Our Team

My name is Bec, I am the 4-year-old teacher of Bunjil and the Director at St John’s Kindergarten. I have been working in Early Childhood Education for over 10 years, predominately in Long Day Care, educating and caring for children from birth to Kindergarten.
As a Teacher, I believe I can provide foundations for lifelong learning among children. I value the diversity of children’s unique potentials that I can foster to grow and develop. Through collaborative partnerships with families and the community, I will encourage a love for learning, cultivated through respect and positive dispositions. Every community is inspired and developed by diverse cultures, values, and beliefs. Therefore, my role as a teacher is to develop supportive pedagogy, curriculum, and practices to support all children to flourish and develop skills for the twenty-first century and beyond. Through an inquiry-based curriculum and child led learning, I will broaden children’s skills and knowledge of their world, while fostering their sense of belonging within a safe and secure environment. I hold high expectations of myself and the children, while teaching with high morals and ethics. Ultimately, I endeavour to inspire and provoke happiness, respect and encourage positive attitudes for life and learning. My passion is community Kindergarten that will provide long lasting memories and skills for our future generations.

Belinda – Kindergarten Educator
Waa, Bunjil and Dantum Group

30 years ago I started working with children and I still love what I do, being involved in children’s development and seeing them grow….what more could you ask for?! Moving ahead with them both mentally and physically is always exciting, and I hope to do this for many years to come. Personal interests include Bushwalking, Photography, Gardening and training my two Australian Cattle Dogs, Flynn and Kelly to do Agility…. or what children might call Trick dogs. (This was a comment heard from a child while competing at the Royal Melbourne Show.) We travel across the state to compete and have a ball in the process.

My name is Katrina and I am the teacher for Waa  group on Monday and Tuesday. I started my journey into Early Childhood by completing my Diploma of Community Services (Children’s Services) at Swinburne TAFE Croydon. I then completed my Bachelor of Early Childhood Education at Charles Sturt University in Albury, NSW with the intentions of working as a teacher at a Primary School. It was not until my final placement in a kindergarten that I discovered my passion was to teach the early years all along! I initially came to St. John’s Kindergarten as the additional assistant for the pre-kinder program in 2012 as my maternity leave from my previous job was finishing. With our pre-kinder teacher leaving in the middle of the year, I was fortunate enough to be allowed to step up into the teaching role. In 2013 I changed positions and helped co-teach the Kindergarten program part time and in 2020 moved into the role of Waa group teacher. At home I have two primary school children, Jack and Sarah who keep me on my toes during the rest of the week! I have been at St. John’s for nearly 10 years now and still love the wonderful sense of community that we have as a kinder.