Communication

We pride ourselves on our communication with our school community.

As well as this website, we send home regular newsletters and Hero posts.

We also have three Facebook pages that we update regularly:

  • Oxford Crescent School
  • OCS Sports and Physical Activity
  • OCS Fundraisers

Classroom Communication

Teachers are in the classrooms from 8:30am to 3:30pm.

We also have scheduled staff meetings from 3:30pm to share day-to-day information.​​​​​​​

If you would like a longer or private meeting with the teacher you are welcome to arrange a day and time to meet via email, contacts below.

Telephone: (04) 528 5843
​​​​​​​Address: ​​​​​​​5 Oxford Crescent, Ebdentown, Upper Hutt​​​​​​​

Absences: 
For absences please contact the office or fill out the absences form here

Niggles​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Process 

It's often best to share our concerns before an issue gets too big. Here is a flowchart of our Niggles Process for you to follow.

Management Team:

Principal: Nathan Russell (nathanr@oxfordcres.school.nz)

Deputy Principal: Merilyn McKenzie (merilynm@oxfordcres.school.nz)

Assistant Principal: Vanessa Murphy (vanessam@oxfordcres.school.nz)


Office:

General Office: Office         (office@oxfordcres.school.nz)

Office Manager: Lynley Roberts (lynleyr@oxfordcres.school.nz)

Office Assistant: Paula Maher (office.assistant@oxfordcres.school.nz)

Caretaker: Greig Davis (caretaker@oxfordcres.school.nz)

Sports Coordinator: Tania Lister (sports@oxfordcres.school.nz)


Specialist Teachers:

Literacy: Sharon Watson (sharonw@oxfordcres.school.nz)

Learning Support: Sharyn Spotswood (lsc@oxfordcres.school.nz)

SENCO: Merilyn McKenzie (merilynm@oxfordcres.school.nz)


Kiwi Pod:

Team Leader: Yvonne Gray

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Room 1: Stephanie Bootten-Baines (stephanieb@oxfordcres.school.nz)

Room 2: Hayley Cooper (hayleyc@oxfordcres.school.nz)

Room 4: Julie MacManus (juliem@oxfordcres.school.nz) 

Room 5: Sasha Exalto (sashae@oxfordcres.school.nz) 

Room 6: Dielie Eksteen (dieliee@oxfordcres.school.nz)

Room 7: Yvonne Gray (yvonneg@oxfordcres.school.nz)



Tui Pod:

Team Leader: Lacey McCarthy

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Room 8: Sally Ratchford (sallyr@oxfordcres.school.nz)

Room 9: Lacey McCarthy ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(laceym@oxfordcres.school.nz)

Room 10: Niamh Cusin (niamhc@oxfordcres.school.nz)


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Kakapo Pod:

Team Leader: Karly Logan

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Room 3: Melissa Davies (melissad@oxfordcres.school.nz)

Room 14:  Glynis Skippers (glyniss@oxfordcres.school.nz) 

Room 15: Emilee Plowman (emileep@oxfordcres.school.nz)

Room 16: Hannah Boivin-Edwards (hannahbe@oxfordcres.school.nz) 

Room 17: Karly Logan (karlyl@oxfordcres.school.nz)


Takahe Pod:

Team Leader: Alyse Campbell


Room 11: Spyridoula Kalogirou (spyridoulak@oxfordcres.school.nz)

Room 12: Alyse Campbell (alysec@oxfordcres.school.nz)

Room 13: Charlotte McManus (charlottem@oxfordcres.school.nz)