2026 Staff
Administration
Damien Hoare: Principal – principal@gladstonewestss.eq.edu.au
Corinne Wright: Deputy Principal
Helen Morrissey: Acting Deputy Principal
Leanne Pearce: Head of Department - Curriculum
Debbie Ludkin: Business Manager
Melissa Hanson: Administration Officer – admin@gladstonewestss.eq.edu.au
Sarah McDonald: Administration Officer – admin@gladstonewestss.eq.edu.au
Loren Liddle: Administration Officer – admin@gladstonewestss.eq.edu.au
Special Education Services
Kaylene McLeod: Head of Special Education Services
Jade Schnitzerling: Prep Teacher – jesch6@eq.edu.au
Laura Everingham: Year 1Teacher - lxeve1@eq.edu.au
Jaime Perkins: Year 2 Teacher - jperk66@eq.edu.au
Anne-Marie Rigby: Year 3 Teacher - arigb26@eq.edu.au
Kamila Fronek: Year 4 & 6 Teacher - kfron0@eq.edu.au
Colleen Druett: Year 5 Teacher - cdrue5@eq.edu.au
Guidance Officer
Catherine Campton
Psychologist
Kelsie Realf
Specialist Teachers
Alex Honour: HPE Specialist - ahono0@eq.edu.au
Margaret-Mary Opstelten: HPE Specialist - mopst2@eq.edu.au
Rebecca Moffit: Music - bmoff20@eq.edu.au
Elizabeth Hills: LOTE – Japanese - esutt30@eq.edu.au
Bec West – Technology - rwest87@eq.edu.au
Shanice Anderson: Instrumental Music, WBP
Greg Duckham: Instrumental Music, Strings
Prep Teachers
Prep A - Deb Redman - dredm8@eq.edu.au
Prep B - Tiahne Taylor – tfee0@eq.edu.au
Prep C – Trinity Blomfield - tblom10@eq.edu.au
Prep D – Tegan Hutchesson - tmhut0@eq.edu.au
Year 1 Teachers
1A - Jamie Welchman - jxtri3@eq.edu.au
1B - Lauren Maydom - lxmcm5@eq.edu.au
1C - Debbie Howlett - dhowl10@eq.edu.au
1D - Tara Jenkinson - tjenk46@eq.edu.au
Year 2 Teachers
2A - Natalie Polkinghorne - npolk0@eq.edu.au
2B - Laura Spenceley – lxspe0@eq.edu.au
2C - Rasna Sayan – rxsay1@eq.edu.au
2D - Emma Harper – elhar2@eq.edu.au
2D - Katie Williams - kwill667@eq.edu.au
Year 3 Teachers
3A - Jodie Plunkett – jplun3@eq.edu.au
3B - Briena Seawright – bksea0@eq.edu.au
3C - Alexandra Wakefield - ahero19@eq.edu.au
3C - Elliot Fox – ejfox0@eq.edu.au
3D - Ebony Frisina - elfri0@eq.edu.au
Year 4 Teachers
4AS - Amanda Hutchby - ahutc100@eq.edu.au
4B - Katie Fox - kxrow2@eq.edu.au
4C - Pamela Braddock – pxker3@eq.edu.au
4 / 5D - Emma Wemyss - ewemy0@eq.edu.au
Year 5 Teachers
5A - Austin Christie – axchr5@eq.edu.au
5B - Libbie Petrie – espet0@eq.edu.au
5C - Tegan Lyons – tlyon76@eq.edu.au
Year 6 Teachers
6A - Lorren Nielsen - lleac10@eq.edu.au
6B - Bec Sue-Fong – rsuef1@eq.edu.au
6C - Allison Jackson - agjac0@eq.edu.au
6D - Jillian Schulke - jxsch17@eq.edu.au
Teacher Aides
Nicole Barker
Theresa Duckham
Bridgette Fenton
Letitia Grinter
Justine Hunter
Tracey Little
Jenny Matthews
Dawn Ohl
Marzieh Paymon
Sandra Polkinghorne
Amanda Twigge
Skye Robertson-Hughes
Jess McCamley
Bec Dance
Angela Masters
Grace Barron
Mandii Roberts
Kirsty Parnaby
Tanya Harcla
Facilities
Allan Bettridge: Facilities Officer
Lori Sudiana: Cleaner
Denise Hansell: Cleaner
Martin Parra: Cleaner
Marilyn Lenz: Cleaner
Canteen Supervisor
Lunch Nom Noms
Port Curtis Sport
Leigh Wilson: Administration Officer
Tracey Porteous
Youth Support Co-ordinator
Megan Nixon