Meet Our Teachers and Staff
Block A
Joey van der Westhuizen
– Principal –
Birthday: 3 December
Favourite Colour: White
Favourite Candy: Dark chocolate with nuts
Favourite Animal: My Schnauzers
Hobby: Photography & needlework
Favourite Quote:
“God is groter as enige situasie”!
Beth Burger
– Deputy Principal –
Birthday: 9 August
Favourite Colour: Pienk
Favourite Candy: Tumbles Raisins
Favourite Animal: Labrador Dog
Hobby: Running, playing netbal, shopping, drawing, painting, watching live concerts and spending time with family and friends!
Favourite Quote:
“It’s the little things that count most”!
Jeanine Robinson
– Deputy Principal –
Birthday: 2 February
Favourite Colour: The whole rainbow
Favourite Candy: Wine Gums
Favourite Animal: Elephant
Hobby: Spending time with loved ones.
Favourite Quote:
“The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.the little things that count most”!
Carine Giger
– Secretary –
Birthday: 12 March
Favourite Colour: Purple
Favourite Candy: Butterscotch
Favourite Animal: Grizzly Bears
Hobby: Running
Favourite Quote:
“Be still and know that I am God” / Wees jouself”.
Marianne Du Plessis
– Nurse –
Birthday: 8 February
Favourite Colour: Red
Favourite Candy: Lindt
Favourite Animal: Cat
Hobby: Making food
Favourite Quote:
“You make choices and choices make you”.
Anlen Myburgh
– Finance –
Birthday: 26 October
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Candy: Senties
Favourite Animal: Hippo
Hobby: Lego
Favourite Quote:
“Be Happy”.
Marchelle September
– Finance –
Birthday: 3 October
Favourite Colour: Red
Favourite Candy: Sour worms
Favourite Animal: Fish
Hobby: Baking
Favourite Quote:
“What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger”.
Mandy Williams
– General Worker –
Birthday: 20 March
Favourite Colour: Green
Favourite Candy: Chocolates
Favourite Animal: Dog
Hobby: Reading
Favourite Quote:
“Bly in jou baan”.
Dileen Twaku
– General Worker –
Birthday: 12 November
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Candy: KitKat
Favourite Animal: Dog
Hobby: Reading
Favourite Quote:
“Don’t forget where you come from when you become someone in life”.
Bongani Gulwa
– General Worker –
Birthday: 11 April
Favourite Colour: Red
Favourite Candy: Chocolates
Favourite Animal: Horse
Hobby: Gardening
Favourite Quote:
“God can open any door if you knock with faith”.
Stephen Jones
– General Worker –
Hansie Kriel
– General Foreman –
Birthday: 8 February
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Candy: Any Chocolates
Favourite Animal: Birds “Voeltjies”
Hobby: Birdkeeping & breeding
Favourite Quote:
“Everything is hard, before it gets easy”.
Pierre Joubert
– Bus Driver –
Birthday: 13 April
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Candy: Bar-one
Favourite Animal: “Jagluiperd”
Hobby: Being in nature
Favourite Quote:
“Lekka Man”.
Carlo Van Den Berg
– Bus Driver –
Birthday: 8 December
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Candy: Wine Gums
Favourite Animal: Dog
Hobby: Family
Favourite Quote:
“Dis Naweek”!
Dora Booysen
– Kitchen –
Birthday: 17 September
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Candy: Chocolates
Favourite Animal: Dog
Hobby: Spending time with family and friends
Favourite Quote:
“If it were easy, everybody would do it. Hard is what makes it great”!
B-Block
Anja de Hart
– Head of Department –
– Teacher –
Birthday: 15 July
Favourite Colour: Pienk
Favourite Candy: Any Chocolate except for dark chocolate
Favourite Animal: Dog
Hobby: Shopping & being creative
Favourite Quote:
“Do what you have to do, so you can do what you want to do”. Denzel Washington
Sandy Carolus
– Teacher –
Birthday: 4 October
Favourite Colour: Black
Favourite Candy: Chocolate & Jelly sweets
Favourite Animal: Dog
Hobby: Reading
Favourite Quote:
“If God is for me, who can be against me?”.
