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Gold Creek School Staff 2026

Senior Leadership Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Daniel BreenPrincipaldaniel.breen@ed.act.edu.au
Tamsyn TerryAssociate Principal Year 7 - 10tamsyn.terry@ed.act.edu.au
Kyle BaulmanAssociate Principal P - Year 10kyle.baulman@ed.act.edu.au
Amanda MolloyAssociate Principal - DECOamanda.molloy@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 & Small Groups Programrosemarie.donnelly@ed.act.edu.au
Lucy SpackmanExecutive SLC Kindergarten, Year 1 & Interventionlucy.spackman@ed.act.edu.au
Kathryn FlemingExecutive SLC Year 2 & 3kathryn.fleming@ed.act.edu.au
Lachlan FergusonExecutive  SLC Year 4 & 5lachlan.ferguson@ed.act.edu.au
Nghi PerrimExecutive SLC Year 6, Specialists & EALDnghi.perrim@ed.act.edu.au

Senior Executive Leadership - Senior Site

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Stephen CrabbExecutive SLC Arts and Designstephen.crabb@ed.act.edu.au
Rebecca DuncanExecutive Language Acquisition and DECOrebecca.duncan@ed.act.edu.au
Sarah FlynnA/g Executive SLC Student Engagement and Wellbeingsarah.flynn@ed.act.edu.au
Laura FreemanExecutive SLC Language and Literaturelaura.freeman@ed.act.edu.au
Laura FreemanExecutive SLC Individuals and Societieslaura.freeman@ed.act.edu.au
Niels HiderExecutive SLC Science and Mathsniels.hider@ed.act.edu.au
Rebecca PlattenExecutive SLC Health and Physical Educationrebecca.platten@ed.act.edu.au

Junior Site

Administration Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Lisa JonesFront Office Admin/Joint Facilities/ Excursions Officerlisa.jones@ed.act.edu.au
Sandra GannonFront Office Admin/Communications/First Aidsandra.gannon@ed.act.edu.au
Mackenzie TotenFront Office Reception/First Aid/Absences (M, Tu)mackenzie.toten@ed.act.edu.au
Liana MartinielloFront Office Reception/First Aid/Absences (W, Th, F) & Preschool Assistant (M, Tu)liana.martiniello@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
Yasmeen BanuLearning Support Assistantyasmeen.banu@ed.act.edu.au
Poonam MokalLearning Support Assistantpoonam.mokal@ed.act.edu.au
Mackenzie TotenLearning Support Assistant (W - F)mackenzie.toten@ed.act.edu.au
Danielle ColeLearning Support Assistantdanielle.cole@ed.act.edu.au
Adrianna LamLearning Support Assistantadrianna.lam@ed.act.edu.au
Crystal LaundessLearning Support Assistantcrystal.laundess@ed.act.edu.au
Nick DoornbosLearning Support Assistantnicholas.doornbos@ed.act.edu.au
Amy WalshLearning Support Assistantamy.walsh@ed.act.edu.au

Preschool Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Leonie MacdonaldSpotted Frogs Teacher (W-F) leonie.macdonald@ed.act.edu.au
Adriana Castaneda HendoLegless Lizards Teacher (M-W)adriana.castaneda@ed.act.e.du.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
Rose DonnellyPreschool Release (M-W)rosemarie.donnelly@ed.act.e.du.au
Liana MartinielloPreschool Assistant (M, Tu)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
Harpreet ChauhanPreschool Learning Support Assistant (M - W)harpreet.chauhan@ed.act.edu.au

Kindergarten Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Jodie PangKJP Teacherjodie.pang@ed.act.edu.au
Keilan MeiringKKM Teacherkeilan.meiring@ed.act.edu.au
Nikita PuschakKNP Teachernikita.puschak@ed.act.edu.au
Patty RamakrishnanKPR Teacherprathyusha.ramakrishnan@ed.act.edu.au
Tara Nichols (M - Th)KTN Teachertara.nichols@ed.act.edu.au
Maggie QuigleyEALDmaggie.quigley@ed.act.edu.au

Year One Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Contact Amanda Molloy1AJ Teacheramanda.molloy@ed.act.edu.au
Anne McLean1AM Teacheranne.mclean@ed.act.edu.au
Nur Alfiah1NA Teachernur.alfiah@ed.act.edu.au
Rashmi Gautam1RG Teacherrashmi.gautam@ed.act.edu.au

