Teacher / Kaiako

rrevell@whitiora.school.nz

Tēnā tātou katoa,

Ko Karioi te maunga e rū nei taku ngākau. Karioi is the mountain that speaks to my heart.

Ko Rotoroa te roto e mahea nei aku māharahara. Hamilton Lake is the lake that alleviates my worries.

Nō Airangi, Hōrana, Huītene, Tenemāka me Kōtarania ōku tīpuna. My ancestors came from Ireland, Holland, Sweden, Denmark and Scotland.

Ko Pākehā rāua te tāngata. My people are Pākehā (NZ European).

Ko Tāmaki Makaurau te wā kāinga ō tōku whanau. My ancestors settled in Auckland.

Engari, i tipu ake au ki Kirikiriroa. But I grew up in Hamilton.

Ko Rebecca Revell tōku ingoa  

Nō reira, Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa  

I work at Whitiora Primary as it is a kura with heart. It is a place where all Kaiako put their heart and soul into making a lifelong impact in the lives of their students. It’s the small things that matter, and it is these things that we are working on daily, quite often as a team.

It is also the school that impacted my life over forty years ago, as at 9 years of age I visited the speech therapy unit, which was on-site at that time. I learned that a speech impediment may put you behind in academic learning, but dispositions such as determination, curiosity and a willingness/eagerness to learn build you into a life-long learner.. 

My background in education is 15 years in early childhood education, after initially training in primary school education. I have been back in primary school education since 2021. This training and experience have taught me to see the holistic learning happening in children’s everyday lives, especially in their play.  

I have a strong belief in working together with whānau/families, to see real growth for their tamariki/children. 

Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini. Success is not the work of an individual, but the work of many.