Senior Leadership Team

Marie Bramley (1)

Marie Bramley

Principal

As Principal of Hillcrest Normal School since 2015, I have the privilege of leading a talented and committed team in a supportive school community. Through my leadership, and working with a supportive Board of Trustees, we continue to work toward our school vision of Growing Creative Learners from Within and providing the best possible learning opportunities for the children in our community.

I thoroughly enjoy my position at Hillcrest Normal School and look forward to working with you in partnership to support your child to achieve success.

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Andy Peart

Deputy Principal

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa
Ko Karioi maunga tōku whakaruruhau
Ko Whāingaroa te moana whakamahea
Ko Ngāti Pākehā tōku iwi
No Raglan ahau
Ko Peart tōku whānau
Ko Christina tāku wahine
Ko Scout rāua ko Piper āku tamāhine
Ko Andy tōku ingoa
Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa 

I am passionate about seeing the full development of the ‘whole child’, celebrating their strengths and helping grow their dispositions, character, understanding, capabilities and skills to equip them to thrive in community. I closely support the Senior School Team, and as the liaison person for the University of Waikato, I look after the many student teachers assigned to us as a normal school. My leadership responsibilities include supporting and designing professional learning for teachers, the pastoral care of students, and mentoring provisionally registered teachers. I also enjoy helping foster a creative community of learners and working with our school whānau group to ensure success for all of our students in a way that reflects who they are.

I feel privileged to work in such a diverse and dynamic school where children, teachers, and their families work so positively together.

Jocelyn Williams

Jocelyn Williams

Assistant Principal

I have responsibility for the Middle School Team (year 3 and 4 classes), including student welfare and the teaching and learning programmes within the team. I assist teachers to develop teaching programmes that support academic, cultural and physical development of our children, and I have responsibility for assessment, student achievement and data analysis. I am very involved in the teaching of Gifted And Talented (GAT) maths programmes in the middle and senior school, as well as overseeing the target learning groups in the middle school team.

I am honoured to work alongside a dedicated staff where the focus is on encouraging and supporting children to achieve success.

Sandra Neil

Sandra Neil

Assistant Principal

I have been working at Hillcrest Normal School since 1998 and was appointed Assistant Principal in 2005. I have lived in Hamilton all my life and started school at Hillcrest Normal School as a five year old.

I love working at Hillcrest, every day brings a new challenge and lots of laughs to share. I enjoy supporting new students and their families as they transition to school, and looking after all the children in the junior school. I am also responsible for our learning support programmes for a range of students across the school.

Leigh Mason

Leigh Mason

Assistant Principal

Kia ora tātou,

Ko Parihaka te maunga
Ko Hatea te awa
Ko Matoaka tōku waka
Ko Pakiha tōku iwi
No Whangārei ahau
Kei Morrinsville tōku kāinga ināianei
Ko te Whare Wananga O Waikato tōku kura
Ko Mason tōku whānau ingoa
Ko Ngaia tōku wāhine
Ko Leigh tāku ingoa
Ko Isabella tāku tamāhine
Ko Fletcher ku tamatāne
No reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa
I am blessed to have worked at Hillcrest Normal School for a number of years now. My experience lies predominantly in extending our Year 5 & 6 tamariki, seeing them SHINE as they continue into fulfill their potential within our kura. I have particular passions for seeing children step out of their comfort zone to extend themselves in all areas; academically, socially, physically and mentally. It is a privilege to work alongside our seniors as they embark on new opportunities, build on their strengths and find new passions.

