HOLY TRINITY PEWLEY DOWN SCHOOL - Key Persons
Abigail moves to teach in Chestnut class Year 2 from Year 4. She moved to Guildford from Bristol where she particularly enjoyed working with younger children. She spends her weekends swimming, dancing, cooking, cake decorating, sewing and strolling in the Surrey countryside. Abigail is the Nightingale house leader and is looking forward to the house competitions.
Alison teaches part-time across HT. She is head of Mandela House and supports the children in running the junior school ECO Team. She loves teaching practical lessons, particularly in maths and science, and is a keen reader, enjoying sharing story time with the children. Alison is an enthusiastic gardener and loves to spend time in the outdoors, and can often be seen walking her dog on Pewley Downs
Job Titles:
- Maths Teaching Assistant
- Specialist
Amanda is a Specialist Maths TA. She works to support and enrich the maths teaching in Year 6, and runs maths activities across HT.
"Active Andy"! Andy's one of the Sporty TA's at Pewley and delivers the Change4Life programme at both sites. He's also involved in playing with and helping the children set up games at break and lunch.
Prior to teaching I spent a year travelling around South East Asia and living in Malaysia. I worked as a Higher Level TA before qualifying as a teacher. I love travelling and exploring new places. In my spare time I enjoy swimming, fitness classes and spending quality time with friends and family.
Ben joins the Year 4 team this year. Ben loves being out and about. He enjoys watching his beloved Burnley FC, finding new places to eat or in his campervan trying to find the best waves.
Bev works on both of our sites and oversees Finance, Personnel, ICT, the School Offices and other administrative functions. Hours: Mon to Thurs - 8.30am to 5pm.
Bridgit is available to provide support for children, parents and carers. She also works as an SEN TA in Year 3.
Carla is a SEN TA in Year 4. She has taken to working in school like a duck to water and her cheery smile brings out the best in everyone she works with. She says she's not sporty but she loves getting stuck in with all our lessons including PE and the extra curricular activities. She's already got involved with sports events and residentials.
Cat is a specialist teacher working in our SEN team. She provides focused support for children individually or in small groups focused on reading, spelling and also maths. Currently, she is working in Y5. Cat has a particular interest in dyslexia. Cat has lived in New York and Tokyo but more recently you are likely to find her travelling down the river Wey in her kayak or walking the family dog on the Downs.
Clare loves finding out about new things; from her time as a research scientist to being a parent and then a teacher, she has always enjoyed lifelong learning. With the privilege of leading HTPD, she is delighted to belong to such a vibrant and exciting learning community. The school's values are a constant inspiration to her, as they embody the good news of God's love for all people and truly help all of us to ‘Learn to Live'.
Danni trained at HTPD in Year 1&5. She enjoys cooking and experimenting with different recipes, chocolate cake being a favourite. She likes to be creative by drawing, painting and sometimes writing. She has travelled here and there and enjoys learning about different cultures. Her travelling highlight of last year was walking along The Great Wall of China. She also loves a good animation movie, Madagascar being top!
Debbie works on both sites in her role as Deputy Head and enjoys working with children from reception to year six. She looks after additional needs at HTPD and coordinates our provision of support throughout the school. Debbie is the longest serving teacher having joined the staff in 1992 and has had the privilege of teaching more than one generation of some of the families in our community!
Emily moves to Beech class in Year 1 and considers herself very lucky to have been able to teach at both the infants and the juniors over the years. She organises house events at the juniors with the help of the fabulous house captains. Emily loves being outside - gardening, walking, running and swimming at the lido (when it's not too cold!).
Emma joins the team at Pewley this year, teaching in Year 1 Beech class. Emma loves being outside and going for long walks. She also enjoys running, singing, painting, and baking in her free time.
Flora works with Bev and the Admin Team in the Finance Department. She manages ParentPay among her other responsibilities.
Frances loves teaching young children and is delighted to be teaching each class at Pewley at some point each week. She has a tendency to invent a song for everything, from lining up, to remembering book bags and water bottles! Frances enjoys running, walking her dog, cooking, and spending time with friends and family.
Before Georgie's training to become a teacher she worked in settings for children and adults with autism and other special needs. She enjoys getting involved in anything to do with science and testing theories! Georgie loves being outdoors for long walks, picnics and gardening. You'll also often find her in the cinema or hunting for a good music gig.
Geraldine is our wonderful librarian who is a wealth of information about all things literary and so much more! Her enthusiasm spills over to us all. She goes beyond the realms of librarian offering us some great opportunies and clubs.
Hayley has always worked with young children. She was part of the Special Needs team before moving to a class teacher. Hayley loves reading, pottering in her garden and walking in the Surrey Hills with her friends, family and little dog Max.
