Meet Our Staff
Renee Tuck
Wellbeing Counsellor
Renee commenced her work at NHS in 2014 as a student wellbeing counsellor. She has worked with young people for over 12 years, 7 of them here at Nossal. Renee loves working at Nossal and one of the reasons is that when new students in Year 9 arrives, she observes them evolve, grow, and mature over the four years. She is always very keen to support them in any way possible as teenage years can sometimes be tricky. Renee is always available for students together with the wellbeing team, when our students need some extra support when life throws that curve ball. Please go and say hello to Renee, she would love to meet you!
Sandy Ayton-Delaney
Wellbeing Counsellor
Sandy joined NHS as a Student Wellbeing Counsellor in 2017. Previously her career varied starting as a Secondary School Art/Design Technology Teacher, then working with several prominent Australian Fashion/Bridal Designers and Fashion Labels in various roles and teaching within the TAFE Education Sector. Later, she embarked on another career change and successfully completed several Post Graduate courses in Creative Art Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling to become a registered Counsellor. For the past 15 years Sandy has worked within the Wellbeing Domain across a variety of educational settings with adolescents presenting with a myriad of social and emotional wellbeing and mental health issues. At NHS she views and equates the academic success of a student in correlation with their optimal health and wellbeing, therefore working with a wholistic approach. Sandy promotes and hopes to normalise help seeking and selfcare behaviours within our cohort of high achievers. She invites students to come and talk with her about any of their concerns whether big or small and is committed to offering students a positive counselling experience in a non-judgemental and safe environment.
Jo Ensor
Wellbeing Counsellor
Jo Ensor joined the Nossal team at the start of 2021 as the Mental Health Practitioner. Jo is a Mental Health Social Worker and brings a diverse range of work place experience to Nossal. Jo has worked in Community Health, Bushfire Recovery and the Homelessness sector. Jo sees students individually for support, runs groups and contributes to the whole schools mental health strategy.
Clarissa Jacques
Careers & Pathways
Cordinator
Clarissa took up the role of Careers Advisor at Nossal in 2018. She has a diverse career background, and this experience alongside her tertiary qualifications in Career Development helps guide her work with students. Her role predominantly involves providing one-on-one counselling to students about their career goals and how to achieve them. She works particularly closely with all Year 12 students as they transition to tertiary study and/or employment. Clarissa welcomes any questions about post-secondary pathways, tertiary study options and applications (Australia-wide and overseas), work experience opportunities and job applications.
Dr Briony Schroor
English Domain Leader
Briony joined Nossal as teacher of English and Literature in 2014; she is currently the domain leader for English, as such she is happy to address any queries you have about the teaching of English in the school. Briony enjoys engaging with all sorts of texts. She has just finished reading The Promise by Damon Galgut, which won the Booker Prize in 2021 and she very much values the discussion of texts within her domain, and in the school community more broadly.
Yvonne Sly
Languages Domain Leader
Yvonne joined Nossal HS in 2016 as an experienced language teacher, having held various positions of responsibility at her previous school. She is fluent in both French and German, attended the University of Cologne as part of her Monash University degree and she has organised and participated in many overseas school exchanges. Yvonne currently holds the position of Languages Domain leader and passionately supports the learning of both Japanese and French at Nossal HS. She welcomes any questions about the Language Programs from Years 9 to 12.
Amanda Graystone
Science Domain Leader
Amanda joined Nossal in 2012 as a graduate teacher after competing her preservice teaching rounds at Nossal in 2011. She has a background in timetabling and school operations, and is excited to be joining the curriculum team as Science Domain Leader this year. Amanda is happy to field any questions about the Science program at Nossal.
Jane Denman
Humanities Domain Leader
Jane joined Nossal as a teacher of History, Global Politics and Humanities in 2018. She has served as the Humanities Domain Leader since 2020 and welcomes any queries you may have about the teaching of Humanities at Nossal. As well as fulfilling her commitments to the Humanities Domain Jane also enjoys taking an active role in supporting the students working on the school production each year.
Fiona Vanstan
Health & P.E
Domain Leader
Fiona Vanstan rejoined the Nossal staff this year as the Head of Health and Physical Education. Fiona has extensive experience in developing curriculum that involves students and meets their educational needs. Fiona shares her passion about maintaining a healthy lifestyle and good mental health by focusing on the importance of healthy eating, being physically active and good sleep practices. Fiona is always happy to answer enquiries relating to Health and Physical Education programs.
Mark Jelinek
Mathematics Domain Leader
Mark joined Nossal as a teacher of Mathematics when Nossal became a full Year 9 to 12 school in 2013. He has been the domain leader since 2020. Mark loves all things mathematics but he most keenly enjoys teaching and creating problems in Specialist Mathematics. Mark also has a background in the study and teaching of Philosophy.