Stephnie Viljoen
– Teacher –
Birthday: 23 October
Favourite Colour: Pink
Favourite Candy: PS caramel chocolate
Favourite Animal: Dogs
Hobby: Being creative
Favourite Quote:
“Believe you can, and you will”.
Anika Abrahams
– Teacher –
Birthday: 16 October
Favourite Colour: Pink
Favourite Candy: Any sour candy
Favourite Animal: Elephant
Hobby: Anything adventurous
Favourite Quote:
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. 🤍”.
Samodine Cupido
– Teacher –
Birthday: 10 November
Favourite Colour: Yellow
Favourite Candy: Creamy toffee sweets
Favourite Animal: Cats
Hobby: Singing in Church
Favourite Quote:
Filippense 3:14
”Soos ’n atleet wat sy oë net op die wenpaal hou, so span ek alles in my in: ek wíl die prys aan die einde kry. God self sal die prys uitdeel en my dan na Hom toe roep omdat ek aan Jesus behoort.“.
Shireen Snoegella
– Assistant –
Birthday: 8 February
Favourite Colour: Black
Favourite Candy: Crunchy
Favourite Animal: Dogs
Hobby: Outdoor adventures, swimming and cooking
Favourite Quote:
“Don’t compare yourself to others. Be like the sun and the moon and shine when it’s your time. “
Lauren Davids
– Assistant –
Birthday: 28 December
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Candy: Sour worms, half-moons, Maynards Jelly babies
Favourite Animal: Dogs
Hobby: Cooking, gardening, watching movies, car park offs, stance appreciation
Favourite Quote:
“Dreams without goals are just dreams and ultimately they fuel disappointment .On the road to achieving your dreams you must apply discipline, more importantly consistency. Without commitment you’ll never start and without consistency you’ll never finish.”
Emma De Bruin
– Assistant –
Birthday: 31 May
Favourite Colour: Lime green
Favourite Candy: Eclairs
Favourite Animal: Dogs
Hobby: Running
Favourite Quote:
“Ps 23: God bly my Herder”!
Ronice Adams
– Assistant –
Birthday: 27 March
Favourite Colour: Black
Favourite Candy: Speckled Eggs
Favourite Animal: Cat
Hobby: Spending time with family and friends
Favourite Quote:
“The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see”
Lola Makaton
– Assistant –
Birthday: 16 October
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Candy: Chocolates
Favourite Animal: Springbok
Hobby: Cleaning
Favourite Quote:
“God is Great”
Ruth Blatt
– Home Programme Teacher –
Birthday: 22 March
Favourite Colour: Yellow
Favourite Candy: Speckled Eggs
Favourite Animal: Springer Spaniel
Hobby: Being creative and spending time with my family
Favourite Quote:
“Be the energy you want to attract”
C-Block
Ronel Hefer
– Head of Department –
– Teacher –
Birthday: 17 August
Favourite Colour: Yellow
Favourite Candy: Gums Galore
Favourite Animal: Dog
Hobby: Being a mom, reading, exercising, sodoku and fine dining
Favourite Quote:
“Those who leave everything in God’s hands will eventually see God’s hands in everything”.
David Maasdorp
– Teacher –
Birthday: 16 November
Favourite Colour: Red
Favourite Candy: Fudge
Favourite Animal: Lion
Hobby: Fish Keeping
Favourite Quote:
“Love the life you live, live the life you love”.
