Julie Thelwall
Julie is on sabbatical for the first 2 terms of 2025 and we look forward to welcoming her back Week 2 in Term 3.
Mrs Thelwall is our unique, fantastic principal. She is passionate about many things like her job and music - you always find her with a guitar in her hand. She is encouraging and always treats everyone with respect which makes her easy to get along with. Mrs Thelwall puts in a lot of effort to keep the school running smoothly but she does it in a laid back way. We think she is really funny because she does a crazy knock on our class door before entering! She is an outstanding mathematician who is always smiling and happy.
Lara Smith
Lara is our Acting Principal until Julie returns in Term 3.
Mrs Smith is our classroom teacher and is very passionate about learning. She pushes us to do our best and sets us up with life skills that we will carry with us.
She is creative and likes to be organised. She loves buying stickers and things for our class from Temu.
Mrs Smith is quite short and often wears platform shoes to be as tall as some of us.
She is funny and has a great sense of humour. We love it when she brings Pipi her dog into the classroom.
From Rūma Whā
Rose Hay
Miss Hay has a really big friendly smile and a kind heart and we know this because she always makes us feel welcome and also makes us feel like we fit in Rūma Toru. Our teacher is really supportive when we are stuck or confused on an activity. She is really smart and can solve hard maths equations and explains things really well.
Miss Hay is hardworking, she has been teaching for over forty years. One of her favourite things is to plan camps and trips that we go on, she sorts out the tents and groups for things. Another things she is good at is gardening and cooking. She cooks the things that she helps us grow with us in the school kitchen.
Miss Hay is a good farmer, she takes Farm Club on adventures like bush walks and river walks. She also takes us to clean the troughs on the farm and organises us to go to the Camerons farm to drench the school cattle.
By Rūma Toru
Alison Marshall
Mrs Marshall teaches in Rūma Toru on Monday and Tuesdays. She is a fun, kind and helpful teacher. She helps us write correct sentences and teaches us maths games. She pushes us to be the best we can be.
Mrs Marshall has plain black glasses and wears them when she reads, She has grey and white hair that goes down to her shoulders. Mrs Marshall has a bubbly smile and loves teaching. She works really hard at Argyll East School.
by Rūma Toru
Courtney Hall
Samantha Allen
Miss Allen teaches in Rūma Tahi. She has brown hair and brown eyes. Most of the kids in her class are 5 years old. She is so pretty, beautiful and kind. She is also really nice to all the kids and the other teachers. Miss Allen is really good at helping us with our maths, handwriting and all our other school work.
She welcomes everyone into school with a big smile and goes to visit all the kids at their kindergartens before they start at school. She is the best teacher!
From Rūma Tahi
Donna Sarcich - Teacher Aide
Mrs Sarcich is helpful and likes to read with us and helps us write. She looks after our library and makes sure it is nice and tidy with lots of books in it. She is as beautiful as a butterfly. She teaches us phonics and helps with our learning. She will never stop being kind. We like her because when we do cooking she helps us and she is so good at it. She is the nicest.
By Rūma Rua
Sally Holden- Teacher Aide
Sally helps us with our learning by helping us sound out the sounds and reading with us.
She is beautiful because of dark short hair, her epic smile and her twinkling eyes.
She wears pretty dresses every day and has got some really nice earrings.
Sally is kind to everyone and is always there when we need her.
She is a lovely teacher aide.
By Rūma Rua
Christina Hamelink - School Administrator
Mrs H is our office computer lady. She writes our newsletter, gives us stationery, brings notes to class, answers the phone and helps people who are hurt or not feeling well.
Wade Robinson - School Caretaker
Wade is an important staff member in our school, because he is the school's caretaker. The staff and students appreciate everything he does to make this little place look clean and fancy.
By Rūma Whā
Ann Robinson
Ann is our school cleaner and does a great job keeping the place looking its best.