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
2023 Teaching Staff Organisation
Paul Hunt – Principal
Sandra Cross – Deputy Principal – Year 3 – 6
Vicki Hiini – Deputy Principal – NE, Year 1 – Y2 (& Te Puke Kahui Ako Lead)
Tatai Takuira-Mita – Deputy Principal – Toitoi Manawa – (& Te Puke Kahui Ako Across School Lead)
Totara Pod
Year 5 & 6
Rooms 3, 4, 5, 6
Dana Piggot – Room 3
Seamus Collins – Room 4 (Sports Coordinator)
Taryn Furnell – Room 5 (Kahui Ako Within School Teacher / Digital Curriculum Lead)
Jaala Poihipi – Room 6 (Pod Leader)
Rata Pod
Year 2, 3 & 4
Rooms 14, 17, 21, 22
Year 2 & 3 Jeanette Crawford – Room 13
Year 3 & 4 Alicia Best – Room 14
Year 3 & 4 David Scown- Room 17 (Pod Leader)
Year 3 & 4 Delwyn Weaver (Pod Leader)/ Jo Morrison – Room 21
Year 3 & 4 Trish Hunt – Room 22 (Indian Dance)
Miro Pod
Year 1 & 2
Rooms 10, 11, 12
Year 1 & 2 Marianne Wilson – Room 10 (Pod Leader)
Year 2 Sandra Hollinshead – Room 11
Year 2 Jay Morrison – Room 12
Tawa Pod
Year NE
Rooms 7, 8, 9, 15
Mandy Miller – Room 7
Michelle Paterson – Room 8 (Pod Leader)
Claudia Jones – Room 9
Aimee Stringer – Room 15
Toitoi Manawa
Māori Immersion
Rooms 18, 19, 20
Te Rea – Year 0 – 2 Hollie Hauraki – Room 20
Te Tipu – Year 2 – 3 Nita Takiari – Room 18
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: 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