Staff 2024
Leadership Team
Principal: Lesley Lomas
Email: principal@aberdeen.school.nz
Deputy Principal: Lesley Pogai
Email: lpogai@aberdeen.school.nz
Assistant Principal/LSC: Jane Pritchard
Email: jpritchard@aberdeen.school.nz
Senior Leader (The Arts): Julia Turner
Email: jturner@aberdeen.school.nz
Senior Leader (ESOL): Jenny Holland
Email: jholland@aberdeen.school.nz
Digital Technologies: Joshua Kemp
Email: jkemp@aberdeen.school.nz
SENCO: Jonelle Clayton
Email: jclayton@aberdeen.school.nz
Year 0-1
Room 13: Lisa James (Team Leader)
Email: ljames@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 14: Shadae Cullingford
Email: scullingford@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 15a: Joneen Burke
Email: jburke@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 15: Kelly Taylor
Email: ktaylor@aberdeen.school.nz
Year 2
Room 12: Kath Stayte (Team Leader)
Email: kstayte@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 9: Maren Tahata
Email: mtahata@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 10: Paula Withers
Email: pwithers@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 11: Natasha Gibbons
Email: ngibbons@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 23: Julia Turner
Email: jturner@aberdeen.school.nz
Year 3
Room 7: Barbara Pearse (Team Leader)
Email: bpearse@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 6: Rosie Cammock
Email: rcammock@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 5: Ashley-Jayne Urbahn
Email: agibbes@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 8: Amy Gardner
Email: agardner@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 20: Charlotte Hape (Whanau Year 3 & 4)
Email: chape@aberdeen.school.nz
Year 4
Room 2: Cindy Radich (Team Leader)
Email: cradich@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 1: Samantha Smith
Email: ssmith@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 3: Katrina Paea (Year 3 & 4)
Email: kpaea@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 4: Jessica Rayner
Email: jrayner@aberdeen.school.nz
Year 5
Room 19: Marama Ager (Whanau Year 5 & 6) (Team Leader)
Email: mager@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 16: Mallory Forsyth
Email: mforsyth@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 17: Brian McClelland
Email: bmcclelland@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 18: Leon Watkins
Email: lwatkins@aberdeen.school.nz
Year 6
Room 26: Michelle Parkes (Team Leader)
Email: mparkes@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 24: Mike Watkins
Email: mwatkins@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 25: Felecia Wihonghi
Email: fwihongi@aberdeen.school.nz
Room 28: Hayley Wall (Year 5 & 6)
Email: hwall@aberdeen.school.nz
ORS/Literacy Support: Diane Mackinnon
Email: dmackinnon@aberdeen.school.nz
ORS/Literacy Support: Mel Rojas
Email: mrojas@aberdeen.school.nz
ORS: Niki Biro
Email: nbiro@aberdeen.school.nz
Part Time Teachers
Shane Wallbank
Marina Rameka
Trish Harvey
Debbie Wrigg
Jeanette Kerr
Huong Vu
Learning Assistants
Suzanne Kyd
Gina Rietema
Leanne Twaddle
Kimbeley Cammock
Melanie Brill
Kamila Mahmood
Emma Wilson
Theresa Lee
Alison Eketone
Kirsty McNamara
Sharon Small
Libbee Main
Penny Mitchell
Sonja Gurmel
Bursar: Debbie Solomon
Email: dsolomon@aberdeen.school.nz
Administrator: Linda McLachlan
Email: lmclachlan@aberdeen.school.nz
Office Manager: Tania Lork
Email: tlork@aberdeen.school.nz
Librarian: Dianne Gardner
Assistant Librarian: Michelle Guthrie
Property Manager: Ricki Herewini
Assistant Caretaker: Terence Berryman
Cleaners: Emily Herewini, Joe Albert