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Gold Creek School Staff 2024

Senior Leadership Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Daniel BreenPrincipaldaniel.breen@ed.act.edu.au
Kyle BaulmanAssociate Principalkyle.baulman@ed.act.edu.au
Amanda MolloyAssociate Principal - DECOamanda.molloy@ed.act.edu.au
Nicole JaggersAssociate Principal Yr 7/8  MYP Coordinatornicole.jaggers@ed.act.edu.au
Tamsyn TerryActing Associate Principal Yr 9 - 10/EALD/International Learning Supporttamsyn.terry@ed.act.edu.au
Mel LyttleBusiness Managermelissa.lyttle@ed.act.edu.au
Leighton MannFacilities & ITC Managerleighton.mann@ed.act.edu.au

Senior Executive Leadership - Junior Site

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Rose DonnellyExecutive SLC Preschool & Kindergartenrosemarie.donnelly@ed.act.edu.au
Kathryn FlemingExecutive SLC Year 1 & 2kathryn.fleming@ed.act.edu.au
Amarylise BesseyExecutive SLC Year 3 & 4amarylise.bessey@ed.act.edu.au
Nghi PerrimExecutive SLC Year 5 & 6nghi.perrim@ed.act.edu.au

Senior Executive Leadership - Senior Site

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Niels HiderExecutive SLC Year 7niels.hider@ed.act.edu.au
Stephen CrabbExecutive SLC Year 8stephen.crabb@ed.act.edu.au
Larissa MullenA/g Executive SLC Year 9larissa.mullen@ed.act.edu.au
Sarah FlynnA/g Executive SLC Year 10sarah.flynn@ed.act.edu.au

Junior Site

Administration Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Lisa JonesFront Office Admin/Joint Facilities/ Excursions Officerlisa.jones@ed.act.edu.au
Liana MartinielloFront Office Reception/First Aid/Absences (Th, F) & Preschool Assistant (M-W)liana.martiniello@ed.act.edu.au
Ben MatesicFront Office Reception/First Aid/Absences (M-W)

benjamin.matesic@ed.act.edu.au

Sandra GannonFront Office Admin/Communications/First Aidsandra.gannon@ed.act.edu.au
Terry ArmstrongBuilding Service Officerterry.armstrong@ed.act.edu.au
Elaine TsoiPsychologist (M, T, Fri)yeeling.tsoi@ed.act.edu.au
Colin WilsonDefence School Mentorcolin.wilson@ed.act.edu.au
Russell PhillipsIT Officer (T,W,Th)russell.phillips@ed.act.edu.au
Julie SherdLibrary Support Assistantjulie.sherd@ed.act.edu.au
Nada MandicLearning Support Assistantnada.mandic@ed.act.edu.au
Stephanie DavisLearning Support Assistantstephanie.davis@ed.act.edu.au
Patty RamakrishnanLearning Support Assistantprathyusha.ramakrishnan@ed.act.edu.au
Yasmeen BanuLearning Support Assistantyasmeen.banu@ed.act.edu.au
Ranjitha TuliLearning Support Assistantranjitha.tuli@ed.act.edu.au
Poonam MokalLearning Support Assistantpoonam.mokal@ed.act.edu.au
Mackenzie TotenLearning Support Assistantmackenzie.toten@ed.act.edu.au
Sadia AhmedLearning Support Assistantsadia.ahmed@ed.act.edu.au
Danielle ColeLearning Support Assistantdanielle.cole@ed.act.edu.au
Marta LopezLearning Support Assistantmarta.lopez@ed.act.edu.au
Roomi NazLearning Support Assistantroomi.naz@ed.act.edu.au
Lucinda DamLearning Support Assistantlucinda.dam@ed.act.edu.au
Natalie MiilerLearning Support Assistantnatalie.miiler@ed.act.edu.au
Adrianna LamLearning Support Assistantadrianna.lam@ed.act.edu.au
Crystal LaundessLearning Support Assistantcrystal.laundess@ed.act.edu.au
Karma PhuntshoLearning Support Assistantkarma.phuntsho@ed.act.edu.au
Phub TsheringLearning Support Assistantphub.tshering@ed.act.edu.au
Caitlin WatersLearning Support Assistantcaitlin.waters@ed.act.edu.au

