Meet our Team

Wester-Bachelor of Teaching (ECE)

I hold a Bachelor of Teaching and am a fully certified Teacher. I have been working in ECE for over 8 years and I am currently working towards a Post-Graduate Diploma in Educational Leadership.  My passion in teaching is working with 2 - 4 year olds in social skills, building relationships, emotional literacy and supporting them in their dispositions of learning.

I have been a chef for all of my life and began cooking in the early childhood industry 10 years ago. I am a qualified chef and completed my qualification in Germany. I am passionate about providing healthy and nutritious well-balanced meals, taking the time to prepare food from scratch using fresh ingredients. You will hear me before you see me.

BA Education & Graduate Diploma Business

I have been working in Education for over 15 years with experience in early year teaching and leadership. I hold a B.A in Education and a Graduate Diploma in Business. My role with Apollo Kindergarten is supporting and mentoring the leadership teams, guiding our shared vision of empowering children as capable and confident learners. At Apollo Kindergarten we thrive on knowing that the skills we teach now will support children throughout their future learning and last a lifetime.

Diploma of Teaching (ECE)

I have over thirty five years’ experience in the care and education industry; I started my working life as a teacher at a childcare centre, then went onto obtain a nursing qualification and worked overseas as a nanny. I have a Diploma of Teaching in Early Childhood Education and am a certified teacher. With my experience as a teacher, nurse, nanny and as a mother, Apollo Kindergarten was founded, with the vision to support all those who are part of the Apollo Kindergarten family to succeed. I work with the leadership team and undertake research to transform curriculum design and teaching practice.

I am a qualified builder and after twenty years in the building trade joined Maria in 2010 as Property Manager. Married to Maria and a father of two sons. I have been part of Apollo Kindergartens’ journey from the very beginning and always have many small hands that offer to help with the upkeep of the kindergarten.