Our Team

Senior Leadership Team

Lisa Bateman
Principal
lisab@stfrancis.school.nz
Olivia Neary
Deputy Principal
olivian@stfrancis.school.nz
Dan Wright
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL & Y4-6 PASTORAL LEADER
danielw@stfrancis.school.nz
Megan Wishart
Y1 - 3 PASTORAL LEADER
meganw@stfrancis.school.nz
Veronica Jones
Director Religious Studies
veronicaj@stfrancis.school.nz

Junior Team - Ngā Teretere

Moana Besselink
Year 1/2 - Room 9
moanab@stfrancis.school.nz
Dianne Nilles
Year 1 - Room 12
diannen@stfrancis.school.nz
Nisha Nadarajah
Year 1 - Room 1
nishan@stfrancis.school.nz
Adele Ryan
Year 2 - Room 10
adeler@stfrancis.school.nz
Megan Wishart
Year 2 - Room 11
meganw@stfrancis.school.nz

Middle Team - Whaikaha

Sabrina Waite
Year 3/4 - Room 7
sabrinaw@stfrancis.school.nz
Claire Evans
Year 3/4 - Room 7
clairee@stfrancis.school.nz
Charlotte Hart
Year 3/4 - Room 3
charlotteh@stfrancis.school.nz
Jimin Kang
Year 3/4 - Room 5
jimink@stfrancis.school.nz

Senior Team - Te Arataki

Katrina Albrecht
Year 5/6 - Room 6
katrinaa@stfrancis.school.nz
Veronica Jones
Year 5/6 - Room 2
veronicaj@stfrancis.school.nz
Dan Wright
Year 5/6 - Room 8
danielw@stfrancis.school.nz

Additional Teaching Staff

Monique Vuksich
Release Teacher
moniquev@stfrancis.school.nz
Susan Milne
RELEASE TEACHER
susanm@stfrancis.school.nz
Pip Smith
Maths / Literacy Teacher
pips@stfrancis.school.nz
Loretta Bayliss
Learning Support Coordinator
lorettab@stfrancis.school.nz
Kate Hanly
Garden to Table / Te Reo Teacher
kateh@stfrancis.school.nz

Support Staff

Kelly Rasch
TEACHER AIDE
Estela Harwood
Teacher Aide
estelah@stfrancis.school.nz
Anne Lengauer
Office staff
office@stfrancis.school.nz
Janet Skinner
Office staff
office@stfrancis.school.nz
Haedie Brake
Teacher Aide
Tema Tuifua
Teacher Aide
Adriana Vuksich
Teacher Aide
Andrew Wilkie
Groundsman

Additional Teaching Staff

SPECIAL NEEDS COORDINATOR – Sarah Simpson – sarahs@stfrancis.school.nz
LIBRARY – Cathy Mahoney – cathym@stfrancis.school.nz
GARDEN TO TABLE – Kate Hanly
RELEASE TEACHER – Kate Hanly
RELEASE TEACHER – Monique Vuksich

Support Staff

TEACHER AIDES: Haedie Brake, Adriana Vuksich, Natasha
Stanford, Myra Srhoj and Tema Tuifua
OFFICE STAFF: Janet Skinner and Anne Lengauer

Board of Trustees

Lisa Bateman
Principal
Phil Joyce
Proprietor's Rep
Father John Webb
Proprietor's Rep
Stuart King
Proprietor's Rep
Susan Milne
Proprietor's Rep
Lisa Dixon
Parent's Rep
Patrick Gorringe
Parent's Rep
Nick Jones
Parent's Rep
Michael Connellan
Parent's Rep
Adrian Stevanon
Parent's Rep

To contact our board please email our Chairperson – Phil Joyce – pjoyce@fyersjoyce.co.nz

Annual Report 2025

Annual Plan 2026

2026 Attendance Management Plan

What do BOT members do at St Francis Catholic School?

Our BOT assures the Ministry of Education that:

The students in the school are receiving a high quality standard of education

National priorities for school education are being addressed in the school

The resources are being used prudently to ensure the highest possible quality programmes are provided for students

To be able to accept this responsibility requires the BOT to provide sound governance for the school as a professional teaching institution.  This means:

Ensuring staff have a clear sense of purpose

Setting priorities and goals for improvement of learning and achievement in the school particularly Maori and Pacific Islanders

Seeking assurance from the management (principal and senior staff) that the programmes being implemented in the school can achieve goals

Evaluating information on the outcomes that the school’s students are achieving in respect of the goals that have been set

Seeking assurance from the school’s management that the school’s resources are being used optimally to deliver the agreed outcomes, ensuring, for example that resources are available to ensure the knowledge and skills of the teacher / support are up to date

As BOT members of a Catholic School they must also ensure that students are educated within an atmosphere of Christ’s love which permeates all that occurs in the school.

Policies + procedures

To access our school’s policies, including the Complaints Policy / Procedures: 
please use this School Docs link
Username: stfrancis
Password: brave

Annual financial report

Term Dates

2026

(+ 1 Teacher Only Day sometime in Term 3 or 4)

Term 1 –

Tuesday 3 February – Thursday 2 April.  Public Holidays – Waitangi Day: Friday 6 February, Good Friday: Friday 3 April.

Term 2 –

Monday 20 April – Friday 3 July.  Public Holidays – ANZAC Day: Monday 27 April, King’s Birthday: Monday 1 June.

Term 3 –

Monday 20 July – Friday 25 September.  

Term 4 –

Monday 12 October – Wednesday 16 December.  Public Holiday – Labour Day: Monday 26 October.  

Break Times

Morning tea – 11am
Lunchtime – 1pm