Helen is a year 5 and PPA teacher specialising in Drama. When not looking after her 2 children and performing in assemblies, Helen enjoys nothing more than creating dances for shows and for fun. She also loves reading books out to the class and following Reading FC in the championship.
Helen is based at the junior school but leads assessment across both schools in her role as Deputy Head.
James is our IT Manager and keeps our servers and PC's up and running.
Jo moves from the infants to the juniors this year. She enjoys running (very slowly!) around the beautiful Surrey Hills. She also loves all things crafty, and always has a creative project or two on the go. With a background in Geography, she enjoys sharing her enthusiasm for the subject with the children.
Jo is delighted to have joined the HTPD team after working in London schools since 2012. She loves making the learning in her classroom as fun as possible for the children to build on their knowledge and their confidence. In her spare time Jo enjoys reading and baking.
Julie is one of our longest serving members of staff. She is Site Manager of both the Infant and Junior school and is based at the Junior school. Julie also runs breakfast club at the Junior school.
Laura teaches in Oak class sharing with Emily and teaches Art at HT. Having specialised in Art at university, Laura particularly loves teaching this subject. She enjoys being creative and reading a good book, especially during story time at school.
Job Titles:
- Sports Co - Ordinator at HT
Laura's the enthusiastic Sports Co-Ordinator at Holy Trinity and works closely with Nick and other sports teachers arranging and co-ordinating matches and events with other schools.
Lilja teaches across both schools and is a deputy DSL. She leads English across the school and loves reading. In her spare time, Lilja enjoys sport and any opportunity to be outdoors as well as playing the clarinet and being surrounded by music.
Job Titles:
- HLTA Music Teacher and EAL at HT
Linda enjoys sharing her passion for music in Y3,4 and 5 and runs school music clubs, playing the piano with the children at every opportunity! She also works with Y3-6, helping our children who speak English as an additional language. Amidst her travel adventures, Linda has lived, studied and worked in France so understands the challenges of speaking a different language in a new country! In school Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Job Titles:
- HLTA Foreign Languages Teacher
Louise is our languages teacher, with a main focus on French throughout the school and additionally a taster term in German and Spanish in Y6.
Lucy is our Home School Link Worker, our DDSL (deputy safeguarding lead) and young carers' champion. She is available to provide support for children, parents and carers. Together with Bridgit, she co-runs parent groups and coffee mornings. She is a link between home and school and can make supporting referrals to outside organisations such as local charities and is an ongoing contact as children move from school to school.
Maria supports the Holy Trinity School office on a Wednesday and Friday.
Natalia is enjoying her bigger role at HT. She works Monday - Thursday each week.
Nick is Head of Sport and Head of House. He loves getting involved in all aspects of school life can normally be found outside with his class or one of HTPD's many sports teams.
Paul moved to Guildford after working as a Outdoor Education tutor in Scotland for many years. He now looks forward to supporting PE lessons with the use of some additional physical training and a holistic view of sport health and well-being. Working in smaller groups Paul is able to focus more on the needs of the individual.
You can find Ruth smiling at you from the office. She has uncanny knack of knowing every child and all of their needs and problems! Ruth offers a warm welcom to all as you step into Pewley.
Sarah is a Year 4 teacher and leads History. Her drama background means she is never happier than when dressing-up, either as an historical figure, an assembly character or for reading stories. She also has the fun of directing the Christmas play! Sarah loves to immerse herself in the world of sci-fi and fantasy and can usually be found practising her lightsaber skills, whipping up a potion or day-dreaming about Middle-earth.
Scarlett joins the Year 5 team this year, returning to her old primary school as a teacher! Outside of school, she loves all things artsy - especially music, reading and singing! She can often be spotted performing with her choir, or enjoying Guildford's green spaces with her dog, Buddy.
Sheena has taught in years R, 1, 2 and 3 and has now moved to Year 4. Sheena lived in Texas for 6 years. In her spare time she likes to walk her dog and watch cookery shows. Sheena is a deputy DSL.
Sue works in Reception on Monday, Tuesday and Friday.
Toby has previously taught in Year 3 & 5 before moving to Walnut class in Year 2 this year. He spends his spare time out on his mountain bike, playing the drums or planning my next trip to the mountains or the beach.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Head & Year 5 Teacher
Tom is based at the juniors and spends most of his week teaching Year 5. He is also head of Nightingale house and leads maths and assessment across the school. Tom is a deputy DSL. When not in his classroom, he is usually hitting the trails on his mountain bike.
Tracey heads up the Junior Year 3 and 4 special needs team and works with individuals and small groups of children with a variety of literacy skills.