Year 5 Teacher

Woodbury School; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Woodbury School in Canterbury, New Zealand seeks a certificated teacher for a fixed-term, part-time position to 0.5 FTE in a Year 5 class. The role runs for 2027 from 01 February to 13 December with funding for 2027 to support the school’s needs.

The successful candidate will be highly collaborative, creative, and resourceful, able to work well with colleagues across year levels and integrate learning spaces while modelling our school values every day.

Qualifications

• Must hold NZ teaching certification.
• Experience teaching primary/intermediate (Years 1–8) is preferred.
• Able to work collegially and in a team, modelling school values.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging lessons for the Year 5 class.
• Collaborate with colleagues across year levels and integrate learning spaces.

Skills

Collaborative

Creative

Teamwork

Resourceful

Education

NZ Registered Teacher

Job description

Part time, Fixed term, FTTE up to: 0.5, Start Date: 01/02/2027, End Date: 13/12/2027 (Additional funding for 2027)

Primary and intermediate (Years 1–8) / kura tuatahi, Certificated teacher
English, Health and physical education, Learning languages, Mathematics and statistics, Science, Social sciences, Technology, Te reo Māori, The arts

We are a well-resourced rural school sitting at the foot of the Four Peaks Range. We are less than 10 minutes from Geraldine in South Canterbury, and receive amazing family and community support.

We have a fixed term, part-time position available for the duration of 2027. This is in our Year 5 class, at 0.56FTTE (9.00-12.30, Monday - Thursday).

You need to be collegial and able to work well in a team, be creative and resourceful. While being responsible for your own learning space, you will integrate regularly with other classes so will need to be highly collaborative. We have a continual focus on our core values, so the ability to model and explicitly teach these to our students on a day-to-day basis is essential.