2026 Prep Team!
Name: Mrs Marissa Carpenter – Prep (Team Leader)
• Favourite Colour: Sage Green.
• Favourite Food: Bacon and hot chips.
• Favourite Hobbies: Bushwalking and being creative.
• FUN FACT: I have travelled to Egypt, walked inside the pyramids, and seen Tutankhamen’s mummy.
Name: Kaisey
• Favourite Colour: Purple
• Favourite Food: Mexican
• Favourite Hobbies: Swimming
• FUN FACT: I am also a chef, and I love making high teas.
2026 Grade 1/2 Team!
Name: Mrs Kathryn Douglas – Grade 1/2A (Team Leader)
• Favourite Colour: Totally Green. My birthday is on St Patricks day, so it really makes sense!!
• Favourite Food: I love a good Fish and Chips burger and jelly snakes.
• Favourite Hobbies: Walking, gardening, and playing cards with my mum during the holidays.
• FUN FACT: I have climbed Mt Fuji in Japan and named our cat ‘Neko’ which is the name for cat in Japanese and the name of one of my favourite musicians Neko Case.
Name: Mrs Fiona Gane – Grade 1/2B
• My favourite Colour: Purple
• My favourite Food: Pizza and chocolate (not together)
• My favourite Hobbies: Cooking and reading
• FUN FACT: I always have a secret stash of sticker.
Name: Mrs Lissa Prasel – Grade 1/2C
• Favourite Colour: blue
• Favourite Food: anything Japanese
• Favourite Hobbies: rock n roll dancing
• FUN FACT: I can play the ukulele
Name: Ashleigh
• Favourite Colour: Blue
• Favourite Food: Stroganoff
• Favourite Hobbies: Watching true crime tv.
• FUN FACT: I have 7 siblings.
2026 Grade 3/4 Team!
Name: Miss Keylie Groen – Grade 3/4A: Curriculum Learning Specialist
• Favourite Colour: Yellow
• Favourite Food: Chocolate
• Favourite Hobbies: Making jewellery and spending time with my two little kiddies.
• FUN FACT: I love games, puzzles and maths!
Name: Mrs Kasey Marra – Grade 3/4B (Team Leader)
• Favourite Colour: Pink
• Favourite Food: Pasta
• Favourite Hobbies: Reading and Knitting
• FUN FACT: I have a Labrador called Dele & a black and white cat named Rachael.
Name: Ms Aleesha Whitelock – Grade 3/4C
• Favourite Colour: Green
• Favourite Food: Hot chips
• Favourite Hobbies: Riding my horses, camping and playing guitar
• FUN FACT: I love snakes, but I’m scared of spiders!
Name: Mr Andy Moore – Grade 3/4C
• Favourite Colour: Yellow
• Favourite Food: Gambas al ajillo (Spanish garlic prawns)
• Favourite Hobbies: Music, beach holidays, camping, watching AFL and NFL.
• FUN FACT: I have lived in Spain, Scotland and Germany.
Name: Liz C
• Favourite Colour: Magenta
• Favourite Food: A good Moroccan Stew
• Favourite Hobbies: Painting, Hiking and lots of dancing
• FUN FACT: I have climbed most mountains in Tasmania
Name: Lis K
• Favourite Colour: Purple
• Favourite Food: Chicken Parma
• Favourite Hobbies: Gardening and Grandchildren
• FUN FACT: I preserve food that I grow from the garden
Name: Julia
• Favourite Colour: Burgandy
• Favourite Food: Cheese
• Favourite Hobbies: Gardening, drawing, painting, reading, walking, playing with dogs and cats.
• FUN FACT: I have no uncles, aunts or cousins.
2026 Grade 5/6 Team!
Name: Miss Shantelle Bellingham – Grade 5/6A: Wellbeing Learning Specialist
• Favourite Colour: Pink and Green
• Favourite Food: Spaghetti bolognaises
• Favourite Hobbies: Reading, going to the theatre
• FUN FACT: The scariest thing I have ever done is when I went skydiving in New Zealand! It was incredible with beautiful views of the glaciers.