Preschool Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Tracy BlandonSwift Parrots Teacher (M-W) tracy.blandon@ed.act.edu.au
Leonie MacdonaldSpotted Frogs Teacher (W-F) leonie.macdonald@ed.act.edu.au
Belinda DayLegless Lizards Teacher (M-W)belinda.day@ed.act.edu.au
Kellie ShoemarkLaughing Kookaburras  Teacher (W-F)kellie.shoemark@ed.act.edu.au
Claire WirthPerunga Grasshoppers Teacher (M-W)/ Preschool Release (Th)/ Preschool Coordinatorclaire.wirth@ed.act.edu.au
Adriana Castaneda HendoPreschool Release (M-W)adriana.castaneda@ed.act.e.du.au
Liana MartinielloPreschool Assistant (M-W)liana.martiniello@ed.act.edu.au
Wendy CrowleyPreschool Assistant  (M-W)wendy.crowley@ed.act.edu.au
Ruvini  JagodaarachchiPreschool Learning Support Assistant (W - F)r.jagodaarachchi@ed.act.edu.au
Silvy PiccirilloPreschool Assistantsilvana.piccirillo@ed.act.edu.au
Harpreet ChauhanPreschool Learning Support Assistant (M - W)harpreet.chauhan@ed.act.edu.au

Kindergarten Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Maggie QuigleyKA Teachermaggie.quigley@ed.act.edu.au
Rashmi GautamKB Teacherrashmi.gautam@ed.act.edu.au
Stephanie WilsonKC Teacherstephanie.wilson@ed.act.edu.au
Jodie PangKD Teacher jodie.pang@ed.act.edu.au

Year One Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Jaspreet Trask1A Teacherjaspreet.trask@ed.act.edu.au
Kim Le1B Teacherkim.le@ed.act.edu.au
Preet Kaur1C Teacherpreet.kaur@ed.act.edu.au
Nur Alfiah1D Teachernur.alfiah@ed.act.edu.au
Anne McLean1E Teacheranne.mclean@ed.act.edu.au

Year Two Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Tara Nichols (M, Tu, Th, F)2A Teachertara.nichols@ed.act.edu.au
Fiona Smith (W)2A Teacherfiona.smith@ed.act.edu.au
Ione Leach2B Teacherione.leach@ed.act.edu.au
Contact Amanda Molloy2C Teacheramanda.molloy@ed.act.edu.au
Catherine Geraghty-Slavica2D Teacher (M - Th)catherine.geraghty-slavica@ed.act.edu.au
Kathryn Fleming2D Teacher (F)kathryn.fleming@ed.act.edu.au

Year Three Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Tevi Cory3A Teachertevi.cory@ed.act.edu.au
Rosa Cabrera3B Teacherrosa.cabrera@ed.act.edu.au
Olivia Skein3C Teacherolivia.skein@ed.act.edu.au
Melissa Nisbet3D Teachermelissa.nisbet@ed.act.edu.au

Year Four Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Jamie Cannon4A Teacherjamie.cannon@ed.act.edu.au
Mark Strutt4B Teachermark.strutt@ed.act.edu.au
Amarylise Bessey4C Teacheramarylise.bessey@ed.act.edu.au
Robin Ricketts4C Teacherrobin.ricketts@ed.act.edu.au

Year Five Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Nicolette Kavanagh5A Teachernicolette.kavanagh@ed.act.edu.au
Justin O'Shaughnessy5B Teacherjustin.o'shaughnessy@ed.act.edu.au
Hugh Miley5C Teacherhugh.miley@ed.act.edu.au

Year Six Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Paul Dorsett (Tu - F)6A Teacherpaul.dorsett@ed.act.edu.au
Patricia Williams (M)6A Teacherpatricia.williams@ed.act.edu.au
Mita Pota6B Teachermita.pota@ed.act.edu.au
Mark Staples6C Teachermark.staples@ed.act.edu.au

Small Group Program

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Michelle GrabhamSmall Group Program (SGP 1)michelle.grabham@ed.act.edu.au
Erin WestonSmall Group Program (SGP 2)erin.weston@ed.act.edu.au
Monica DangSGP Learning Support Assistantmonica.dang@ed.act.edu.au

Specialist Teachers

Staff MemberRoleEmail
TBAMusicTBA
Nam KimLanguage, Koreannam.kim@ed.act.edu.au
Fiona SmithLanguage, Japanesefiona.smith@ed.act.edu.au
Diem NaingTeacher Librariandiem.naing@ed.act.edu.au
Deb WilsonArtdeb.wilson@ed.act.edu.au
Sam Hood (M - W)PEsamantha.hood@ed.act.edu.au
David JessPEdavid.jess@ed.act.edu.au

