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School Staff
- Principal: Jess Ward
- jward@pbs.school.nz
- Deputy Principal: Sarah Chambers
- schambers@pbs.school.nz
- Assistant Principal: Vicki Wilson
- vwilson@pbs.school.nz
- Office Manager: Marie Barfoote
- mbarfoote@pbs.school.nz
- Accounts Manager: Libby Richardson
- lrichardson@pbs.school.nz
- Admin Assistant: Paula James
- office@pbs.school.nz
- Property Manager: John Trask
- jtrask@pbs.school.nz
Teachers
Year 0-2 Syndicate
Year 0-2 Syndicate is led by Rachel McDowell. This team is called TĀTAHI. Tātahi are the fine grains of sand on the beach.
- Year 1 Room 19 Laura Powell
- lpowell@pbs.school.nz
- Year 1/2 Room 23 Cristie Gray
- cgray@pbs.school.nz
- Year 1 Room 25 Bridget Nally
- bnally@pbs.school.nz
- Year 1 Room 26 Nicola Jarvis and Cherie Parker
- njarvis@pbs.school.nz
- cparker@pbs.school.nz
- Year 2 Room 21 Rachel McDowell (Syndicate Leader)
- rmcdowell@pbs.school.nz
- Year 2 Room 22 Sandy Saunders (New entrant contact)
- sandys@pbs.school.nz
Year 3-4 Syndicate
Year 3-4 Syndicate is led by Vicki Howarth. This team is called NGARU. Ngaru are the small waves that greet the sand.
- Year 3/4 Room 5 Rebecca Jackson
- rjackson@pbs.school.nz
- Year 3/4 Room 6 Kathryn Siversen
- ksiversen@pbs.school.nz
- Year 3/4 Room 10 Vicki Howarth (Syndicate Leader)
- vhowarth@pbs.school.nz
- Year 3/4 Room 11 Jessie Webb
- jwebb@pbs.school.nz
- Year 3/4 Room 12 Bek Sutherland
- rsutherland@pbs.school.nz
Year 5-6 Syndicate
Year 5-6 Syndicate is led by Vanessa Brewer. This team is called TE MOANA. Te Moana is the open ocean.
- Year 5/6 Room 1 Vanessa Brewer (Syndicate Leader)
- vbrewer@pbs.school.nz
- Year 5/6 Room 2 Hillary Houston
- hhouston@pbs.school.nz
- Year 5/6 Room 3 Diana Puati
- dpuati@pbs.school.nz
- Year 5/6 Room 4 Jo Mackay
- jmackay@pbs.school.nz
- Year 5/6 Room 28 Jalah Davis
- jdavis@pbs.school.nz
Year 7-8 Syndicate
Year 7-8 Syndicate is led by Cath Franks. This team is called TE MOTU. Te Motu is the island.
- Year 7/8 Room 7 Caty Spencer
- cspencer@pbs.school.nz
- Year 7/8 Room 13 Alice Graham
- agraham@pbs.school.nz
- Year 7/8 Room 14 Cath Franks (Syndicate Leader)
- cfranks@pbs.school.nz
- Year 7/8 Room 15 Colin Siversen
- csiversen@pbs.school.nz
- Year 7/8 Room 16 Teresa Robertson
- trobertson@pbs.school.nz
Learning Support Team
- Learning Support Teacher/SENCO Carrie Reid
- creid@pbs.school.nz
- TEACHER AIDES
- Deb Schreiber
- dschreiber@pbs.school.nz
- Anne Taurua
- ataurua@pbs.school.nz
- Debbie Brewer
- dbrewer@pbs.school.nz
- Kate Marchant
- kmarchant@pbs.school.nz
- Julie Buckley
- julieb@pbs.school.nz
- Cherie Wood
- cwood@pbs.school.nz
- Kim Hunter
- khunter@pbs.school.nz
- Lucy Tether
- ltether@pbs.school.nz
- Debbie Marryatt
- dmarryatt@pbs.school.nz
- Amanda Miratana
- amiratana@pbs.school.nz
- Kirsty Jackson
- kjackson@pbs.school.nz
- Jodie Nicholson
- jnicholson@pbs.school.nz
Support Staff
Librarian: Anne Taurua
Property Manager: John Trask