About Fairhaven School
At Fairhaven we pride ourselves in our school and our facilities.
Such as:
- Heated pool
- Hall and stage
- Whare Kotahitanga
- 3x playgrounds (Junior, Middle & Senior)
- Library
- Cricket nets and pitch
- Netball and basketball courts
- Sand pits
- Large field area (Rugby, soccer, etc.)
- Shade areas
2024 Teaching Staff Organisation
Paul Hunt – Principal
Sandra Cross – Deputy Principal – Year 3 – 6
Tatai Takuira-Mita – Deputy Principal – Year 1 – 2 & Toitoi Manawa
Totara Pod
Year 4, 5 & 6
Rooms 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Year 4 & 5 Alicia Best – Room 2 (Kahui Ako Within School Teacher)
Year 5 & 6 Dana Piggott – Room 3
Year 5 & 6 Seamus Collins – Room 4 (Sports Coordinator)
Year 5 & 6 Taryn Furnell – Room 5 ( Digital Curriculum Lead)
Kayla Carroll & Jaala Poihipi – Room 6 (Pod Leader/Kahui Ako Across School Lead)
Rata Pod
Year 3 & 4
Rooms 13, 14, 21, 22
Jeanette Crawford – Room 13
David Scown- Room 14 (Pod Leader)
Emily Corfield & Delwyn Weaver (0.3) – Room 21
Trish Hunt – Room 22 (Indian Dance)
Miro Pod
Year 2
Rooms 11, 12, 15
Year 2 – Sandy Hollinshead – Room 11
Year 2 – Jay Morrison – Room 12
Year 2 – Claire Turner – Room 15
Tawa Pod
Year 0 (NE) & Year 1
Rooms 7, 8, 9, 10
NE & Year 1 – Mandy Miller – Room 7
NE – Michelle Paterson – Room 8 (Junior Syndicate Leader)
Year 1 – Claudia Jones – Room 9
NE – Maddie Goodwin – Room 10
NE – Jennifer Cranston – Room 16
NE – Tarrin Weber – Room 16a
Toitoi Manawa
Māori Immersion
Rooms 17, 18, 19, 20
Te Rea – Year 0 – 2 Hollie Hauraki – Room 20
Te Tipu – Year 2 – 3 Nita Takiari – Room 18
Te Pihinga – Year 4 – Patuara Biel – Room 17
Te Māhuri – Year 4 – 6 Pania Ririnui Room 19
Pod Leader – Tatai Takuira-Mita
Learning Support Coordinator: Liz Logan
ORS Specialist Teacher: Janelle Hungerford
Reading Recovery Teacher & ORS Spealist Teacher: Nicola Gibbons
Classroom Teacher Release: Natasha Amadio, Helen Williams and Kimberly Petri
What makes Fairhaven School a great place to learn and grow?
- Caring, supportive, experienced & dedicated Staff
- Modern classroom environments
- A wide variety of extracurricular activities and experiences to develop your child’s confidence and self-esteem
- The use of technologies to assist with learning. A range of devices, depending on the year level, including ipads and chromebooks
- Great facilities — Heated swimming pool, large hall, Whare Kotahitanga, large fields, library, 3x playgrounds, cricket nets and pitch, sand pits, shade areas etc.
- Awesome opportunities and support for children
- Fantastic parent participation and support