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
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
Michael Murphy
Part-Time Caretaker - Monday, Tuesday and Friday michael.m@willowpark.school.nz
Year 0 and 1
Theresa Kinloch
Team Leader and Learning Support Coordinator theresa.k@willowpark.school.nz
Simone Nieuwenhuys Room 1 Teacher
simone.n@willowpark.school.nz
Bronwyn Starr
Room 2 Teacher bronwyn.s@willowpark.school.nz
Sjaan McCarthy
Room 29
sjaan.m@willowpark.school.nz
Caroline Hadfield Room 3 Teacher caroline.h@willowpark.school.nz
Georgia Massicks
Room 28
georgia.ms@willowpark.school.nz
Annaliese Sina’au
Room 30 Teacher annaliese.s@willowpark.school.nz
Lucy Spargo
Room 31
lucy.s@willowpark.school.nz
Jo MacAskill
Room 4 Teacher jo.m@willowpark.school.nz
Year 2
Cecilia Down Room 13 Teacher
cecilia.d@willowpark.school.nz
Janet Nicholson Room 10 Teacher/ Team Leader 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 15 Teacher
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
Emile McArthur
Room 16 Teacher
emile.m@willowpark.school.nz
Vivien Bennett Room 19 Teacher
vivien.b@willowpark.school.nz
Lorraine Shen
Room 12 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
Angela Ashmore Room 5 Teacher angela.a@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 24 Teacher/ Team Leader helen.w@willowpark.school.nz
Kate Gwilliams
Room 21 Teacher
kate.g@willowpark.school.nz
Olivia Crick
Room 23 Teacher
olivia.cr@willowpark.school.nz
Year 6
Noor Gully
Room 27 Teacher noor.g@willowpark.school.nz
Ria O’Regan
Room 26 Teacher / Team Leader ria.o@willowpark.school.nz
Amy Dickins
Room 28 Teacher
amy.d@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
Zhoran Zhou
Mandarin Learning Assistant
Bronwyn Capill Library Assistant/ Learning Assistant
Frances Cook
Learning Assistant
Amy Hewlett Learning Assistant
Nahed Alhaj
Learning Assistant
Miles Palmer
Learning ASsistant
Sarah Whittington
Learning Assistant
Jamelle Gayaman
Learning Assistant
Specialist Teachers
Erica Knights Music Specialist erica.k@willowpark.school.nz
Becky Revell
PE Specialist becky.r@willowpark.school.nz
Selma Dancy Mandarin Specialist selma.d@willowpark.school.nz
Janet Wilmott STEAM Specialist janet.w@willowpark.school.nz
Whaea Sam Kapa Haka Arts sam.p@willowpark.school.nz
Kelli Kawhia-Conrad
Pouārahi Te Reo Māori me ngā Tikanga Māori kelli.k@willowpark.school.nz
Part Time Teachers
Cath Harbour
cath.h@
willowpark.school.nz
Sue Whiteman Sports Coordinator sue.w@willowpark.school.nz
Wendy Grace wendy.g@willowpark.school.nz
Catherine Mora
catherine.m@willowpark.school.nz
