjaan.m@willowpark.school.nz
Year 5
Niall Wilson
Room 20 Teacher niall.w@willowpark.school.nz
Kim Fowler
Room 22 Teacher kim.f@willowpark.school.nz
Helen Watson
Room 23 Teacher/ Team Leader helen.w@willowpark.school.nz
Kate Gwilliams
Room 21 Teacher
kate.g@willowpark.school.nz
Year 6
Noor Gully
Room 27 Teacher noor.g@willowpark.school.nz
Ria O’Regan
Room 29 Teacher / Team Leader ria.o@willowpark.school.nz
Amy Dickins
Room 28 Teacher
amy.d@willowpark.school.nz
Emile McArthur
Room 28 Teacher
emile.m@willowpark.school.nz
Learning Support
Theresa Kinloch Learning Support Coordinator theresa.k@willowpark.school.nz
Margaret White ESOL Teacher margaret.w@willowpark.school.nz
Herlin Atmaja Learning Assistant
Angeline Ruffell Library Assistant/ Learning Assistant
Bronwyn Capill Library Assistant/ Learning Assistant
Amy Hewlett Learning Assistant
Sarah Whittington
Learning Assistant
Jamelle Gayaman
Learning Assistant
Specialist Teachers
Erica Knights Music Specialist erica.k@willowpark.school.nz
Angela Ashmore Classroom Release Teacher / ESOL angela.a@willowpark.school.nz
Becky Revell
PE Specialist becky.r@willowpark.school.nz
Olivia Crick Structured Literacy / Team Leader Release olivia.cr@willowpark.school.nz
Linda Dai Mandarin Specialist linda.d@willowpark.school.nz
Grace Luiscius Classroom Release Teacher grace.l@willowpark.school.nz
Janet Wilmott STEAM Specialist janet.w@willowpark.school.nz
Sue Whiteman Sports Coordinator sue.w@willowpark.school.nz
Whaea Sam Kapa Haka Arts samantha.p@willowpark.school.nz
Kelli Kawhia-Conrad
Pouārahi Te Reo Māori me ngā Tikanga Māori kelli.k@willowpark.school.nz