New Teacher Interviews

By John McBride | Posted: Tuesday May 8, 2018

This week we have interviewed the four new Casebrook classroom teachers that started in 2018.

How are you enjoying Casebrook so far?

• Miss Kerr - Loving it.

• Mr Watts - It’s awesome, it's a really good school.

• Miss Clark - I love it.

• Miss McKenzie - I’m loving it.

2.What is your favourite thing about Casebrook?

• Miss Kerr - How welcoming everybody is.

• Mr Watts - The people, everyone is really nice and helpful.

• Miss Clark - The people.

• Miss McKenzie - The friendly students, everyone is friendly and helpful and its a positive place.

3.What do you think Casebrook could improve on?

• Miss Kerr - General respect.

• Mr Watts - Swearing/bad language.

• Miss Clark - Littering.

• Miss McKenzie - Being kind to one and other and using respectful language as well.

4.Are you coaching or have you coached a Hagley team? If not, do you want to?

• Miss Kerr - She would like to but she missed out

• Mr Watts - Football C team and softball team.

• Miss Clark - Netball and volleyball.

• Miss McKenzie - no she is not but would like to next year.

5.Can you tell us a few interesting things about yourself?

• Miss Kerr - Decided to become a teacher when she was volunteering at a school in Africa, she has visited 28 different countries.

• Mr Watts - Favourite sport is softball, used to flat with Mr Foster in Dunedin when he was studying, likes watching movies and doing exercise.

• Miss Clark - She has done two half iron mans, has lived in the US and UAE, has just started playing netball again.

• Miss McKenzie - Youngest in her family and she plays hockey for a club in Christchurch.

By Briar Duston and Zoe Falgar (Rm 14)