Karina Goodwin
– Teacher –
Birthday: 26 August
Favourite Colour: Green
Favourite Candy: Lint salted caramel chocolate
Favourite Animal: Horses
Hobby: Gardening, cooking and art
Favourite Quote:
“Failure is not an option”. NASA
Sunette Steenkamp
– Teacher –
Birthday: 20 January
Favourite Colour: Turquoise
Favourite Candy: Coconut Ice Squares
Favourite Animal: Tigers & Lions
Hobby: Art, Photography, Writing
Favourite Quote:
“If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything”…
Christen Whitebooi
– Teacher –
Birthday: 19 June
Favourite Colour: Green
Favourite Candy: Haribos Cherries
Favourite Animal: Dog
Hobby: Ballroom dancing and swimming
Favourite Quote:
“Persistence is the most powerful force on the earth, it can move mountains”. – Albert Einstein
Adriana De Bruin
– Teacher –
Birthday: 24 May
Favourite Colour: Purple
Favourite Candy: Chuckles
Favourite Animal: Cat
Hobby: Baking, exercising and spending time with my family & friends
Favourite Quote:
“Live everyday as if it is your last”.
Sarien Cloete
– Teacher –
Birthday: 3 November
Favourite Colour: Green
Favourite Candy: Liquorice
Favourite Animal: Dogs
Hobby: Reading & road trips
Favourite Quote:
“The best is yet to come”.
Danique Hamer
– Teacher –
Birthday: 11 January
Favourite Colour: Mint
Favourite Candy: Bubbly Chocolate
Favourite Animal: Elephant
Hobby: Fun walks
Favourite Quote:
“Be the change you wish to see in the world”.
Eurine Karools
– Assistant –
Birthday: 13 September
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Candy: Chocolates
Favourite Animal: Dog
Hobby: Rugby
Favourite Quote:
“To be the change I want to see in others, and give love everywhere I go”.
Terrica Jozef
– Assistant –
Birthday: 2 January
Favourite Colour: Sky Blue
Favourite Candy: Bar-One
Favourite Animal: Dogs
Hobby: Playing board games
Favourite Quote:
“Love yourself first before you love someone else “.
Valencia Louw
– Assistant –
Birthday: 31 December
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Candy: Chocolate
Favourite Animal: Cat
Hobby: Music & singing
Favourite Quote:
“Treat others liked u want to be treated”.
Lizel Le Roux
– Assistant –
Birthday: 17 August
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Candy: Jellies
Favourite Animal: None
Hobby: Netball
Favourite Quote:
“Moet nie aan ander doen,wat jy nie aan jouself gedoen wil hê nie”.
Colleen Goeleman
– Assistant –
E-Block
Abbie Marais
– Head of Department –
– Teacher –
Birthday: 25 June
Favourite Colour: Turquoise
Favourite Candy: Jelly Babies
Favourite Animal: Dog – Jack Russel & Chihuahua
Hobby: Building Puzzles
Favourite Quote:
“Stay kind. It makes you beautiful”.
Maryke Stofberg
– Teacher –
Birthday: 3 March
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Candy: Jelly Tots – the green and red ones are my favourite! Mmmm.. or M&M’s!
Favourite Animal: I love all animals… Except spiders!
Hobby: Can shopping be a hobby? I also enjoy gardening, baking and spending time outdoors.
Favourite Quote:
“Jy kan nooit meer gee as wat jy ontvang nie”.
Loandi Malherbe
– Teacher –
Birthday: 12 April
Favourite Colour: Mint
Favourite Candy: Lindt 90% or 99% Dark Chocolate
Favourite Animal: Horses
Hobby: Writing activity books/designing worksheets
Favourite Quote:
“Just be yourself”.
Heyley Schrader
– Teacher –
Mariét Coetzer
– Teacher –
Birthday: 20 March
Favourite Colour: Purple
Favourite Candy: Bubble chocolate or whispers
Favourite Animal: Cats
Hobby: Swimming, reading, playing and visiting animals
Favourite Quote:
“Rome wasn’t built in one day, take it step by step”.
