Staff

  • Maree Conroy

    Maree – Director

    Maree has a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and has been running our Preschool for 10 years. She has taught Children’s Services at TAFEs around the country and has extensive experience in the industry. Maree is passionate about quality education and care for children and keeps the Preschool running to an incredibly high standard.


  • Richard – Full time teacher

    Richard has a Cert III in Early Childhood Education & a Diploma in Childhood Services. He has been with the Preschool for 10 years. He is responsible for many artistic projects such as our robo-dino-transformer (see the Machine Monster article) which allows the children to work with tools and explore their creative and practical skills.


  • Heather

    Heather holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts, Certificate III in Children’ s Services, Diploma in Early Education and Care and is currently studying her Bachelor of Early Childhood and Primary Education. Heather is our Artist in residence.


  • Silvia – Teacher

    Silvia was born in Argentina where she studied at the National School of Drama & Puppeteers. After living in Italy for 5 years, she immigrated to Australia. Silvia is our Spanish language educator and runs creative projects with the children such as felting and soft toy making.


  • Jo – Admin & Bookkeeper

    Jo doubles as both our Bookkeeper and our Admin Officer. You’ll find her in our office. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Multi-media and IT).


  • Simon – Circus

    Simon holds a Bachelor of Sport & Exercise Science, is a dancer and independent artist. He has toured the world professionally, worked as the head of dance at Lismore Conservatory, been the Artistic Director at Spaghetti Circus and now coaches Circus at Circus Arts in Byron Bay.