MEET THE TEACHERS OF TEINA WHANAU
Whanau Leader : Mrs Gillian Steel
Gill is the Junior School Team Leader who has 30 years of teaching experience. Gill leads a team of 9 Teachers, soon to be 10. As well as being the Team Leader, she also covers teachers for their Classroom Release Time, where she has developed lovely relationships with all the children she teaches.
Here are some comments that some children have said about "Mrs Steel": Mrs Steel is fun and really nice. Anna Mrs Steel is a good Teacher. Dillon Mrs Steel is a nice teacher. I like her so much. Nikolai Mrs Steel is nice. She plays Cool Cats with us. Logan Mrs Steel is a lovely lady. She has a nice smile. She has a cool watch. Charlotte Mrs Steel is a musical Teacher. Leah |
Room 1 Teacher : Mrs Belinda Vrettos
Year 1
Mrs Vrettos wears pretty black and white clothes. She is good at art. Shannon Mrs Vrettos is lovely. She is kind. She helps people with their writing. Mackenzie Mrs Vrettos is very nice and is really good at art and makes our day fun. Lucy Mrs Vrettos is nice and she does good art. She is smart and funny. Nathan I like it when Mrs Vrettos reads stories to us, she makes it sound exciting. Elsie |
Room 2 Teacher : Miss Nicki Bassett and Mrs Diane Bassett
Year 1
Ms Bassett
Beautiful inside and out
A really fun and fair teacher
Smart and Cool
Sporty with our class
Empathetic towards others
Terrific and Kind
Tidy and organised .
Mrs Bassett is Ms Bassetts Mum and they are job sharing.
She teaches on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and alternate Fridays in Room 2.
Mrs Bassett returned to relief teaching and part-time teaching in 2015 on returning
to NZ after 10 years as a Principal in international schools.
She has five grandchildren - 3 girls and 2 boys.
Mrs Bassett enjoys teaching mathematics and science and loves seeing children trying their best and making progress.
Room 3 Teacher : Mrs Cathy O'Connell
Year 0
Mrs O’Connell works on a Thursday and Friday in Room 3.
She has taught many children on the coast and comes back to help us with the New Entrant Classes in Term 4.
Mrs O’Connell has 6 grandchildren - all boys
She is always keen to see children be the best they can be.
Mrs O’Connell loves to teach literacy and maths.
She loves to teach art and her classrooms always look bright and cheerful.
Room 4 Teacher : Ms Denise Ayres
Year 1
Ms Ayres teaches us how to be good writers. - Louie Ms Ayres is such a lovely teacher. She helps me with my reading. Ms Ayres is gentle and kind. She is pretty as well. -Ellie Ms Ayres always helps me, especially when learning is hard. - Hunter Ms Ayres is amazing . She teaches us lots of things. I love being in her class. - Emily Ms Ayres is very very kind. She is a good teacher. Lexie |
Room 5 Teacher : Ms Robyn Shore
Year 1
I like the way Ms Shore lets us learn about bugs and all sorts of things. Paige Ms Shore is kind to us and always gives us lots of chances. Enzo At lunchtime if it is cold she is kind and puts on video clips for us to watch. James Ms Shore lets us do really fun things. On a Friday she gives us Golden Time. Sophia Ms Shore helps me with my work. She sometimes makes me laugh. Courtney |
Room 6 Teacher: Mrs Michelle Rae
Year 1
Mrs Rae is always kind and she always has a nice smile Rosie
Mrs Rae makes me feel welcome at school. She helps me to be a learner Mia T
Mrs Rae helps me to be a good reader and learn lots of new things - Noah
Mrs Rae lets me play outside she is really good at helping people - especially when someone falls over and they are bleeding. She helps to fix us up .
She is so kind.- Ethan
Mrs Rae helps me to learn my words. She helps me to read books - Rilee
m.rae@ghs.school.nz
Room 10 Teacher: Mr Wayne Widdowson
Year 2
Mr Widdowson is a cool scientist . He is always doing great experiments with us and teaches us how the world works - Brody
Mr Widdowson teaches us lots about the earth and how it is created. He is always helping us to think - Paige
Mr Widdowson is a very teacher. He helps us with our reading and our writing . He always makes learning fun - Kyle.
Mr Widdowson sometimes makes funny noises He makes our learning better. - Amber
Mr Widdowson is really funny and we get to learn some really cool things. I like to do experiments with him . He runs a lab-coat Wednesday.
He gives us fun things to do at home with our families like making working volcanos and models of the great wall of china- Lily
Mr Widdowson teaches us lots about the earth and how it is created. He is always helping us to think - Paige
Mr Widdowson is a very teacher. He helps us with our reading and our writing . He always makes learning fun - Kyle.
Mr Widdowson sometimes makes funny noises He makes our learning better. - Amber
Mr Widdowson is really funny and we get to learn some really cool things. I like to do experiments with him . He runs a lab-coat Wednesday.
He gives us fun things to do at home with our families like making working volcanos and models of the great wall of china- Lily
w.widdowson@ghs.school.nz
Room 11 Teacher : Mrs Melissa Stilwell
Year 1 and 2
She makes us laugh and she helps us sound out words in our writing - Elsie
She reads us lots of books - especially Joy Cowley stories - Greg
Mrs Stilwell is kind and caring , she has a smiley face - Nora
She makes me happy because she makes sure I am safe - Kaden
Mrs Stilwell is kind and caring she helps me with my reading- Tegan
m.stilwell@ghs.school.nz
Room 12 Teacher: Mrs Trina Jennings
Year 2
Mrs Jennings is fun, she is the best teacher. She tells us funny jokes. Olivia
Mrs J lets us do fun stuff and makes us laugh so much. Bella
Mrs J is funny when she sneezes. She tells great stories. Kayla
You are the best teacher. Chanel
Mrs J gives us cool things to do like iPads. You are very caring and nice. Ethan
She is the nicest teacher and calls us 'Sausages'. Avani and Demi
Mrs J lets us do fun stuff and makes us laugh so much. Bella
Mrs J is funny when she sneezes. She tells great stories. Kayla
You are the best teacher. Chanel
Mrs J gives us cool things to do like iPads. You are very caring and nice. Ethan
She is the nicest teacher and calls us 'Sausages'. Avani and Demi
Room 13 Teachers : Mrs Lisa Anderson
Year 2
Mrs Brown helps us. She helped me when I fell over. Toby Mrs Brown is a lovely teacher and she wears lovely necklaces. Max Mrs Brown is really good at drawing on the white board. Sometimes she tells us funny jokes. Ben Mrs Brown is nice and she teaches us on Thursday and Friday. She has got 5 boys in her family and they are noisy. Ruby Mrs Brown lets us do fun things and she helps us to do jobs. Yeva |
Room 14 Teacher : Mrs Lara O'Hara and Mrs Sarah Bunting
Year 2
Mrs Bunting is cool at teaching us how to write. I am becoming a good writer and reader because Mrs Bunting is helping me. Mrs Bunting talks differently than us. She comes from England. Ruby
Mrs Bunting has a little boy and we have seen photos of him. She is funny because she says she would like to be a kid at morning tea time and be able to play on the playground. Yeva
Mrs Bunting always helps us when we have problems. She is kind. Toby
I love Mrs Bunting she is very kind. She always wears keys around her neck. Max
Mrs Bunting gives us certificates for being really good. Ben
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