OUR CONTRIBUTORS
Dan Brown Dan Brown has been working at Pymble for more than six years. A teacher in the Junior School for four years, he has applied his passion for technology and creative thinking in many areas, including co-coordinating STEM initiatives, running a Junior School Robotics program and being involved in many extension opportunities across a range of key learning areas. Dan is now a Digital Learning Leader from Kindergarten to Year 12. Fascinated and in many cases excited by the direction and change the future is bringing, he endeavours to inspire the next generation of problem-solvers and provide them with the agile thinking skills, community-minded approach and positivity they will need to be the creators and innovators of the future. Dan Brown DIGITAL LEARNING LEADER
Zoë CallisterHakewill After graduating from Pymble Ladies’ College in 2013, Zoë studied at the University of Sydney where she completed a Bachelor of Medical Science, a Master of International Public Health and a Master of Health Law. She is in her third year of Psychology at Macquarie University, where she also works in the Cognitive Science Department as a Research Officer under the supervision of Dr Bianca De Wit. Their team is currently investigating brain health in athletes competing in highcontact sports and employing the principles of neuroscience and neurophysiology to develop an objective measure for brain health through mobile electroencephalogram (EEG) technology. Zoë is passionate about employing biotechnology to improve future health outcomes and strives to promote STEM pathways to young women and is looking to continue her tertiary studies through a PhD. Zoë Callister-Hakewill RESEARCH OFFICER, COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY, MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY / PYMBLE EX-STUDENT
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Stuart Clark
Katrina Cluff
Stuart Clark is the Director of Experiential Learning at Pymble Ladies’ College. Stuart has worked at Pymble since 2013 in a number of roles in the Pymble Cocurricular program. He holds Master’s degrees in both Teaching and Adult Education, Diplomas in Outdoor Recreation and Work Health and Safety, and Certificate IVs in Vocational Education and Training and Emergency Medical Response. Prior to joining the team at Pymble, Stuart ran his own emergency response consultancy and training business and worked in Outdoor Education, which saw him working for many school Outdoor and Experiential Learning programs. Stuart’s passions at work involve bringing exciting and challenging programs to life for students and observing the resulting personal growth. He is passionate about reconnecting students to the wilderness – developing a sense of stewardship for our natural world is key in this pursuit.
Katrina Cluff started her teaching career at Pymble in 2008, teaching Elective Dance and Drama and the Co-curricular Dance Program. She has continued to apply her passion for Dance to develop programs that suit the students of the College. She has choreographed several musicals, HSC Dance pieces and is also a marker for Dance in the HSC. She is incredibly proud of all of the achievements of the RAD Ballet, Eisteddfod and HSC Dance students; a highlight was achieving first, third and fourth positions in the State in 2018 and attaining more than 60 nominations for Callback. Katrina has been honoured to receive two different Professional Learning Grants at the College, which allowed her to visit Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (2010) for a teacher intensive, and to Copenhagen and Denmark in 2014 to present at an International Dance Conference. In 2019 Katrina completed her Master of Education (Educational Psychology).
Stuart Clark
Katrina Cluff
DIRECTOR OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
HEAD OF DANCE
Pymble Ladies’ College
