Kia Ora

My favourite quote is ‘Life is a journey, not a destination’ and in my teaching career I can honestly say that I have been on an incredible journey of learning many new things and I am still learning.

I am passionate about teaching, particularly Literacy, Maths, and The Arts. During my time here at Morrinsville Intermediate I have been fortunate to have made many life-long friends, have enjoyed working alongside some great teachers, experienced two school exchange trips to Japan and one to Noumea and I thoroughly enjoy teaching a great bunch of students from the Morrinsville area.

I look forward to meeting with you all.

Sally Armstrong

Kia Ora
My name is Cherie Grant and I have a long association with Morrinsville and the wider district. I completed some of my schooling in the Morrinsville area, as well as teaching at Motumaoho School and Tauwhare School. As a teenager, I left Morrinsville College to study Year 13 at Kitami Fuji Girls High School in Japan. Upon returning from overseas, I completed an undergraduate degree in Japanese and Economics, and then progressed to a Graduate Diploma in Education. Early in my career my interest in literacy led to beginning a Master in Education (specialising in reading difficulties), and this is still a work in progress. 18 years ago, my first son entered this world and now I am a proud Mum to four children and step-mum to two more, a busy household!
My weekends are filled with following the children around the variety of sports and activities they are involved in, as well as managing to be involved in a few sporting pursuits myself. Being busy outdoors is also a passion of mine, and as a family, we do enjoy water skiing and camping during the summer months. I challenge our students to always be taking on new learning challenges, and at present I am currently completing a course in Te Ahu o Te Reo Māori.
Thank you for the opportunity to teach your wonderful children and to be part of their lifelong learning journey. If you are in school, please pop in to Room 4 and introduce yourself, I look forward to meeting you.
Cherie Grant

I'm Jess Flintoff and I am honoured to be teaching at Morrinsville Intermediate!

I myself attended both Morrinsville Intermediate and College and loved the opportunities that they had to offer. I am heading into my 4th year of teaching and love it. My particular interests are sports, music and drama. In my spare time I enjoy spending time with my whaanau and friends and being out on the water.

I am passionate about teaching this emerging adolescent age group and love being able to invest into my local community. I am eager to get to know each student in order to best help them achieve their goals and grow.

I look forward to meeting you!

Hi, my name is Kyla Butcher, as we are about to embark on a year of teaching and learning together, I thought I would start this journey by sharing a little about who I am. I am a mum, an educator and a coach. I have been teaching for 20 years and have been fortunate enough through teaching and playing sport to have travelled and lived in some amazing places in the world.
I look forward to meeting you all!