Principal
Ph: 0272537217
Email: principal@sps.kiwi.nz
2025 Staff
Updated: 17 December 2024
Stratford Primary School is one of the largest primary schools in the Taranaki region. As a result, there are over fifty staff employed by the Stratford Primary School Board. The school aims to employ staff who have an association with Stratford Primary School and/or they have a passion for making a difference for our tamariki (children).
To contact staff:
1. Email between 8am and 5pm to organise a meeting.
2. Contact the school office to arrange a meeting.
School Structure:
The school is structured in the following way (See below):
Leadership
Deborah Campbell
Deputy Principal
Email: deborahc@sps.kiwi.nz
Jason Dombroski
Associate Principal
Email: jasond@sps.kiwi.nz
Team Leaders
Sonia Rova
Year 1-2 Team Leader, Room 13
Email: soniar@sps.kiwi.nz
Tori Goble
Year 3-4 Team Leader, Room 20
Email: torig@sps.kiwi.nz
Kim Chadwick
Year 5-6 Team Leader, Room 8
Email: kimc@sps.kiwi.nz
Gareth King
Year 7-8 Team Leader, Room 1
Email: garethk@sps.kiwi.nz
Teo Tui
School Mascot and Mentor
Teachers
Jo Todd
Room 2
Email: jot@sps.kiwi.nz
Angela Chubb
Room 3
Email: angelac@sps.kiwi.nz
Geoff Dingle
Room 4 (Monday, Tuesday and Friday)
Email: geofferyd@sps.kiwi.nz
Erin Webb
Room 4 (Wednesday/Thursday), Specialist Teacher
Email: erinw@sps.kiwi.nz
Tullia Cutler
Room 5
Email: tulliac@sps.kiwi.nz
John Hight
Room 6
Email: johnh@sps.kiwi.nz
Ruth Boardman
Room 7
Email: ruthb@sps.kiwi.nz
Nicole Bellringer
Room 9
Email: nicoleb@sps.kiwi.nz
Jayla Berge
Room 10
Email: jaylab@sps.kiwi.nz
Joey Patterson
Room 11
Email: jop@sps.kiwi.nz
Catherine Uhlenberg
Room 14
Email: catherineu@sps.kiwi.nz
Emma Garlick
Room 15
Email: emmag@sps.kiwi.nz
Alise Benson
Room 15 (Thursday), Specialist Teacher
Email: aliseb@sps.kiwi.nz
Lydia Barber
Room 18
Email: lydiab@sps.kiwi.nz
Whaea Aimee
Room 19
Email: aimeew@sps.kiwi.nz
Office Team
Janine Gibbons
Office Manager
Email: office@sps.kiwi.nz
Gemma Whitikia
Office Administrator
Email: accounts@sps.kiwi.nz
Specialist Teachers
Melissa Stone
SENCO Team/Mutukaroa
Email: melissas@sps.kiwi.nz
Joanne Lourie
Learning Support Coordinator
Email: joannel@sps.kiwi.nz
Chris Garlick
Specialist Teacher
Email: chrisg@sps.kiwi.nz
Chad Jacob
PE and Health Specialist Teacher, Leadership Support
Email: chadj@sps.kiwi.nz
Bronwyn Bazeley
Specialist Teacher
Email: bronwynb@sps.kiwi.nz
Lauren Giddy
Specialist Teacher
Email: laureng@sps.kiwi.nz
Sheenagh Fairclough
Specialist Teacher/Lead Teacher of Kaupapa Māori
Email: sheenaghf@sps.kiwi.nz
Lucy Peterson
Specialist Teacher
Email: lucyc@sps.kiwi.nz
Sara Jane Kowalewski
Specialist Teacher
Email: sarajanek@sps.kiwi.nz
Maree Stark
Resource Teacher of Learning and Behaviour
Email: maree.stark@npbhs.school.nz
Jasmine Millward
Resource Teacher of Literacy (RTLit)
Email: jasminem@sps.kiwi.nz
Grounds Team
Marlene Lewis
Enviro Lead Person
Lucas Watson
Caretaker
Learning and Behaviour Team
Philip Murdoch
Cleaner
Barry Pugh
Grounds Team
Support Staff
Nadine Moore
Sports Coordinator
Email: nadinem@sps.kiwi.nz
Lex Pomeroy
ICT
Email: lexp@sps.kiwi.nz
Amber Kolevski
Accelerated Mathematics Team/ESOL
Katherine Cox
Accelerated Literacy Team
Karyn Erickson
Library Administrator/Accelerated Literacy Team
Email: karyne@sps.kiwi.nz
Sarah Austin
Learning and Behaviour Team
Michelle Sandle
Learning and Behaviour Team
Ashley Ries-Rupapera
Learning and Behaviour Team
Jamie Bolger
Learning and Behaviour Team
Kylie Dillion
Learning and Behaviour Team
Jodene McCowan
Learning and Behaviour Team
Antoinette Buckley
SENCO Team
Mel Robinson
SENCO Team
Jocelyn Mako
Accelerated Literacy Team
Tori Michael
SENCO Team
Talia May
SENCO Team
Sheree Robinson
SENCO Team
Baileigh Allen
SENCO Team
Michelle Brunton
SENCO Team
Gemma Schmeling
School Counsellor
Email: gemma@lcilifesolutions.com
GEMMA SCHMELING – Health and Wellbeing Psychology Consultant
Gemma specialises in helping individuals like our ákonga and staff navigate life and its challenges to achieve health, happiness, and prosperity. She has a confidential and listening ear, and helps people recover and rebuild mentally, emotionally and socially after challenging times such as, parental separation/divorce, serious illness/injury, death in the family, or moving country/schools.
With her background in education and psychology, Gemma delivers sessions that are client led and based on the latest science. She competently teaches strategies targeting individual needs of stress, trauma and anxiety, helping our ákonga and staff rebuild their courage and confidence to feel good and do well again. Her sessions are accompanied by simple tools they can keep.
Gemma Schmeling is LCI Life Solutions leading psychology consultant. She is trained in Psychology through the University of Auckland and in Strategic Intervention by the world renowned Tony Robbins and Cloe Madanes.
Gemma has a proven record for positive outcomes and getting results.