Welcome
Meet Some Of Our New Charlton Staff
NAOMI LAWRENCE
MATT DOEL
I am married with two children. My husband is a graphic designer and multimedia lecturer at the University of Newcastle and my two children (aged 10 and 12) currently attend Jesmond Public School. I taught at Jesmond Public School for 7 years and am now a Junior School teacher at Charlton, this year teaching Year 1. We live on a three acre property in Shortland and enjoy the best of both worlds with a bit of country in the suburbs. We attend New Vine Church in Maryland where we are involved in leading a home group. Our desire is to go on a mission trip as a family to West Timor next year to work with a Compassion project and meet our two sponsor children and their families.
I live in Charlestown with my wife Skye of 16 years, and our two young daughters Caelan (8) and Tahlei (5) and four chickens. To be perfectly honest, working as a teacher in the public sector I always thought private schools had an unfair advantage, and that my children would remain in State schooling... change... I want my two young daughters to be at Charlton! The atmosphere here is one of fun and support for both staff and students. It’s a refreshing change. I spent the past 3 years at Toronto High and before that; 7 years at Stewards School in Harlow, England. From day one at Charlton I was plunged into the rigors of set designing for ‘Peter Pan’, which was a great and enjoyable challenge. I consider myself blessed to be here and look forward to a very productive time here at Charlton.
KIM FARNHAM I have been teaching since 1985 when Mrs Skuthorpe first employed me as an English/ History/French teacher at Mayfield Christian Community School (now Hunter Christian School). I love teaching and have been blessed with a wonderful career and ministry in Christian Schooling. I also love being a Mum and I have two beautiful daughters. Danielle is 22 and Nicolette is 19. My husband and I have been happily married for 29 years. We live at Eleebana and attend Macquarie Life Church. I am passionate about Christian Education and enjoy educating, inspiring and encouraging young people to help them follow the wonderful plan that God has for their lives. MATT GEACH After leaving high school, I completed a Bachelor of Industrial Design before working for a number of years as a Graphic Designer and Freelance Artist. My wife Vicki and I have two children, Toby and Ella. For the past decade I have worked in various roles in government and private schools here in NSW and Queensland. Last year I was fortunate to gain plenty of work throughout the year at Charlton and felt that God was calling me to this school. I am thoroughly enjoying the variety of subjects I am teaching this year in Middle and Senior School. I have been involved with Rathmines ‘Thrive’ church for many years, particularly in the Men’s group which has allowed me to establish lifelong friendships in our church community.
MARK WILTON I am husband to my beautiful wife Anne and father of three awesome kids. We live in Charlestown and go to C3 Victory. I was born in Sydney and experienced my early years as the son of a soldier and so I lived in many places in Australia. My family eventually moved to Lake Macquarie. During my early teaching career I taught at Cessnock High and Northlakes High School. More recently I have worked at Belmont Christian College teaching Science and Biblical Studies for nearly 20 years. In the short time that I have been at Charlton I have been amazed at the commitment of the staff. It is great to be a part of a team that wants to build into the lives of children and teenagers and help them become all they can be in the Lord. I feel blessed to be able to teach in this school and look forward to being a blessing to others. CHEREE DRISCH I’m one of the new English teachers here at Charlton. I was born and raised in Victoria, before making the move interstate to attend Avondale College from which I graduated last year. My journey with Christ has been an adventure which has taken me overseas to Thailand and Cambodia for mission trips. These trips strengthened my faith and relationship with Christ and led to my baptism on 3rd September, 2011. I feel very blessed to be working at Charlton and look forward to an exciting year. I am also excited to say that I’m engaged and getting married this December.