Aberdeen School


Staff 2023


Leadership Team

Principal: Lesley Lomas

Email: principal@aberdeen.school.nz

Deputy Principal: Lesley Pogai

Email: lpogai@aberdeen.school.nz

Assistant Principal: Kellie Brown

Email: kbrown@aberdeen.school.nz

Senior Leader (The Arts)/Team Leader Year 1: Julia Turner

Email: jturner@aberdeen.school.nz

Senior Leader (ESOL): Jenny Holland

Email: jholland@aberdeen.school.nz

Learning Support Coordinator: Jane Pritchard

Email: jpritchard@aberdeen.school.nz

Digital Technologies: Joshua Kemp

Email: jkemp@aberdeen.school.nz


Year 0-1

Room 15: Lisa James (Team Leader)

Email:  ljames@aberdeen.school.nz

Room 14: Kristie Gribben

Email: kgribben@aberdeen.school.nz

Room 15a: Joneen Burke

Email: jburke@aberdeen.school.nz

Room 21:  Shadae Cullingford

Email: scullingford@aberdeen.school.nz

Room 13:  Caitlyn Gibson

Email: cgibson@aberdeen.school.nz

Room 30:  Julia Turner

Email: jturner@aberdeen.school.nz

Room 27:  Reece Conrad

Email: rconrad@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


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: Hayley Wall

Email: hwall@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: Chelsea Kinsler

Email: ckinsler@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: Huong Vu

Email: hvu@aberdeen.school.nz

Room 28: Felecia Wihonghi (Year 5 & 6)

Email: fwihongi@aberdeen.school.nz


ORRS: Diane Mackinnon

Email: dmackinnon@aberdeen.school.nz

ORRS: Mel Rojas

Email: mrojas@aberdeen.school.nz

 

Part Time Teachers

Shane Wallbank

Marina Rameka 

Trish Harvey

Debbie Wrigg

Anita Stokes

Jeanette Kerr

Carla Skipworth

 

Learning Assistants

Suzanne Kyd

Gina Rietema

Leanne Twaddle

Kimbeley Cammock

Melanie Brill

Kamila Mahmood

Emma Wilson

Theresa Lee

Alison Eketone

Kirsty McNamara

Sharon Small

Olivia 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