Haere mai ki te kāreti o Ōtaki, welcome, or welcome back, to Ōtaki College,

This site will be used to help support students with their learning and to help parents, caregivers, and whanau communicate with me as their kaiako / teacher.  

I hope to meet more of you throughout the year.  Feel free to email me if you or your family have any questions, concerns or would like to meet up sooner.  

Looking forward to a great year ahead!

Ms Valerie Lees / Whaea Valerie

My classes for 2026:

Kaiarahi:  Kauri 2 (house colour is yellow)

                 Kauri 2 - being shared with Mrs De Kock

                              *Mon-Thursday in P5, Friday in T1*

Year-long classes: English L1, English L2

Sem 1: 9 HUMtw (Turangawaewae), 10 HUMfr (Future Ready), 

             10 HUMrs (Resilience)

Sem 2:  10Humws ("All the World's a Stage" or  Intro. to Shakespeare.)

                10 HUMsh (Slice of Heaven)