In Built Relief Teachers

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Patricia WilliamsIBR Teacherpatricia.williams@ed.act.edu.au
Lies PriceIBR Teacherlies.price@ed.act.edu.au
Osa  AkioyaIBR Teacherosa.akioya@ed.act.edu.au
Kris  ObergfellIBR  Teacherkris.obergfell@ed.act.edu.au
Jeffrey NieIBR  Teacherzhenhui.nie@ed.act.edu.au
Dora ZhaoIBR  Teacheryanmin.zhao@ed.act.edu.au

Senior Site

Administration Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Anne BlackmoreStudent Services Coordinatoranne.blackmore@ed.act.edu.au
Zoe AbsolomReception/First Aidzoe.absolom@ed.act.edu.au
Diane DoornbosPurchasing Officer/Administration/First Aiddiane.doornbos@ed.act.edu.au
Leon SchmidtBuilding Service Officerleon.schmidt@ed.act.edu.au
Summer ReesStudent Attendance Officer/Communicationssummer.rees@ed.act.edu.au
Bianca PartingtonPsychologist (M, T, Th)bianca.partington@ed.act.edu.au
Amanda NicolSchool Nurse (W, Th, F)amanda.nicol@ed.act.edu.au
Alison ScholesActing EA to Principalalison.scholes@ed.act.edu.au
Michelle PeharStaffing Officermichelle.pehar@ed.act.edu.au
Madison GeevesStudent Records: Enrolments Officermadison.geeves@ed.act.edu.au
Hilary KinraidStudent Records: Data Managerhilary.kinraid@ed.act.edu.au
Margaret O'BrienFront Office Admin/ School Archivingmargaret.o'brien@ed.act.edu.au
Russell PhillipsIT Officerrussell.phillips@ed.act.edu.au
Chantel EarleFood Technology Supportchantel.earle@ed.act.edu.au
Akiko TakahashiScience Technicianakiko.takahashi@ed.act.edu.au
Colin WilsonDefence School Mentorcolin.wilson@ed.act.edu.au
Eva GasiewiczYouth Support Workereva.b.gasiewicz@ed.act.edu.au
Jarrod WhiteIndigenous Education Officerjarrod.white@ed.act.edu.au
Tania SchrattenholzLearning Support Assistanttania.schrattenholz@ed.act.edu.au
Jake Gyory-MeighanLearning Support Assistantjake.gyory-meighan@ed.act.edu.au
Sam JonesLearning Support Assistantsamuel.jones@ed.act.edu.au
Will SmidtLearning Support Assistantwilliam.smidt@ed.act.edu.au
Jaymi HudsonLearning Support Assistantjaymi.hudson@ed.act.edu.au
Rex CameronLearning Support Assistant/Student Servicesrex.cameron@ed.act.edu.au
Leesa CabralLearning Support Assistantleesa.cabral@ed.act.edu.au

Year Coordinators

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Steven SengstockYear 7 Coordinator

steven.sengstock@ed.act.edu.au be

Belinda Chapman-SmithYear 7 Coordinatorbelinda.chapman-smith@ed.act.edu.au
Clive MackillopYear 8 Coordinatorclive.mackillop@ed.act.edu.au
Emily KreymborgYear 8 Coordinatoremily.kreymborg@ed.act.edu.au
Carmela BrancatoYear 9 Coordinatorcarmela.brancato@ed.act.edu.au
Natasha CrawfordYear 9 Coordinatornatasha.crawford@ed.act.edu.au
Isobel BakerYear 10 Coordinatorisobel.baker@ed.act.edu.au

