Rakaia School

Rakaia Staff Profiles


Our Staff are incredibly important to our school. Here we profile some of our key staff, and the friendly faces you will meet.

  Staff Profiles
  Staff Name: Mark Ellis
Position: Principal

Mark is the Principal of Rakaia School and has been here from the start of 2006. He was previously the Principal at Mayfield School for 7 and half years. He is a member of the Rakaia Volunteer Fire Br
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Mark Ellis

  Staff Name: Pauline Doody
Position: Junior Room Teacher Rm 4

Pauline Doody welcomes the new children as they begin their school journey. She makes the transition to school as less stressful as possible. She is an experienced teacher at this Year 0 Year 1
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  Staff Name: Mandy Beevor
Position: School Secretary

Mandy is the first person you meet when you come to Rakaia School. She keeps the school running along in a very efficient manner. Mandy is our admin angel, we hope that Solutions Services read this.
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  Staff Name: Marg Lloyd
Position: School Caretaker

What a treasure! Marg looks after the school grounds with the support of her husband Mark. They do an amazing job winning prizes for the school garden and keeping the place tidy and smart.
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  Staff Name: Miriam Valdez
Position: School Cleaner

  Staff Name: Donna Bremner
Position: Teacher Aide

Donna has been with us now for two terms and works as a Teacher Aide supporting school and classroom programmes.  Donna is at school every Wednesday and her daughter Rebecca often joins us on a v
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  Staff Name: Carol Muckle
Position: Teacher Aide/Librarian

Carol is one of our fabulous Teacher Aides and also has her own children at Rakaia School. Carol and her family have been in the Rakaia area for many years and in fact her children are 4th generation
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  Staff Name: Nicole Handley-Packham
Position: Room 2 teacher

Nicole has been teaching at Rakaia School since term 2 2007. Nicole did her teacher training through the New Zealand Graduate School of Education in Christchurch. Since starting at Rakaia Nicole has
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  Staff Name: Tiffany Johnson
Position: Room 3

Tiffany first joined the Rakaia team mid year 2008 to teach Year 3/4, before changing year levels in 2009 to teach Year 1/2. Tiffany teaches in Room 3 and will again this year have the Year 1/2 child
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  Staff Name: Jo Jackson
Position: Teacher Aide

Jo Jackson is working as a teacher aide within the school.
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  Staff Name: Margaret Breen
Position: Room 5

Margaret hails from Te Arawa iwi she has been teaching since the dinosaurs, She has four adult children and one grandchild with the second on the way (due in July). Marg likes travel and seeing new co
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  Staff Name: Anita Winter
Position: Room 6 Teacher

Miss Winter is in her second year at Rakaia School, After teaching year 4 in 2009 she is moving to teach the year 7/8 in 2010. Her interests are hockey, touch and sports. This year she will be taking
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  Staff Name: George Ridgen
Position: Year 4 Teacher

In 2010 we welcome Mr George Ridgen to Rakaia School. Mr Ridgen has just graduated from the Christchurch College of Education, and Rakaia is his first school to teach at. We are thrilled to have Georg
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  Staff Name: Tracey Atkinson
Position: Teacher Aide

Tracey is currently working as a teacher aide in Room 2.
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