Year Two Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Justin O'Shaughnessy2JO Teacherjustin.o'shaughnessy@ed.act.edu.au
Kim Le2KL Teacherkim.le@ed.act.edu.au
Karen Walsh2KW Teacherkaren.walsh@ed.act.edu.au
Preet Kaur2PK Teacherpreet.kaur@ed.act.edu.au

Year Three Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Charlene Mitchell3HM Teachercharlene.mitchell@ed.act.edu.au
Susan Hammond3HM Teachersusan.hammond@ed.act.edu.au
Mark Staples3MS Teachermark.staples@ed.act.edu.au
Natasha Lillywhite3NL Teachernatasha.lillywhite@ed.act.edu.au
Rhonda King3RK Teacherrhonda.king@ed.act.edu.au
Tevi CoryInterventiontevi.cory@ed.act.edu.au

Year Four Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Rebecca Rose (M, Tu)4BR Teacherrebecca.rose@ed.act.edu.au
Ruby  Bardsley (W, Th, F)4BR Teacherruby.bardsley@ed.act.edu.au
Jaspreet Trask4JT Teacherjaspreet.trask@ed.act.edu.au
Stephanie Wilson4SW Teacherstephanie.wilson@ed.act.edu.au

Year Five Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Hugh Miley5HM Teacherhugh.miley@ed.act.edu.au
Kylie Koeford5KK Teacherkylie.koeford@ed.act.edu.au
Mita Pota5MP Teachermita.pota@ed.act.edu.au
Adriana Castaneda HendoInterventionadriana.castaneda@ed.act.e.du.au

Year Six Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Nicolette Kavanagh6NK Teachernicolette.kavanagh@ed.act.edu.au
Nichole Mandapat (M - Th)6NM Teachernichole.mandapat@ed.act.edu.au
Paul Dorsett (Tu - F)6PD Teacherpaul.dorsett@ed.act.edu.au
Nghi Perrim (M)6PD Teachernghi.perrim@ed.act.edu.au

Small Group Program

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Belinda DaySmall Group Program Teacher (SGPK-1BD)belinda.day@ed.act.edu.au
Michelle GrabhamSmall Group Program Teacher (SGP1-6MG)michelle.grabham@ed.act.edu.au
Robin RickettsSmall Group Program Teacher (SGP3-6RR)robin.ricketts@ed.act.edu.au
Monica DangSGP 1 Learning Support Assistantmonica.dang@ed.act.edu.au
Stephanie DavisSGP 1 Learning Support Assistantstephanie.davis@ed.act.edu.au
Dani ColeSGP 2 Learning Support Assistantdanielle.cole@ed.act.edu.au
Sabita BhandariSGP 2  Learning Support Assistantsabita.bhandari@ed.act.edu.au
Amy WalshSGP 3  Learning Support Assistantamy.walsh@ed.act.edu.au

Specialist Teachers

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Beth WayMusicbeth.way@ed.act.edu.au
Fiona SmithJapanesefiona.smith@ed.act.edu.au
Deb WilsonVisual Artsdeb.wilson@ed.act.edu.au
Jessica BugdenPEjessica.bugden@ed.act.edu.au
Mel Van ReeLibrarymelissa.vanree@ed.act.edu.au
Melissa NisbetReleasemelissa.nisbet@ed.act.edu.au

In Built Relief Teachers

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Patricia WilliamsIBR Teacherpatricia.williams@ed.act.edu.au
Dora ZhaoIBR  Teacheryanmin.zhao@ed.act.edu.au
Diem NaingIBR  Teacherdiem.naing@ed.act.edu.au