Tanna De Freitas
– Teacher –
Birthday: 1 November
Favourite Colour: Purple
Favourite Candy: Chocolate
Favourite Animal: Monkey
Hobby: Reading
Favourite Quote:
“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope”.
Chloë Snow
– Teacher –
Birthday: 31 January
Favourite Colour: Pink
Favourite Candy: Wholenut chocolate
Favourite Animal: Fox
Hobby: Crafting, knitting, singing
Favourite Quote:
“We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us” – Charles Bukowski .
Astrid Smith
– Teacher –
Birthday: 16 April
Favourite Colour: Purple
Favourite Candy: Jelly Tots
Favourite Animal: Elephant
Hobby: Cooking & Baking
Favourite Quote:
“The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” —Dr. Seuss.
Alice Albertyn
– Assistant –
Birthday: 15 June
Favourite Colour: Black
Favourite Candy: Jelly tots
Favourite Animal: Dog
Hobby: Reading & Dancing
Favourite Quote:
“Do what you do best”.
Charlene September
– Assistant –
Birthday: 25 February
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Candy: Lollipops
Favourite Animal: Dog
Hobby: Swimming
Favourite Quote:
“In everything give thanks”.
Dichaylin Plaatjies
– Assistant –
Birthday: 4 October
Favourite Colour: Purple
Favourite Candy: Sweets
Favourite Animal: Dog
Hobby: Adventure
Favourite Quote:
“Positive attitude blocks negative impact “.
Tamryn Williams
– Assistant –
Birthday: 22 February
Favourite Colour: Black
Favourite Candy: Jellytots
Favourite Animal: Rottweiler
Hobby: Singing
Favourite Quote:
“I will keep it classy and graceful”.
Ragel Mccloen
– Assistant –
Birthday: 1 February
Favourite Colour: Yellow
Favourite Candy: Chocolates with nuts
Favourite Animal: Dog
Hobby: Singing
Favourite Quote:
“I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength”.
F-Block
Abrona Barends
– Head of Department
– Teacher –
Birthday: 13 July
Favourite Colour: Red
Favourite Candy: Any Candy
Favourite Animal: All Animals
Hobby: Hiking
Favourite Quote:
“Climb & Maintain”.
Marinda van Noordwyk
– Teacher –
Birthday: 16 November
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Candy: Milky Bar
Favourite Animal: Cat
Hobby: Knitting
Favourite Quote:
“Carpe diem”.
Zanri De Jager
– Teacher –
Birthday: 24 April
Favourite Colour: Pienk
Favourite Candy: Wine Gums
Favourite Animal: Elephant
Hobby: Hiking
Favourite Quote:
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears”.
Anli Vosloo
– Teacher –
Birthday: 15 April
Favourite Colour: Mint
Favourite Candy: Peanutbutter oats bar
Favourite Animal: Labrador
Hobby: Buying online for other people (Shein)
Favourite Quote:
“We Rise by Lifting Others”! Robert Ingersoll
Stephanie Dedericks
– Teacher –
Birthday: 14 November
Favourite Colour: Black
Favourite Candy: Speckled, 60% dark Chocolate, Nougat
Favourite Animal: Dog
Hobby: Spending time with my family, going out and trying new things
Favourite Quote:
“If it’s meant to be, it will be”.
Marlize Šturlić
– Teacher –
Birthday: 22 June
Favourite Colour: Pulple
Favourite Candy: Any dark chocolate covered
Favourite Animal: Leopard
Hobby: Painting
Favourite Quote:
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart”. Helen Keller
Michelle Steenberg
– Teacher –
Birthday: 27 June
Favourite Colour: Green
Favourite Candy: Whispers
Favourite Animal: Cat
Hobby: Paint
Favourite Quote:
“Live if it is your last day on earth”.
Amanda Janda
– Teacher –
Birthday: 2 November
Favourite Colour: Green
Favourite Candy: Chocolates
Favourite Animal: Cat
Hobby: Travel & Singing
Favourite Quote:
“Walk the talk”.
