Calendar primary

27
Feb
27 February, 2012 - 3 March, 2012
06
Apr
6 April, 2012 - 9 April, 2012
30
Apr
30 April, 2012 - 5 May, 2012
17
May
17 May, 2012 - 19 May, 2012

Primary Staff

Principal of Primary School: Mr Graeme Scott
Mr Scott is from the UK. He was previously Head of a Primary School in England and, prior to that, Head of Juniors at Jebel Ali School in Dubai. He has also been Senior Coordinator and Head of Upper School at an international school in Hong Kong and worked for ten years as a teacher in the UK.
Upper School Leader: Ms Ingrid McKenna
Ms McKenna is from the Netherlands and previously taught in the Haagsche Schoolvereeniging (HSV). She trained in the UK and has taught in both the UK and the Netherlands.
Lower School Leader: Ms Sue Tee
Ms Tee has spent the past 16 years in Hong Kong working at 2 different International Schools after having taught in the UK for 2 years. She is married and has 3 children, all of whom attend ISH.
Deputy Head: Ms Pascale Hertay
Ms Hertay is from Belgium. she has taught in three different countries before coming in The Netherlands. She has worked in ISH primary since its development and has worked as a Reception and a Y1 teacher before implementing and coordinating our Mother Tongue Programme.

 

Year 6O: Ms Tessa Oakley
Ms Oakley comes from the UK and has previously taught in Venezuela.
Year 6M: Mr Bill McCarthy
Mr McCarthy comes from the UK and has taught in the UK and Oman.
Year 6C: Ms Amy Cowings
Ms Cowings taught in the UK, Newcastle to be precise, for three years then in Madrid, Spain in a bilingual school for thirteen years. Ms Cowings has joined ISH this year.
Year 6W: Mr Rob Willis*
Mr Willis comes from South Africa and has taught in his home country as well as The Netherlands.

 

Year 5F: Mr John Frick
Mr Frick comes from South Africa and has taught in Belgium as well as The Netherlands before joining the ISH.
Year 5C: Mr Kevin Curiston/Ms Marlous Sanders one day a week
Mr Curiston comes from Canada. He has taught both primary and secondary school in his home country and secondary school in The Netherlands before joining the ISH.
Ms Sanders is Dutch and has taught abroad before joining ISH Primary.
Year 5G: Mr Matthew Greenwood*
Mr Greenwood comes from the UK where he worked for seven years before moving to Brunei. After three years teaching in Brunei he and his family moved to Hong Kong where he taught for seven years before moving to the ISH.

Year 4P: Ms Sandra Peck
Ms Peck comes to us from the UK where she has previously taught.
Year 4S: Ms Gina Starkey/Ms Nikki Welsh 2 days.
Ms Starkey is from the UK and has taught in the UK, Spain, the USA and Portugal before starting at the ISH Primary.
Ms Welsh comes from the UK and has taught in Indonesia.
Year 4B: Ms Dianna Bradley*
Ms Bradley comes from South Africa and has taught in a variety of International Schools in The Netherlands.
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Year 3C: Ms Marie-France Comeau/Ms Marlous Sanders 1day
Ms Comeau comes from Canada and has previously taught in her home country as well as in Ireland.
Ms Sanders is Dutch and has taught abroad before joining ISH Primary.
Year 3S: Ms Hannah Scott
Ms Scott trained in England and then taught in an International school in Germany before joining ISH..
Year 3M: Ms Sandip Jagdev/Ms Marlous Sanders 1 day
Ms Jagdev comes from the UK and has taught in her home country as well as in The Netherlands before joining at ISH.
Ms Sanders is Dutch and has taught abroad before joining ISH Primary. 
Year 3J: Ms Christy Johnson *
Ms Johnson comes from the UK and has taught in England and Spain before joining ISH

 

Year 2G: Ms Shelley Gardella/Ms Olga Hontoria  2 days
Ms. Gardella is from South Africa. She has taught in South Africa prior to joining ISH.
Ms Hontoria has worked as a Mother Tongue teacher and supply teacher before becoming an ISH staff member.
Year 2F: Ms. Pia Fallenius/Ms Olga Hontoria  1 days
Ms Fallenius is from Finland and has taught in her home country before joining the ISH.
Ms Hontoria has worked as a Mother Tongue teacher and supply teacher before becoming an ISH staff member.
Year 2P: Rebecca Pearson*
Ms Pearson is from the UK and taught in Bedford before moving to join us here at ISH.

 

Year 1L: Ms Caroline Lapierre (initially Ms Munnick)/ Ms Karen Gilmour 2days 
Ms Lapierre is from South Africa and has worked 2 years in Poland prior to joiing ISH and has worked as an assistant teacher at ISH.
Year 1W: Ms Wintle/ Ms Claire Samuelsson 
Ms Wintle is from the Netherlands. She has previously taught in the UK and her home country.
Ms Bosman will cover one day a week in 1W. Ms Bosman comes from The Netherlands and has taught in the UK.
Ms Samuelsson comes from Sweden. Prior to coming to the Netherlands she worked as a  teacher in Sweden and has also worked as an EAL-teacher here at ISH.
Year 1S: Mr Elliot Silvester
Mr Silvester has worked in his home country the UK prior to joining us at the ISH.
Year 1P: Ms Helen Priestman*
Ms Priestman comes from the UK and has recently taught in Uganda.