PC Groups

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Carmela Brancato Tu, W7Acarmela.brancato@ed.act.edu.au
Josh Alexander  M, Th, F7Ajosh.alexander@ed.act.edu.au
Nadege Maurin7Bnadege.maurin@ed.act.edu.au
Izzy D'Ambrosio7Cisabella.d'ambrosio@ed.act.edu.au
Kirrally McKenzie7Dkirrally.mckenzie@ed.act.edu.au
Sara Zwangobani7Esara.zwangobani@ed.act.edu.au
Marty Brouwer7Fmarty.brouwer@ed.act.edu.au
Namra Shahid7Fnamra.shahid@ed.act.edu.au
Zach Raffan7Gzach.raffan@ed.act.edu.au
Linda Jameison7Hlinda.jameison@ed.act.edu.au
Dylan Paull8Adylan.paull@ed.act.edu.au
Nick Issa8Bnicholas.issa@ed.act.edu.au
Rachel Bartlett M - W8Crachel.bartlett@ed.act.edu.au
Crystal Adams Th - F8Ccrystal.adams@ed.act.edu.au
Aaron Harding8Daaron.harding@ed.act.edu.au
Linda Tol8Elinda.tol@ed.act.edu.au
Hayley Armstrong8Fhayley.armstrong@ed.act.edu.au
Douglas Amarfio8Gdoug.amarfio@ed.act.edu.au
Dean Baddah8Hdean.baddah@ed.act.edu.au
Maddison Pigott  M, W, Th8Imaddison.piggott@ed.act.edu.au
Victoria Stockl 8Ivictoria.stockl@ed.act.edu.au
Clive Mackillop Fri8Iclive.mackillop@ed.act.edu.au
Namra Shahid9Anamra.shahid@ed.act.edu.au
Ashleigh Sorenson9Bashleigh.sorenson@ed.act.edu.au
Kristina  Salvestro9Ckristina.salvestro@ed.act.edu.au
Rakesh Sewak9Drakesh.sewak@ed.act.edu.au
David Cruise9Edavid.cruise@ed.act.edu.au
Larissa Mullen9Flarissa.mullen@ed.act.edu.au
Natasha Crawford9Fnatasha.crawford@ed.act.edu.au
Matthew Cusack9Gmatthew.cusak@ed.act.edu.au
Markwell Drury9Hmarkwell.drury@ed.act.edu.au

Amy-Louise Evans		10Aamy-louise.evans@ed.act.edu.au
Brent Felix10Bbrent.felix@ed.act.edu.au
Purnima Thankappan10Cpurnima.thankappan@ed.act.edu.au
Sharon Towner10Dsharon.towner@ed.act.edu.au
Jenni McInnes10Ejennifer.mcinnes@ed.act.edu.au
Rachel Bowman10Frachel.bowman@ed.act.edu.au
Ro Stubbs10Growelanne.stubbs@ed.act.edu.au

Library

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Aaron HardingTeacher Librarianaaron.harding@ed.act.edu.au
Julie SherdLibrary Assistant (F)julie.sherd@ed.act.edu.au

Arts & Design

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Stephen CrabbArts & Design Subject Group Leaderstephen.crabb@ed.act.edu.au
Sarah FlynnArts & Design Teacher - Foodsarah.flynn@ed.act.edu.au
Brent FelixArts & Design Teacher - Foodbrent.felix@ed.act.edu.au
Marty BrouwerArts & Design Teacher - Foodmarty.brouwer@ed.act.edu.au
Ashleigh SorensonArts & Design Teacher - Visual Artsashleigh.sorenson@ed.act.edu.au
Douglas  AmarfioArts & Design Teacher - Wooddoug.amarfio@ed.act.edu.au
Zach RaffanArts & Design Teacher - Music/Media Artszach.raffan@ed.act.edu.au
Maddison PiggottArts & Design Teacher - Media Artsmaddison.piggott@ed.act.edu.au
Amanda BruhnArts & Design Teacher - Digitalamanda.bruhn@ed.act.edu.au
Emily KreymborgArts & Design Teacher - Textilesemily.kreymborg@ed.act.edu.au
Linda JameisonArts & Design Teacher - Textileslinda.jameison@ed.act.edu.au
Sara ZwangobaniArts & Design Teacher - Dramasara.zwangobani@ed.act.edu.au
Chantel EarleFood Technology Supportchantel.earle@ed.act.edu.au

Language & Literature

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Larissa MullenLanguage & Literature Subject Group Leaderlarissa.mullen@ed.act.edu.au
Clive MacKillopLanguage & Literature Teacherclive.mackillop@ed.act.edu.au
Carmela BrancatoLanguage & Literature Teachercarmela.brancato@ed.act.edu.au
Linda TolLanguage & Literature Teacherlinda.tol@ed.act.edu.au
Isobel BakerLanguage & Literature Teacherisobel.baker@ed.act.edu.au
Nick IssaLanguage & Literature Teachernicholas.issa@edu.act.edu.au
Dylan  PaullLanguage & Literature Teacherdylan.paull@ed.act.edu.au

Language Acquisition

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Bec DuncanA/g Language Acquisition Subject Group Leaderrebecca.duncan@ed.act.edu.au
Nam KimLanguage Acquisition Teacher - Koreannam.kim@ed.act.edu.au
Ro StubbsLanguage Acquisition Teacher - Japaneserowelanne.stubbs@ed.act.edu.au
Georgia WemyssLanguage Acquisition Teacher - Japanesegeorgia.wemyss@ed.act.edu.au
Steven SengstockLanguage Acquisition Teacher - Indonesiansteven.sengstock@ed.act.edu.au
Kirrilly  McKenzieLanguage Acquisition Teacher - Indonesiankirrilly.mckenzie@ed.act.edu.au
Sharon TownerLanguage Acquisition Teacher - Frenchsharon.towner@ed.act.edu.au
Nadege MaurinLanguage Acquisition Teacher - Frenchnadege.maurin@ed.act.edu.au

