OUR PEOPLE ARE OUR GREATEST ASSET
Horizon teachers and staff are selected for their love for children and young people, love for teaching and for learning and commitment to creating an environment in which our learners might want to learn and to connect with God in some way.
Vanessa Holdsworth
Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) My family and I moved to New Zealand 7 years ago believing strongly that God ha...
Tina Utting-Johnson
Principal
I originally trained as an ICT and English Teacher in Leeds, England in 2001. I moved back to my home country ...
Simon Bartlett
Deputy Principal Primary, Differentiation School Wide, Teacher Year 4-5
Bachelor of Teaching – Waikato University, Certificate of Business Studies During my 20 years in educati...
Robin Fraser
Teacher Year 0-2
Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) I grew up in the small town of Ngatea but have been living in Auckland for the ...
Joseph Janiszewski
Deputy Principal Junior College, Pedagogy Schoolwide, Teacher Year 7-8
Masters of Education Practice, Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) and Worldview Studies I started working at ACG P...
Anna Lysaght
Executive Officer
Bachelor of Business and a Bachelor of Sport and Recreation Have been working at Northern Arena for the past 9...
Carolina Alvariz
Office Administrator
Diploma in Hospitality Management My family and I moved to New Zealand in 2014, our 2 boys were 3 and 4 years ...
Carmel Bartlett
Office Administrator
Bachelor of Design in Fashion Design I presented my fashion collection at NZ Fashion Week as part of the AUT R...
Alison Hand
Accounts & Bookkeeping I have lived In Snells Beach for over 30 years raising my now adult children and en...
Allyson Peddle
Teacher Year 3-4
Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) My family and I live on a farm in the Omaha area. I have 2 teenage daughters an...
Toni Waddell
Teacher Year 3-4
Higher National Diploma Civil Engineering, BSc (Hons) Ocean Science, PGCE Primary Education After gaining an H...
Burnett Bakker
Teacher Year 4-5, Reading Recovery
National Diploma Public Relations, Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Primary School). I am originally fr...
Joy Macleod
Reading Recovery
BEd, DipTeaching I felt the call to become a teacher as a seventeen year old so completed, at Waikato Universi...
June Port
Special Education Needs Coordinator
Trained Teachers Certificate It is my pleasure to fill the role of SENCO (Special Education Coordinator) at Ho...
Anne Cash
Teacher Aide
Masters in Paediatric Nursing Originally a paediatric nurse, I have recently discovered teacher aiding and fou...
Letitia Fourie
Teacher Year 5-6
My husband and I moved to New Zealand 3 years ago from South Africa and I have been a Teacher Aide whilst also...
Suzanne Zaisluik
Teacher Year 5-6
Bachelor of Science in Computer Networking, Postgraduate Certificate in Primary Teaching, Post Graduate Certif...
Emma Alldridge
Teacher Year 7-8, Textiles Year 7-8
Masters in Interior Architecture and a PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate in Education) specialising in Design and...
Stephanie Beck
Teacher Year 7-8, Art Year 7-8
Bachelor of Visual Arts (Photography), Cambridge English Language Teaching for Adults (CELTA) Certificate, Gra...
Paul Dawson
Mathematics Year 7-9
Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, Masters Degree in Business Administration, Graduate Diploma in Te...
Lorraine O’Carroll
Mathematics Year 7-11
BSc, GradDipTchg(Sec), MProfStuds, Postgraduate Certificate in Digital & Collaborative Learning I have alw...
Joanna Wamala
Teacher Year 9-10, Social Sciences Year 9-11
Master of Education, Diploma of Teaching (Secondary), Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Arts I started teachin...
Adrien Alldridge
Teacher Year 9-10
Masters in Geography, Post-Graduate Certificate in Education. I have recently returned to teaching having spen...
Sarah Welch
Teacher Year 11, Science Year 9-11, Board of Trustees Teacher Representative
Bachelor of Science (Biology), Bachelor of Arts (History), Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education Originally ...
Ursula Christel
Art Year 9-11
BA Fine Art/Art History, Diploma in Education I began my teaching career in South Africa as an enthusiastic 21...
Abigail Sanford
Teacher Aide
Bachelor of Arts (Majoring in Educational Psychology and minoring in Developmental Studies), (currently comple...
Gael Adamson
Learning Support Coordinator
Bachelor of Education (Primary) Originally from Scotland, I moved to New Zealand eighteen years ago with my hu...
Michelle Diprose
Wellness Coach
Diploma in Primary Teaching, Certificate in Life Coaching I moved into this community 18 years ago with my fam...