Lorinda Botha
– Teacher –
Birthday: 17 July
Favourite Colour: Green
Favourite Candy: Speckled Eggs
Favourite Animal: Dog
Hobby: Reading Books
Favourite Quote:
“Just do It”!
Mari O'Connor
– Teacher –
Birthday: 12 February
Favourite Colour: Mint
Favourite Candy: Astros
Favourite Animal: Elephant
Hobby: Quality time with family
Favourite Quote:
“Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows. It is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Kindness is absolutely free. Always be kind”.
Zenda Diergaardt
– Assistant –
Birthday: 12 December
Favourite Colour: Purple
Favourite Candy: Caramel candy
Favourite Animal: Dog
Hobby: Reading Books
Favourite Quote: Movies
The Bible!
Deziree Seekoei
– Assistant –
Birthday: 10 October
Favourite Colour: Yellow
Favourite Candy: Koeksister
Favourite Animal: Tiger
Hobby: Decorating
Favourite Quote:
“Pray & have faith”.
Charne Williams
– Assistant –
Birthday: 13 February
Favourite Colour: Pink
Favourite Candy: Chocolate
Favourite Animal: Cat
Hobby: Reading
Favourite Quote:
The Bible.
Patricia Van Rooy
– Assistant –
Birthday: 11 October
Favourite Colour: Turquoise
Favourite Candy: Whole Nut Chocolate
Favourite Animal: Plants
Hobby: I enjoy working outside
Favourite Quote:
“Local is Lekker”
Tracey Syster
– Assistant –
Deslynne Buys
– Assistant –
Aftercare
Marelize Brand
– Aftercare –
Birthday: 21 November
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Candy: Anything minty or nutty
Favourite Animal: Doggies
Hobby: Sewing, reading, binge watching series.
Favourite Quote:
‘To become a butterfly
you must want to fly so much
that you are willing to give up
being a caterpillar. – Winnie the Pooh”.
Christel Whitebooi
– Aftercare –
Birthday: 27 April
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Candy: Cadbury Walnut
Favourite Animal: Dog
Hobby: Reading
Favourite Quote:
“Me and my house, we will serve the Lord”.
Andrea Pillay
– Aftercare –
Therapists
Marisa Aldrich
– Psychologist –
Birthday: 31 May
Favourite Colour: Green
Favourite Candy: Speckled Eggs
Favourite Animal: Cow
Hobby: Running (after my three kids)
Favourite Quote:
“We rise by lifting others” – Robert G. Ingersoll
Anushka Langeveldt
– Speech Therapist –
Birthday: 2 October
Favourite Colour: Mint
Favourite Candy: Maynards Red & Black Berry Jellies
Favourite Animal: Cat
Hobby: Reading, Netflix, painting, colouring, drawing
Favourite Quote:
‘I can do all things through Him who gives me strength’ Phillipians 4:13
Lenize Walters
– Occupational Therapist –
Birthday: 23 October
Favourite Colour: Rose
Favourite Candy: Chocolate
Favourite Animal: Cats
Hobby: Martial arts
Favourite Quote:
‘People assume that time is a strict progression from cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it’s more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff.”.
Erika Du Plessis
– Speech Therapist –
Birthday: 16 October
Favourite Colour: Turquoise
Favourite Candy: Smarties
Favourite Animal: Dogs & Dolphins
Hobby: Swimming or going out on our boat on Langebaan lagoon for fishing and tubing.
Favourite Quote:
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better”. Maya Angelou
Corlia Van Wyk
– Occupational Therapist –
Birthday: 22 October
Favourite Colour: Mint
Favourite Candy: M&M, Gummy Bears
Favourite Animal: Horses, Cats & Dogs
Hobby: Horse-riding
Favourite Quote:
‘Take a hand, open a mind, touch a heart”.