Kia ora,

Ko Valerie Lees tōku ingoa.

Nō England, Scotland, me Holland ōku tīpuna.

Nō Vancouver, Canada ahau.

Ko Wendy toku mama.

Ko James toku papa.

Ko Clarence toku tane.

Kei te noho au ki Ōtaki.

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 2025:

Kaiarahi:  Kauri 4 (house colour is yellow)

Year long: HSS 1 (History) L1, HSS2/3 

Sem 1: ENG1:  Choices, Lit 1

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

            ENG1:  How Colonization happened around the world? 

*Additional support for Gateway 2/3, FNT 2/3, 9/10 DME