Name: Miss Vanessa Imberger – Grade 5/6A
• Favourite Colour: Mustard yellow
• Favourite Food: Mash potatoes with gravy
• Favourite Hobbies: Gardening and making art in my studio
• FUN FACT: I lived in Spain for a year and still have a weekly Spanish lesson every Friday night after school.
Name: Miss Sarah Hubbard – 5/6B (Team Leader)
• Favourite Colour: Red
• Favourite Food: Dip, biscuits and cheese!
• Favourite Hobbies: Basketball and going to watch the Tigers.
• FUN FACT: I tell really funny jokes.
Name: Mrs Belinda Granger – Grade 5/6C
• Favourite Colour: Turquoise
• Favourite Food: Japanese food and blueberries.
• Favourite Hobbies: Fitness, pottery and camping.
• FUN FACT: My favourite place to sleep is in a swag, under the stars.
Name: Mrs Janet Miller
• Favourite Colour: Blue
• Favourite Food: Dessert
• Favourite Hobbies: Reading, having a chat, being brave.
• FUN FACT: I was born in the Spring, but my birthday is in Autumn.
Name: Jason
• Favourite Colour: Green
• Favourite Food: Pizza
• Favourite Hobbies: Motor bike riding
• FUN FACT: I’m double jointed.
Name: Sean
• Favourite Colour: Green
• Favourite Food: Mango
• Favourite Hobbies: Golf
• FUN FACT: I love hugging trees
2026 Specialist Team!
ART – Miss Vanessa Imberger
• Favourite Colour: Mustard yellow
• Favourite Food: Mash potatoes with gravy
• Favourite Hobbies: Gardening and making art in my studio
• FUN FACT: I lived in Spain for a year and still have a weekly Spanish lesson every Friday night after school.
P.E – Mrs Meaghan Carter
• Favourite Colour: Sky Blue
• Favourite Food: Pasta
• Favourite Hobbies: Playing netball, watching AFL, swimming
• FUN FACT: I have only been to the snow once and got hypothermia! Give me hot, tropical weather any day!
AUSLAN – Miss Sarah Round
• Favourite Colour: Teal
• Favourite Food: Pizza & Pasta
• Favourite Hobbies: All things outdoors include walking, exploring new places, tennis and bike riding.
• FUN FACT: I LOVE games! I don’t win them all, but I always have fun.
MUSIC – Mr Andy Moore
• Favourite Colour: Yellow
• Favourite Food: Gambas al ajillo (Spanish garlic prawns)
• Favourite Hobbies: Music, beach holidays, camping, watching AFL and NFL.
• FUN FACT: I have lived in Spain, Scotland and Germany.
MHIP – Ms Nerae Preece
• Favourite Colour: Yellow
• Favourite Food: Raman (best Ramen restaurant in Melbourne is Gogyo!)
• Favourite Hobbies: Swimming, Rummikub and organising Cookbook parties
• FUN FACT: I learnt to play the piano when I was 40 (Thanks to the amazing Mima)
Meet your Principal!
Name: Mr Scott Crawford
• Favourite Colour: Blue
• Favourite Food: Meat Pies
• Favourite Hobbies: Fishing
• FUN FACT: I lost my mobile phone over the side of the boat when catching a gummy shark!
Meet your Assistant Principal!
Name: Mrs Emma Griffiths
• Favourite Colour: Pink
• Favourite Food: Char grilled octopus
• Favourite Hobbies: Swimming in the ocean.
• FUN FACT: I own nearly 200 pairs of earrings!
Meet your Business Manager!
Name: Mrs Meralyn Hammond
• Favourite Colour: Hot pink
• Favourite Food: Italian
• Favourite Hobbies: Anything to do with fluffy animals.
• FUN FACT: I own 2 miniature donkeys with one on the way.
Meet your Administration!
Name: Alyssa Stephens
• Favourite Colour: Purple
• Favourite Food: I love Japanese food
• Favourite Hobbies: I bake cakes
• FUN FACT: My Aunty taught at Badger Creek Primary’s ‘Old School’
