Mr Duncan Lawler
Year 5 - 6 Executive Teacher
I am excited to lead the Year 5/6 team in 2024. I have been teaching in ACT schools for more than 30 years and have taught and lead teams from preschool through to year 6. I am passionate about children’s literature, Music and building students’ capacity and love for Mathematics. Out of school I love to ride my bike, fish, and travel. I am looking forward to building positive partnerships between year 5/6 families and Mawson Primary school.
Duncan Lawler
Email: duncan.lawler@ed.act.edu.au
Ms Lorah Medley
5M
I'm so pleased to be a part of the Mawson community. I have been teaching for over a decade in both NSW and the ACT and I love to get deeply into fun, challenging learning with my class. When I'm not at school, my favourite things to do are spending time with my beautiful family and pets, watching movies, reading and drinking lots of coffee.
Lorah Medley
Email: lorah.medley@ed.act.edu.au
Mrs Laura Muller
5MIP - English Teacher
My name is Laura and I have been teaching at Mawson for the last 5 years. I enjoy working with children as they always bring new, positive and exciting ideas into their learning and never fail to amaze me with their ability to grow their understanding of the world. I am passionate about teaching students to use letters and sounds to help them read and write, and am excited to continue helping children take on more autonomy within their learning, particularly in Numeracy. If I am not in the classroom you will likely find me at the gym, walking my dogs or reading through all the picture books in any bookshop I can find.
Laura Muller
Email: laura.muller@ed.act.edu.au
Ms Joanne Liu
5MIP - Mandarin Teacher
Hi, I am Joanne, and this year I am teaching 5MIP. It is my fourth year at Mawson. I am an accomplished bilingual educator. I came to Australia initially to complete my post graduate study at the University of Canberra. Since then, I have taught in a wide range of public and independent schools over the last 15 years in Beijing, regional NSW, and the ACT. This has mainly been in secondary schools. When I am not at work, I love reading, dogs, singing and travel. I do enjoy the outdoors, bushwalking, jogging, cycling, kayaking, and gardening whenever I can. But what I enjoy the most is growing, cooking, and eating of good food!
Joanne Liu
Email: Joanne.Liu@ed.act.edu.au
Mrs Leanne Harrigan
6H
I have been teaching for over 20 years. I lead a busy life with a husband, 3 children and a dog. I love to teach Year 5 and 6 and helping the students become independent critical thinkers of the future. I like cooking, yoga, reading and walking the dog.
Leanne Harrigan
Email: Leanne.Harrigan@ed.act.edu.au
Mr Scott McLean
6MIP - English Teacher
Over the past 20 years I have taught in many settings from Kindergarten to Year 9 and have worked at Birrigai Outdoor School. In the last 3 years I have developed the Digital Technology learning program for Mawson Primary School. I am a certified Google Educator and Trainer and love integrating the Google Workspace to enhance the learning of the students. One of my interests is riding my bike. I have been riding bikes for as long as I can remember. Other things I really enjoy doing include spending time with my family, camping and making music. I can play the guitar, ukulele and the djembe (a West African Drum).
Kent Scott-McLean
Email: Kent.Scott-McLean@ed.act.edu.au
Ms Ping Zhang
6MIP - Mandarin Teacher
I am a teacher who is passionate about teaching. I love to read books in my spare time, always searching for new stories to share with my students. Above all, I wish all my students to grow healthy and happy.
Ping Zhang
Email: Ping.Zhang@ed.act.edu.au
Small Group Program
Role: Senior small Group Program Teacher
Mr Dominic Nixon
G’day, my name is Dom Nixon. This is my 16th year of teaching. I’ve taught primarily in ACT Public schools from K-10, but also in London and Melbourne. I’ve been a classroom teacher, a performing arts teacher, a Librarian, a gifted and talented teacher and a student engagement executive. I look forward to helping the students in my class learn to the best of their ability and share with them, my love of learning. We have 3 children at home include identical twin boys whom I took some time away from teaching last year to look after. Outside of school I enjoy play board/video game, collecting and painting Warhammer miniatures, singing, playing and watching basketball.
Dominic Nixon
Email: dominic.nixon@ed.act.edu.au