MEET THE

STAFF

Monday Group Staff

Part of what makes Holland Park Kindergarten so great is the amazing team of Educators and Assistants who we have, to care for the children.

Megan Mitchell

commenced as our teacher of the Monday group in 2021. Megan has a Master Speech Pathology Studies and a Grad Dip in Education (Early Childhood). Megan was a parent at HPK during 2015, 2018 and 2020 and enjoys cycling and bush walking with her 3 children.

Benita Cech

is our Educator in the Monday Group and has an Associate Diploma of Education (Childcare)
Benita commenced here in 2012 and in her spare time she enjoying cooking and gardening.

Friday Group Staff

Part of what makes Holland Park Kindergarten so great is the amazing team of Educators and Assistants who we have, to care for the children.

Karen Curness

Karen is the Teacher of the Friday group as well as the director of HPK. She has a Bachelor of Teaching, a Grad dip in Special Education as well as a Grad Certificate in Children’s services.
Karen has taught since 1995 in the Early years of both primary schools and kindergartens. She is passionate about play based learning and the benefits it has on encouraging children to grow and enjoy their learning journey. In her spare time Karen enjoys gardening, painting and spending time with her family.

Gill Spall

is currently relieving as the Educator of the Friday group. Gill has been working in community kindergartens for almost 12 years. Holland Park was actually the very first kindergarten she worked at many years ago.