Individuals & Societies

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Larissa MullenIndividuals & Societies Subject Group Leaderlarissa.mullen@ed.act.edu.au
David CruiseIndividuals & Societies Teacherdavid.cruise@ed.act.edu.au
Dean BaddahIndividuals & Societies Teacherdean.baddah@ed.act.edu.au
Rachel BartlettIndividuals & Societies Teacherrachel.bartlett@ed.act.edu.au
Kirrilly  McKenzieIndividuals & Societies Teacherkirrilly.mckenzie@ed.act.edu.au
Namra ShahidIndividuals & Societies Teachernamra.shahid@ed.act.edu.au
Marty BrouwerIndividuals & Societies Teachermarty.brouwer@ed.act.edu.au
Crystal AdamsLanguage & Literature Teachercrystal.adams@ed.act.edu.au

Mathematics

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Niels HiderMathematics Subject Group Leaderniels.hider@ed.act.edu.au
Purnima ThankappanMathematics Teacher/ G & T Coordinatorpurnima.thankappan@ed.act.edu.au
Rakesh SewakMathematics Teacherrakesh.sewak@ed.act.edu.au
Markwell DruryMathematics Teachermarkwell.drury@ed.act.edu.au
Rachel BowmanMathematics Teacherrachel.bowman@ed.act.edu.au
Belinda Chapman-SmithMathematics Teacherbelinda.chapman-smith@ed.act.edu.au
Amy-Louise Evans Mathematics Teacheramy-louise.evans@ed.act.edu.au
Victoria StocklMathematics Teachervictoria.stockl@ed.act.edu.au
David NguyenMathematics Teachertuan.nguyen@ed.act.edu.au

Physical and Health Education

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Sarah FlynnPhysical & Health Education Subject Group Leadersarah.flynn@ed.act.edu.au
Kristina SalvestroPhysical & Health Education Teacherkristina.salvestro@ed.act.edu.au
Izzy D'AmbrosioPhysical & Health Education Teacherisabella.d'ambrosio@ed.act.edu.au
Natasha PearsonPhysical & Health Education Teachernatasha.pearson@ed.act.edu.au
Aaron HardingPhysical & Health Education Teacheraaron.harding@ed.act.edu.au
Ash CarterPhysical & Health Education Teacherashley.carter@ed.act.edu.au
Brent FelixPhysical & Health Education Teacherbrent.felix@ed.act.edu.au
Natasha CrawfordPhysical & Health Education Teachernatasha.crawford@ed.act.edu.au
Natasha PearsonPhysical & Health Education Teachernatasha.pearson@ed.act.edu.au
Joshua TyndallPhysical & Health Education Teacherjoshua.tyndall@ed.act.edu.au
Dean BaddahRAWSdean.baddah@ed.act.edu.au
Sarah FlynnRAWSsarah.flynn@ed.act.edu.au

Sciences

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Niels HiderSciences Subject Group Leaderniels.hider@ed.act.edu.au
Emily KreymborgSciences Teacheremily.kreymborg@ed.act.edu.au
Natasha PearsonSciences Teachernatasha.pearson@ed.act.edu.au
Jenni McInnesSciences Teacherjennifer.mcinnes@ed.act.edu.au
Hayley ArmstrongSciences Teacherhayley.armstrong@ed.act.edu.au
Josh AlexanderSciences Teacherjosh.alexander@ed.act.edu.au
Akiko TakahashiSciences Laboratory Technicianakiko.takahashi@ed.act.edu.au

Small Group Program

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Rebecca DuncanSGP Teacherrebecca.duncan@ed.act.edu.au
Andrea BeardSGP LSAandrea.beard@ed.act.edu.au
Laz BurkeSGP LSAlael.burke@ed.act.edu.au

In Built Relief Teachers

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Vanessa StrongIBR Teachervanessa.strong@ed.act.edu.au
Jacob CherianIBR Teacherjacob.cherian@ed.act.edu.au
Matt CusackIBR Teachermatthew.cusack@ed.act.edu.au
Arthur DevenishIBR Teacherarthur.devenish@ed.act.edu.au