Senior Site

Administration Team

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Anne BlackmoreStudent Services Coordinatoranne.blackmore@ed.act.edu.au
Sam JonesPurchasing Officer/Administration/First Aid/LSAsamuel.jones@ed.act.edu.au
Summer ReesReception/Excursions/First Aidsummer.rees@ed.act.edu.au
Bianca PartingtonPsychologist (T, Th, F)bianca.partington@ed.act.edu.au
Shane CarterSchool Nurse (W, Th, F)CHS.SYHN@act.gov.au
Jade PeharStudent Attendance Officer/Communicationsjade.pehar@ed.act.edu.au
Alison Scholes 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
Anthony KnightsBuilding Services Officeranthony.knights@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
Troy  PinchenWood Technology Supporttroy.pinchen@ed.act.edu.au
Colin WilsonDefence School Mentorcolin.wilson@ed.act.edu.au
Eva GasiewiczYouth Support Workereva.b.gasiewicz@ed.act.edu.au
Tomasi  BikacaYouth Support Workertomasi.bikaca@ed.act.edu.au
Tania SchrattenholzLearning Support Assistanttania.schrattenholz@ed.act.edu.au
Jake Gyory-MeighanLearning Support Assistantjake.gyory-meighan@ed.act.edu.au

Year Coordinators

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Joshua TyndallYear 7 Coordinatorjoshua.tyndall@ed.act.edu.au
Amy-Louise EvansYear 8 Coordinatoramy-louise.evans@ed.act.edu.au
Isobel BakerYear 8 Coordinatorisobel.baker@ed.act.edu.au
Belinda Chapman-SmithYear 9 Coordinatorbelinda.chapman-smith@ed.act.edu.au
Nam KimYear 9 Coordinatornam.kim@ed.act.edu.au
Clive MackillopYear 10 Coordinatorclive.mackillop@ed.act.edu.au
Emily KreymborgYear10 Coordinatoremily.kreymborg@ed.act.edu.au
Carmela BrancatoEALD Co-ordinatorcarmela.brancato@ed.act.edu.au

PC Groups

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Matthew Cusack7Amatthew.cusack@ed.act.edu.au
Ashleigh Sorenson7Bashleigh.sorenson@ed.act.edu.au
Jia-Ying Lim7Cjia-ying.lim@ed.act.edu.au
Rakesh Sewak7Drakesh.sewak@ed.act.edu.au
David Cruise7Edavid.cruise@ed.act.edu.au
Natasha Pearson7Fnatasha.pearson@ed.act.edu.au
Suci Fitriani7Gsuci.fitriani@ed.act.edu.au
Keygan Dawes-McLaren7Hkeygan.dawes-airey@ed.act.edu.au
Alexander Petrovic8Aalexander.petrovic@ed.act.edu.au
Rachel Bowman8Brachel.bowman@ed.act.edu.au
Jenni McInnes8Cjennifer.mcinnes@ed.act.edu.au
Rezaul Mridha8Drezaul.mridha@ed.act.edu.au
James Lutalo8Ejames.lutalo@ed.act.edu.au
Isabel Davies8Fisabel.davies@ed.act.edu.au
Purnima Thankappan8Gpurnima.thankappan@ed.act.edu.au
Josh Alexander9Ajosh.alexander@ed.act.edu.au
Steven Sengstock9Bsteven.sengstock@ed.act.edu.au
Sharon Towner9Csharon.towner@ed.act.edu.au
Osa  Akioya9Dosa.akioya@ed.act.edu.au
Sara Zwangobani9Esara.zwangobani@ed.act.edu.au
Marty Brouwer9Fmarty.brouwer@ed.act.edu.au
Namra Shahid9Gnamra.shahid@ed.act.edu.au
Linda Jameison9Hlinda.jameison@ed.act.edu.au
Maddison Piggott9Imaddison.piggott@ed.act.edu.au
Dylan Paull10Adylan.paull@ed.act.edu.au
Zach Parker10Bzach.parker@ed.act.edu.au
Damien Trask10Cdamien.trask@ed.act.edu.au
Kristina Salvestro10Dkristina.salvestro@ed.act.edu.au
Linda Tol10Elinda.tol@ed.act.edu.au
Hayley Armstrong10Fhayley.armstrong@ed.act.edu.au
Doug Amarfio10Gdoug.amarfio@ed.act.edu.au
Dean Baddah10Hdean.baddah@ed.act.edu.au
Victoria Stockl10Ivictoria.stockl@ed.act.edu.au

Library

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Isabel  DaviesLibrary Managerisabel.davies@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
Doug  AmarfioArts & Design Teacher - Wooddoug.amarfio@ed.act.edu.au
Zach RaffanArts & Design Teacher - Music/Media Artszach.raffan@ed.act.edu.au
Philippa SimpsonArts & Design Teacher - Musicphilippa.simpson@ed.act.edu.au
Laura ThomasArts & Design Teacher - Musiclaura.thomas@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
Troy PinchenWood Technology Supporttroy.pinchen@ed.act.edu.au

