Our Staff

Principal - Alastair White - Alastair's role at Kai Iwi involves teaching 30% of the time and managing the school the other 70%. He has been teaching for too many years to mention. When teaching his specialty areas are science and mathematics. He says about Kai Iwi "I really like the way everyone, staff, pupils, parents, BoT members and the community work together supporting one another with a minimum of fuss. I enjoy the caring nature of the school; the way older children support younger ones, the caring way everyone talks to each other and the growing value that everyone is putting on caring for the environment."

Teacher - Pauline Murphy - Room 1 - Pauline takes responsibility within the school for Integrated Planning, Literacy and Numeracy. She is also the school tennis coach. Pauline looks after the children from new entrant through to Year 2 level. She appreciates the supportive staff pupils and the community of Kai Iwi School.

Teacher - Emma Kidd - Room 2 - Emma is new to Kai Iwi from Term 4 2007 following the retirement of Anne Brown. Emma comes from a family of teachers and brings enthusiasm and a fresh approach to this classroom.

Teacher - Jenny Foote - Room 3 - Jenny looks after the areas of Environmental Education, Enterprise Education and the Arts at Kai Iwi. She has the task of teaching the years 5 and 6 children. There are many things she rates highly about Kai Iwi, especially the family feels of the school, how younger and older children work together, the rural aspect of Pet Days and Agri Kids competitions and the Enviroschool element whereby everyone works towards sustaining the natural environment of Kai Iwi.

Teacher - Trish Wakeling - Room 4 - Trish has the role of educating the years 6 to 8 children at Kai Iwi. Her specialty areas include the gifted and talented children, those with special needs, Social Studies curriculum, school resources, and the community newsletter. Trish believes that Kai Iwi is very well resourced and is the centre of a great community.

School Secretary - Wendy Wilson - Wendy holds a pivotal role at Kai Iwi. She ensures the paperwork flows smoothly and is the first face people see when they visit the school. She gets pleasure from working at Kai Iwi due to the wonderful staff, children, parents and community in general. She considers herself very lucky to have the job given she lives nearby and it being such a neat workplace.

Teacher Aide - Jane Thompson - Jane fulfils another vital support role at Kai Iwi. She assist the teachers in the classrooms with anything and everything that may crop up on a day to day basis. She looks after the Tape Assisted Reading Programme and maintains the Library. She holds a first aide certificate so is responsible for the grazed knees and any other school day injuries that might happen. She loves working in a happy educationally growing place and looks forward to coming to work each day!

Teacher Aide -Ivy Gray - Ivy is our PE specialist and runs sporting programmes throughout the school

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