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