About St Bernard’s College
St Bernard’s College is an integrated Catholic Year 7 to 13 school for boys. The college is located in the centre of Lower Hutt, 20 minutes from Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city. It serves the Catholic community across the Hutt Valley and Wainuiomata area. The maximum roll is 660 pupils.This is a good size, allowing the College to provide a full and varied range of subjects and activities, yet remaining small enough to ensure a caring, safe and personalised environment.
Our School Vision is to be an inspiring Catholic Learning Community which nurtures the growth of our sons.
Welcome to St Bernard’s College!
Our Goal is to empower our learners to achieve their full potential in the Way of the Gospel.
The College is based on Catholic, Gospel values which sees the sanctity and dignity of the individual person as paramount. This way focusses on empowering others and removing barriers that might prevent them from becoming the best person that they can be. Our teaching and learning environment is student centered; supportive, celebrates diversity and always seeks to focus on the growth and wellbeing of the individual.
Our Goal is to grow a strong learning culture that inspires success in all of our students in partnership with whanau and community.
Empowerment of our students means providing learning pathways and engaging learning opportunities that allow students to fulfil their potential and become caring, informed and successful citizens. As a College we seek involvement of students and families. We strive to provide a teaching and learning environment that is modern and therefore enhances innovation and quality. We want to be known as a learning institution that others look to as a model of best practice.
College Staff
Meet our team
Simon Stack
Principal
Roy McGrath
Deputy Principal – Senior Pastoral Care
Jonny Boon
Deputy Principal – Junior Pastoral Care
David Housden
Assistant Principal
Staff List
BUSINESS MANAGER
Dominic Outtrim
DIRECTOR OF SPORT
Wendy Tukapua
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT LIAISON
Mikayla Paterson
HEADS OF DEPARTMENT
Careers | Emma Bull
Commerce | David Housden
Digital Technologies | David Housden
English | Andrew Clarke
Languages | Manu Corcoran
Learning Support | Celeste Vaughan
Maths | Helen Baker
PE | Jonny Hewson
Religious Studies | Patricia Haley
Science | Luka Andic
Social Sciences | Edwin West
Technology | Patrick Cassidy
YEAR 7
DEAN – Mitch Bialy
TUTOR TEACHERS
Mitch Bialy – 7BL
Christina Calcinai – 7CL
Kaila Robertson – 7RO
YEAR 8
DEAN – Emma Burns
TUTOR TEACHERS
Emma Burns – 8BR
Matthew Dusterhoft – 8DU
Pelasio Filo – 8FI
YEAR 9
DEAN – Paulina Watson
TUTOR TEACHERS
Matthew Bayliss – 9BY
James Martin – 9MR
Kerry Logan – 9LG
Nick Risdon – 9RI
Marie Whareaitu – 9WH
YEAR 10
DEAN – John Pesefea
TUTOR TEACHERS
Lily Davies – 10DA
Amelia Gill – 10GL
Jayden Gordon – 10GR
Jacob Harris – 10HS
Julian Emmanuel – 10EM
YEAR 11
DEAN – Mark Harrison
TUTOR TEACHERS
Andrew Clarke – 11AC
Luka Andic – 11AN
Helen Baker – 11BA
Jonny Hewson – 11HE
Kirstyn Hatton – 11HO
Celeste Vaughan – 11VA
YEAR 12
DEAN – Anthony Kleinjan
TUTOR TEACHERS
Celina Jennings – 12JE
Matt Hoyes – 12MH
Scott McLeod – 12ML
John Palamo – 12PA
Te Wai Piripi – 12PI
Parehuia Onekawa Watson – 12PR
YEAR 13
DEAN – Emma Bull
TUTOR TEACHERS
Manu Corcoran – 13CO
Alo Faamoe – 13FA
David Housden – 13DH
Will Pike – 13PK
Edwin West – 13WE
TEACHERS
Patrick Cassidy
Kirstyn Hatton
Kavita Gounder
Gareth Connell-Smith
Doris Kwok
Nilesh Adip
Kaila Robertson
Kelly Summ
Reegan Stewart
Rebecca Blackwood
David Wilson
TEACHER AIDES
Jill Tuau
Olivia Kenning
Petrus Struwig
Mikayla Paterson
Raaghini SaiShivkumar
SUPPORT STAFF
School Secretary | Nicola Rainey
Accounts Payable/Receivable | Leonora Vorsta
Administration Support | Karen McAuliffe
Caretaker | John Benge
Caretaker | Tyrone Te Tau
Guidance Councellor | Preet Kaur
Information Centre Manager | Clare Hazlewood
Science Technician | Lynley Pawson
Gateway Broker | Alo Faamoe
Format for staff email: First initial of the first name then surname @sbc.school.nz
