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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
- Acting Assistant Principal: Rachel McDowell
- rmcdowell@pbs.school.nz
- Acting Assistant Principal: Vanessa Brewer
- vbrewer@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 & Year 2 Rachel McDowell (Syndicate Leader)
- rmcdowell@pbs.school.nz
- Year 1 Room 21 Tara Vertongen
- tvertongen@pbs.school.nz
- Year 1 Room 22 Sandy Saunders (New entrant contact)
- sandys@pbs.school.nz
- Year 1 Room 25 Cherie Parker
- cparker@pbs.school.nz
- Year 1 Room 23 Cristie Gray
- cgray@pbs.school.nz
- Year 2 Room 24 Sarah Smith
- ssmith@pbs.school.nz
- Year 2 Room 26 Jo Mackay
- jmackay@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 Tina Purdie
- tpurdie@pbs.school.nz
- 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 9 Jon McCormick
- jmccormick@pbs.school.nz
- Year 3/4 Room 10 Vicki Howarth (Syndicate Leader)
- vhowarth@pbs.school.nz
- Year 3/4 Room 11 Jalah Davis
- jdavis@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 Vanessa Brewer (Syndicate Leader)
- vbrewer@pbs.school.nz
- Year 5/6 Room 1 Diana Puati
- dianauripuati@pbs.school.nz
- Year 5/6 Room 2 Ginny Hawke
- ghawke@pbs.school.nz
- Year 5/6 Room 3 Kyle Reesor
- kreesor@pbs.school.nz
- Year 5/6 Room 4 Hillary Houston
- hhouston@pbs.school.nz
- Year 5/6 Room 28 Rebekah Winter
- rwinter@pbs.school.nz
- Year 5/6 Room 29 David Parr
- dparr@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 8 Larisa Mckenna
- lmckenna@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
- Kay Buckland-Jones
- kbucklandjones@pbs.school.nz
- Melissa Chrystal
- mchrystal@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
Support Staff
Librarian: Anne Taurua
Property Manager: John Trask
Vacancies
There is currently one vacancy for a Year 5/6 class teacher. Applications close at 3pm on 27 May 2022.