 

Reception H: Ms Nicole Hoenselaar
Ms Hoenselaar is Dutch and has taught in The Netherlands as well as in Brunei, Nigeria, Oman and the U.K. She was a teacher trainer in China for a year before returning to the ISH again.
Reception F: Ms Kate Henning
Ms Henning comes from the UK and taught in London prior to moving to joining us here at the ISH.
Reception B: Lynne Byatt
Ms Byatt is from Australia and has and has taught in her home country before joining us.
Reception G: Ms Sarah Goodhand*
Ms Goodhand is from the UK and has taught in her home country as Thailand before joining the ISH.
Pre Reception: Ms Lynsey Briek*
Ms Brown comes from the UK and taught at the HSV prior to moving to joining us here at the ISH.

* Year Group Coordinators
 
Dutch Language:
Dutch lessons are compulsory for all students aged from 4 to 11.
Ms Monique Gerretzen is Dutch and has previously taught in Poland and the Netherlands.
Ms Corien Vos is from The Netherlands and has taught in her home country and in Germany. She has been a cover teacher at the ISH before joining the Dutch team.
Ms Els Buesink is Dutch and has previously taught in China and in schools in the Netherlands.
Ms Annemieke Verpoorte is from the Netherlands and has taught in Singapore and Hong Kong before joining the ISH.

 

English as an Additional Language (EAL): 
Ms Lara Rikers (EAL Coordinator) comes from The Netherlands and has taught in the UK as well as her home country.
Ms Mindy McCracken has worked in The Hague before joining the ISH Primary, having previously taught in the USA.
Ms Maria Stock - Vervoorn comes from Sweden. She has taught in her home country and here in the Netherlands.
Ms Nikki Welsh comes from the UK and has taught in Indonesia.                                                                        
Ms Claire Samuelsson comes from Sweden. Prior to coming to the Netherlands she worked as a  teacher in Sweden.
The department benefits from the EAL assistance of Ms Caroline Hergelink, she is from the UK and has previously worked as a teaching assistant here at the ISH in various year groups.

 

Special Education Needs (SEN):
Ms Teresa Zancajo Garcia de Dionisio is a qualified Educational Psychologist, who has worked in the Netherlands for a number of years. Prior to this, she worked in her home country - Spain - and in New York, USA.
Ms Alison Scott is a British trained teacher and has worked as a class teacher and SEN specialist in the UK, Hong Kong and Dubai.
Ms Mieke Smet comes from The Netherlands and has specific expertise in learning support.

Unattached CT cover teacher:
Ms Cora Munnick is from South Africa. She has taught in South Africa and the UK.
Ms Marlous Sanders  Ms Sanders is Dutch and has taught abroad before joining ISH Primary.
Ms Shelley Gardella is from South Africa. She has taught in South Africa prior to joining ISH.

ICT:
Ms Vicki Doamekpor comes to us from the UK, and has previously worked in her home country.
Ms Miros Silva comes from Mexico. She has taught in her home country and here in the Netherlands.

Physical Education:
Ms Ana Cardoso da Fonseca has taught in her home country, Brasil, as well as having taught in the Netherlands.
Mr Alex Tromp is from Holland/the Netherlands (what you prefer) and has taught previously in several Dutch schools (primary and secondary) before joining the ISH.

Music:
Ms Dina Titan is from Brazil and has taught in Brazil, Belgium and Holland.

Teaching Assistants:
Ms Amalia Gianolio assists in our Pre Reception class.
Ms Suci Rahayu, Ms Giselle Paulo, Ms Zoe Hostiuc and Mr Ubay Mubaydilah are our Teaching Assistants for the four Reception classes.
In Year 1 Ms Yasmin Stotesbury, Ms Lisa Mainas, Ms Cheng Newton and Ms Jessica Trave Puyal support the Year 1 teachers.
In Year 2 teaching assistance is provided by Ms Jamie Carlier and Ms Karen Slingenburg. In Year 3 teaching assistance is provided by Mr Andy Parkinson.
The SEN department benefits from the assistance of Ms Jamie Carlier.

Library:
Ms Sue Eckersley is our primary library assistant. Ms Eckersly comes from New Zealand and has worked in her home country prior to joining ISH.

Administration:
Primary Office Manager Ms Carlier
Ms Kathy is from the USA and has previously worked in Taiwan and at the ISH Secondary.
Primary Office Assistant Ms Grimm
Ms Margot comes from Australia and has previously worked in Australia and The Netherlands before joining the ISH.
Primary Office Assistant Ms Arnold-Mayer
Ms Sabrina comes from The Netherlands and has worked in the USA.
Primary Office Assistant Ms Rawe
Ms Jose is from The Netherlands and works in the Secondary Office as well
Primary Office Assistant Ms Cock
Ms Mariela is from Peru and has worked in various countries before joining us at the ISH.
P.A. to the Principal Ms Schröder
Ms Verona is from The Netherlands and has previously worked in Australia and Ireland.