Language & Literature

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Laura FreemanLanguage & Literature Subject Group Leaderlaura.freeman@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
Isabel DaviesLanguage & Literature Teacherisabel.davies@ed.act.edu.au
Dylan  PaullLanguage & Literature Teacherdylan.paull@ed.act.edu.au
Helen ChapmanLanguage & Literature Teacherhelen.chapman@ed.act.edu.au
Suci FitrianiLanguage & Literature Teachersuci.fitriani@ed.act.edu.au
Laura ThomasLanguage & Literature Teacherlaura.thomas@ed.act.edu.au

Language Acquisition

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Bec DuncanLanguage Acquisition Subject Group Leaderrebecca.duncan@ed.act.edu.au
Nam KimLanguage Acquisition Teacher - Koreannam.kim@ed.act.edu.au
Matt CusackLanguage Acquisition Teacher - Japanesematthew.cusack@ed.act.edu.au
Ro StubbsLanguage Acquisition Teacher - Japaneserowelanne.stubbs@ed.act.edu.au
Sakiba RahmanLanguage Acquisition Teacher - Japanesesakiba.rahman@ed.act.edu.au
Steven SengstockLanguage Acquisition Teacher - Indonesiansteven.sengstock@ed.act.edu.au
Sharon TownerLanguage Acquisition Teacher - Frenchsharon.towner@ed.act.edu.au

Individuals & Societies

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Laura FreemanIndividuals & Societies Subject Group Leaderlaura.freeman@ed.act.edu.au
Dean BaddahIndividuals & Societies Teacherdean.baddah@ed.act.edu.au
Marty BrouwerIndividuals & Societies Teachermarty.brouwer@ed.act.edu.au
Helen ChapmanIndividuals & Societies Teacherhelen.chapman@ed.act.edu.au
David CruiseIndividuals & Societies Teacherdavid.cruise@ed.act.edu.au
Keygan  Dawes-McLarenIndividuals & Societies Teacherkeygan.dawes-airey@ed.act.edu.au
Jai-Ying LimIndividuals & Societies Teacherjai-ying.lim@ed.act.edu.au
Namra ShahidIndividuals & Societies Teachernamra.shahid@ed.act.edu.au
Alex PetrovicIndividuals & Societies Teacheralexander.petrovic@ed.act.edu.au
Laura ThomasIndividuals & Societies Teacherlaura.thomas@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
Rachel BowmanMathematics Teacherrachel.bowman@ed.act.edu.au
Belinda Chapman-SmithMathematics Teacherbelinda.chapman-smith@ed.act.edu.au
Victoria StocklMathematics Teachervictoria.stockl@ed.act.edu.au
David NguyenMathematics Teachertuan.nguyen@ed.act.edu.au

Physical & Health Education

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Rebecca PlattenPhysical & Health Education Subject Group Leaderrebecca.platten@ed.act.edu.au
Natasha PearsonPhysical & Health Education Teachernatasha.pearson@ed.act.edu.au
Brent FelixPhysical & Health Education Teacherbrent.felix@ed.act.edu.au
Hayley ArmstrongPhysical & Health Education Teacherhayley.armstrong@ed.act.edu.au
Joshua TyndallPhysical & Health Education Teacherjoshua.tyndall@ed.act.edu.au
Zach ParkerPhysical & Health Education Teacherzach.parker@ed.act.edu.au
Kristina SalvestroPhysical & Health Education Teacherkristina.salvestro@ed.act.edu.au
Sam HatzikiriakosPhysical & Health Education Teachersamuel.hatzikiriakos@ed.act.edu.au
Dean BaddahRAWSdean.baddah@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
Amy-Louise EvansSciences Teacheramy-louise.evans@ed.act.edu.au
Jenni McInnesSciences Teacherjennifer.mcinnes@ed.act.edu.au
Josh AlexanderSciences Teacherjosh.alexander@ed.act.edu.au
James LutaloSciences Teacherjames.lutalo@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

In Built Relief Teachers

Staff MemberRoleEmail
Vanessa StrongIBR Teachervanessa.strong@ed.act.edu.au
Jacob CherianIBR Teacherjacob.cherian@ed.act.edu.au