Teachers

Welcome everyone to our newly formed website for our Neighbourhood. As your Neighbourhood Leader I am looking forward to working alongside students, staff and parents in creating a safe and supportive learning environment where every student is able to reach his/her potential through inclusive and integrated projects. I teach English and SOSE and am very excited about our website, as I feel we will be able to share our thoughts and ideas, as well as our work with others. Students can upload any work they are particularly proud of to share with staff, parents and students world-wide. Please feel free to contact me with any concerns or questions. Tina Walkeden Neighbourhood Leader

  Hi, I’m Mr. Barry. Married with 3 grown up children (yes I survived the teenage years). After working in the private and government sectors and qualifying as an Analytical Chemist, I decided to train as a secondary teacher. I began teaching in the 90’s and although my speciality is in the Science areas, my children have followed careers in Film making, Advertising and Creative Design. At Gisborne S.C. I am part of a Yr 7 Neighbourhood Team and Science Faculty Coordinator. My personal interests include astronomy, running, travel, restoring cars, CFA and spending quality time with my family. I am passionate about my teaching and keen for students to realise their full potential.

Hi my name is Thanh Le and I teach mathematics in the Neighoburhood. I enjoy badminton and jogging and have just started to play golf, which I find both enjoyable and challenging. I love to travel and I have been to many places including parts of both Europe and Asia. Most recently I returned to my homeland of Vietnam. I have a passion for mathematics because I enjoy the challenge of discovering solutions. I would like to share my enthusiam for mathematics with my students and help them to achieve their best potential in this field of study.

Thanh Le

W elcome to the Neighbourhood! My name is Gwen Campbell. I am happy to share the journey of learning that we have started together here. I am a very keen reader. I can’t put a book down. I’m easily enticed into the world of the author and to experience the surprise as the story line unfolds. As a teenager I exhausted the local library and the patience of my family reading after bed time curfew using a torch. I hope to share this excitement about reading with our students. I have a passion for the Great Outdoors and for taking care of our environment. I will be encouraging care, responsibility and interest in environmental issues. I’m a traveller and have a deep curiosity about our wonderful world. I spend the holidays finding out about other lands and landscapes, people, their lifestyles and life stories. I’ve enjoyed being on both sides of the Dead Sea in Israel and Jordan and the lure of the Pyramids in Egypt. I intend to travel to Greece this year to bring back stories and resources for our SOSE adventures. I guess it is no surprise for you to discover that I teach English/ SOSE in our learning neighbourhood. Gwen Campbell 2008 I have been teaching Science, Maths and senior Biology. I am currently in the Year 7 Neighbourhood enjoying Science and participating in all the Neighbourhood activities. I encourage students to become familiar with new scientific equipment and use the equipment appropriately when undergoing practical experiments. Through a variety of activities, I hope to make them enjoy Science & understand that the world around us is very scientific.

Heather Dear Year 7 Neighbourhood Science Teacher (On maternity leave)

Mrs Jane Todd (Science & Mathematics) Picture to follow

Mrs Kushum Rattan (ICT)

Mrs Vivienne Parish (Visual Communication) Ms Noeleene Moore Ms Lesley Loveday

Above are some of your child's teachers this year.