Erin Sutherland

Erin Sutherland

Year 3 Teacher and Lower Middle School Team Leader

Erin has been teaching for over twenty years and prior to joining the staff at Medbury, was a team leader at Clearview Primary. She holds a Bachelor of Education from the University of Canterbury and a Diploma of Teaching from the Christchurch College of Education. Erin has a passion for literacy and is trained in Reading Recovery. She is currently studying towards her Master of Education, endorsed in Literacy. In her spare time, Erin enjoys music and spending time with her family.

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Clare Erasmus

Clare Erasmus

Year 3 Teacher

Clare has a Bachelor of Arts (majoring in Sociology and Legal Studies), Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Sociology, Master’s Degree in Social Science and a Bachelor of Education. She has been teaching for twenty years. She began her teaching career, lecturing at the University of Kwa Zulu Natal before taking on a role at an independent school in Taipei, Taiwan. She then moved to Australia, where she studied and taught. Clare and her family then moved to New Zealand and prior to joining Medbury, she taught at The Cathedral Grammar School.

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Nicholas Black

Nicholas Black

Year 4 Teacher

Nicholas has been working at Medbury since 1999. In 2005, he spent some time overseas and returned to Medbury as a Year 5 Teacher. In 2016, Nicholas took a year’s sabbatical, working on the family farm. He is currently teaching a Year 4 class. Nicholas holds a Bachelor of Teaching and Learning from the Christchurch College of Education.

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Tanya Princeton

Tanya Princeton

Year 4 Teacher

Tanya has been teaching since 1992 across all age ranges. She has been at Medbury since 2009 teaching in Year 4. She taught in London for nine years, mainly in the private school system. She holds a Bachelor of Education (with a double major in History) and a Diploma of Teaching from Canterbury University.

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