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 School
Elizabeth Thomson
Deputy Principal – Junior School
David Housden
Assistant Principal
Staff List
BUSINESS MANAGER
Dominic Outtrim
DIRECTOR OF SPORT
Wendy Tukapua
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT MANAGER
Anna-Marie Dickinson
HEADS OF DEPARTMENT
Careers | Emma Bull
Commerce | David Housden
Digital Technologies | David Housden
English | Nicola Hare
Languages | Manu Corcoran
Learning Support | Sue Johnson
Maths | Helen Baker
PE | Jonny Hewson
Religious Studies | Jonny Boon
Science | Luka Andic
Social Sciences | Edwin West
Technology | Patrick Cassidy
YEAR 7
DEAN – Andrew Clarke
TUTOR TEACHERS
Andrew Clarke – 7AC
Leyton Walker – 7WL
Amelia Gill – 7GL
YEAR 8
DEAN – Emma Burns
TUTOR TEACHERS
Emma Burns – 8BR
Mitch Bialy – 8BL
Christina Calcinai – 8CL
YEAR 9
DEAN – Paulina Watson
TUTOR TEACHERS
Kerry Logan – 9LG
Jonny Boon – 9BN
Matthew Bayliss – 9BY
Patricia Haley – 9HY
YEAR 10
DEAN – Anthony Kleinjan
TUTOR TEACHERS
Helen Baker – 10BA
John Pelamo – 10PA
Pelasio Filo – 10FI
Julian Emmanuel – 10EM
Celina Jennings – 10JE
YEAR 11
DEAN – John Pesefea
TUTOR TEACHERS
Jonny Hewson – 11HE
Sue Johnson – 11JO
Edwin West – 11WE
Parehuia Onekawa Watson – 11PR
Melissa Watt – 11WT
Manu Corcoran – 11CO
Luka Andic – 11AN
YEAR 12
DEAN – Emma Bull
TUTOR TEACHERS
Lily Davies – 12DA
Nicola Hare – 12NH
Te Wai Piripi – 12PI
Nila Uili – 12UI
Ava Norian – 12NO
YEAR 13
DEAN – Mark Harrison
TUTOR TEACHERS
Jessica Carter – 13CE
David Housden – 13DH
Jacob Harris – 13HS
Matt Hoyes – 13MH
Nick Risdon – 13RI
TEACHERS
Colin Frude
Nilesh Adip
Kaila Robertson
Kelly Summ
TEACHER AIDES
Jennifer Cousine
Jill Tuau
Olivia Kenning
Petrus Struwig
SUPPORT STAFF
School Secretary | Nicola Rainey
Accounts Payable/Receivable | Nicola Graham
Administration Support | Karen McAuliffe
Caretaker | John Benge
Guidance Councellor | Inderpreet Kaur
Information Centre Manager | Clare Hazlewood
Science Technician | Lynley Pawson