Welcome to Room Two for 2024!  My name is Mrs Kristalee Barton and I have the privilege of being your teacher this year.  I am extremely excited and a wee bit nervous but I am pretty sure we will have an awesome year full of learning and making memories.  

I have been a teacher for over 27 years (I look very young for my age!) 🤪 I have taught a range of age groups and love Year 7&8 because you are all now 'School Leaders', 'Independent  Learners' and 'Mature'.  

I have 3 children called Moss - 17 years, Poppy - 14 years and Morri - 12 years.  We have been living in Dunedin in the deep South and have come from schools much bigger than Blaketown.  I grew up in Greymouth and I was a student here at Blaketown School many years ago.  My Mum still lives in the house I was born in here in Blaketown.   Greymouth is my Turangawaewae - a special place.