Teachers

Junior School Team

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Phillippa Ramsay

Year 1 Team Leader

Room 3, Year 1

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Rachel Hamilton-Gibbs

Room 1, Year 1

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Summer Welten

Room 2, Year 1

Emma Bourke

Emma Curle

Room 2, Year 1

Jackson, Debbie (1)

Debbie Jackson

Room 4, Year 1

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Leah Wilson

Room 5, Year 1

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Jordyn Green

Room 24, Year 0

Nairn, Sophie

Sophie Nairn

Room 24, Year 0

Page, Cherie (1)

Cherie Page

Year 2 Team Leader

Room 21, Year 2

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Catherine Blewden

Room 18, Year 2

Sophie Tayler

Sophie Tayler

Room 18, Year 2

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Tina ter Ellen

Room 19, Year 2

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Anna Harrison

Room 19, Year 2

Feisst, Jennifer (1)

Jennifer Feisst

Room 20, Year 2

Middle School Team

Metcalfe, Jo (1)

Jo Metcalfe

Year 3 Team Leader

Room 15, Year 3

De Hoedt-Norgrove, Ciannait (1)

Ciannait De Hoedt Norgrove

Room 16, Year 3

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Melody Pitcher

Room 17, Year 3

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Miel Maclean

Year 4 Team Leader

Room 14, Year 3/4

Pip Stewart

Pip Stewart

Room 14, Year 3/4

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Jacinda Bell

Room 13, Year 4

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Dallas Tapper

Room 12, Year 4

Senior School Team

Jacobs, Amanda (1)

Amanda Jacobs

Year 5/6 Team Leader

Room 7, Year 5/6

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James Green

Year 5/6 Team Leader

Room 23, Year 5/6

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Kelly Williams

Room 6, Year 5/6

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Lynette Townsend

Room 8, Year 6

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Taylah Russell

Room 9, Year 5

Leigh Mason

Leigh Mason

Room 10, Year 6

Ngaia

Ngaia Mason

Room 10, Year 6

Jennie Jarvis

Jennie Jarvis

Room 11, Year 4/5

Preet Kaur 22

Sukhpreet Kaur

Room 22, Year 5/6

Learning Support Staff

Learning Support Teachers

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Michelle Macintyre

Learning Support Coordinator

Diane Leech

Diane Leach

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) & ORS

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Sundae

Therapy Dog

Esther (1)

Esther Lovell

ORS Teacher

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Rayleen Ramsay

Literacy Support

Ngaia

Ngaia Mason

Te Reo / Kapa Haka

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Maree Lynch

Classroom Release Teacher (CRT) - Senior School

Sophie Tayler

Sophie Tayler

Classroom Release Teacher (CRT) - Middle School

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Jo Thomas

Classroom Release Teacher (CRT)

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Kerry Bennetts

Classroom Release Teacher (CRT)

Learning Assistants

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Alison Hynes

TLSU_Melinda-Arnold

Melina Arnold

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Julie Gee

Geoff

Geoff Hills

James, Kimberly (1)

Kimberly James

Krishnan, Ravi (1)

Ravi Krishnan

Young, Audrey (2)

Audrey Young

Jo

Jo Luckie

Mexted, Anna (1)

Anna Mexted

Jack, Richard (1)

Richard Jack

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Rebecca Smith

Support Staff

Admin Team

Debbie Crocker

Debbie Crocker

Finance

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Prue Lye

Office Administration

French, Julia (1)

Julia French

Administration

After School Care

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Melina Arnold

After School Care Supervisor

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Julie Gee

After School Care Supervisor

Caretaker, Cleaners and Gardener

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Nigel Cavanah

Caretaker

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Kim de Waard

Gardener

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David and Ivy

School Cleaners

Board Members

Marie Bramley (1)

Marie Bramley

Principal

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Nathan Leith

Presiding Member

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Helen Johnson

Finance

Dean Baldock

Dean Baldock

Parent Representative

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Corey Redwood

Parent Representative

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Wencui Zhu

Parent Representative

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Miel Maclean

Staff Representative

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Prue Lye

Minute Secretary

Friends of the School

The Hillcrest Normal School Friends of the School (FOS) is a group that supports our school community. We focus on providing fun and social activities that bring together teachers, students and their families, as well as fundraising for targeted projects that enhance and enrich the Hillcrest Normal School experience for our children.

Click here if you are interested in being involved with the Friends of the School

Whānau

Our whānau group meets once a term and is focused on working in partnership to support Māori students in the school to achieve success as Māori.