Dear Parents
Welcome back to the 2023 Academic Year!
We are pleased to be able to confirm academic staff team details for 2023.
| Reception Unit | Foundation Phase | Intermediate & Senior Phase |
| Head Teacher: Mrs Lesley Phipson Mrs Karyn Bruorton Mrs Casey Kirkwood Mrs Mary Goosen Miss Georgia Du Plessis (Teacher Assistant) Miss Teegan Hardwick(Teacher Assistant) Mrs Rozlyn Bedford (Front Office and Admin Assistant) | HOD / Learning Support / Phase Leader: Ms Carolyn Gilroy Grade 1 Ms Delene Langley Section Head Mrs Sandra May (HOD) Mrs Xenia Greensill Mrs Bronwyn Muller Grade 2 Mrs Jacqui Everitt Section Head Mrs Liz Murphy Mrs Lauren Fisher Miss Tayla Osler Grade 3 Mrs Desire Veerasamy Section Head Mrs Glenda Marklew Mrs Shahnaz Vawda Mrs Karyn Glock | Acting Deputy Headmaster / Phase Leader: Mr Ross Bedford Grade 4 Mrs Trish Miloszewski Section Head Mrs Bev Johnston Mrs Paige Richards Miss Chanelle McIntosh Grade 5 Mrs Janine Huber Section Head Mr Pieter Mouton Mrs Ronwyn Lambert Grade 6 Mrs Jean Armstrong Section Head Mr Gareth May Miss Rebecca Hammond Grade 7 Mr Mthokozisi Jali Section Head Mr Stratton Davis Mr Luke Turner |
| SUBJECT SPECIALISTS AND CURRICULUM SUPPORT PERSONNEL Afrikaans Mrs Anne Smith (Senior Primary) isiZulu Ms Tiny Majola (Junior Primary) Mrs Sindi Mdlalose (Senior Primary) Social Science and FAL Mr Fa-eez Jaffar Natural Sciences Mr Michael-Jon Elliott (Senior Primary) Design Technology Mrs Samantha Parry (HOD) Information Technology Mr Ross Bedford (Director) Mrs Debbie Diana (Foundation/Intermediate Phase) Miss Rebecca Hammond (Senior Primary) Lennie Govindsamy (Technical Support) Media Education Mrs Manorgari Muthusamy (Media Education) Mrs Reeni Ramnath (Assistant) JP Reading Centre Mrs Tracey Stentiford Performing Arts Mrs Annette Briscoe (Director) (Music and Drama) Mrs Glynis Harker Mrs Daisy Spencer Ms Luisa Scarpa Visual Art Mrs Brenda Thatcher (Senior Primary) Mrs Loren Firth (Junior Primary) Extra- and Co-curricular and Mr Shaun Carroll (Sports Director) Sport Programme and Coaching Mr Thabo Tshabalala (JP/RU Head of Sport) Physical Education Mr Shaun Carroll (Senior Primary) Mr Thabo Tshabalala (Junior Primary and RU) Swim Coaches Mr Marno Langeveldt (Head Coach) Learning Support Mrs Amber Kiddle (Director / Senior Primary) Mrs Melanie Fletcher (Junior Primary) |
The boys of Prep are indeed most fortunate to be able to benefit from the teaching and services of an experienced and dedicated DPHS Staff team. The careful placement of staff in the grade teams allows each grade to enjoy a measure of autonomy, as their respective grade educator teams meet the needs of the boys within each grade. This has a positive effect on the boys, especially in the lower grades, as they get to spend the majority of the academic day with their class teacher. We continue to complement the considerable strength of the grade teams with the input of our team of subject specialists in order to provide a diverse educational experience from which our boys may benefit.
We welcome our new team members to the DPHS community, knowing that they will enjoy a most rewarding and enjoyable teaching experience as part of the PREP team. Ms Luisa Scarpa replaces Mrs Sally Perks in the Junior Primary music department and Mr Zak Paruk, a DPHS Old Boy, joins our internship programme as he completes his Post Graduate Certificate in Education. We know that they will come to enjoy a most rewarding time as members of the DPHS staff team.
We announced, at the end of last year, that Mr Chad Fisher would sadly be leaving DPHS, however, a change in his personal circumstances has meant that Mr Fisher is now able to stay at DPHS as part of the teaching staff. Mr Fisher will resume his fulltime teaching role at the start of the second term. Welcome Mr Fisher, we are delighted to have you “back” on our team.
The DPHS Staff and Governing Body wish our entire Prep Community a 2023 year filled with success, fun and good health.
Yours sincerely
Mr GL Phipson
Headmaster
