Victoria Denyer

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Victoria Denyer

No Manawatu ahau No Papaioea ahau Ko Katikati tōku kāinga Ko Victoria Denyer tōku ingoa A life-long learner, I have a BA in French, an MSc in Global Politics, a Grad Dip in ECE, but most importantly for our purposes at Imagine It!, I am Montessori qualified kaiako for the 3-6 year old age group. I am the curriculum leader at BestStart Montessori Bethlehem in Tauranga, responsible for a teaching team of 16. I’ve served two terms on Montessori Aotearoa New Zealand national council, and have written for our national magazine, Montessori Voices. In the compulsory sector I have been both a primary and secondary school board member, and primary board chair (or as I recently learned it has now changed to, presiding member). I’m also an ECE rep on our Otumoetai Kahui Ako, representing the voices of 24 ECEs and involved in workstreams on oral language and transition to school. Originally from Palmerston North, after 16 years in London, we moved to near Katikati, in the Western Bay of Plenty 14 years ago, where my husband James is currently our mayor. We have two boys, Caspar aged 18 and Felix aged 15, who benefitted from the Montessori maths materials as their foundation to learning and have always inspired me to promote this part of the curriculum.

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