Secondary Chemistry Educators of New Zealand (SCENZ)

The Secondary Chemistry Educators of NZ or SCENZ is a national chemistry teachers’ subject association, established in order to support and promote chemistry education throughout New Zealand. The new association provides a voice for chemistry teachers with the Ministry of Education and NZQA as well as opportunities to resource and support teachers with chemistry teaching and assessment matters. The group operates under the umbrella of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry.

To become a member of SCENZ, your school needs to register for a school membership with NZIC. When a school pays for this membership, any teacher at that school becomes a member of SCENZ.

Please note that school membership gives access to all the NZIC exams. The exams are not available to be purchased separately.

Benefits

    Being part of SCENZ provides:

  • Access to all previous and current year NZIC Chemistry exams (Levels 2 and 3 and Scholarship)
  • Access to resources developed by the association to support chemistry teaching and learning in NZ schools.
  • Access to professional development opportunities that support chemistry teaching in NZ schools.
  • Representation in discussions with Ministry of Education and NZQA around curriculum, assessment and chemistry related teaching matters.
  • Voting rights for the organisation of SCENZ.

The Ministry of Education will be working with subject associations in the review of achievement standards so SCENZ will be the contact point for this work.

If your school does not wish to become a financial member of SCENZ, you can still opt to be kept in touch about opportunities for PLD and new resources by sending the following information to chemistryeducatorsnz@gmail.com

  • E-mail details of a chemistry teacher contact.
  • School name and location.
  • Size and type of school.
  • Executive
    Co-Chair

    Ian Torrie – St Cuthbert’s College, Auckland
    ian.torrie@gmail.com

    Dr Murray Thompson – Logan Park High School, Dunedin
    mbt@lphs.school.nz

    Secretary

    Suzie Scourfield – Whangārei Girls’ High School
    suzanne.scourfield@wghs.school.nz

    Treasurer

    Dr Suzanne Boniface
    suzanne.boniface@vuw.ac.nz

    Regional Representatives
    Auckland & Northland (2 reps)

    Emma Smith – St Cuthbert's College
    emma.smith@stcuthberts.school.nz

    Kieran Gainsford – One Tree Hill College, Auckland
    kgainsford@onetreehillcollege.school.nz

    Waikato/BOP (1 rep)

    Lian Soh – Papamoa College
    LSOH@papamoacollege.school.nz

    Manawatu (1 rep)

    Jo Standley – Whanganui Collegiate School
    Jo.Standley@collegiate.school.nz

    Wellington/Nelson/Marlborough (1 rep)

    Phil Kendon – Wellington College
    p.kendon@wc.school.nz

    Canterbury (1 rep)

    Scott Franklin - Christ's College
    sbfranklin@gmail.com

    Otago (1 rep)

    Vicki Millar – Otago Girls’ High School
    mv@otagogirls.school.nz

    SCENZ Contractors

    Suzanne Scourfield
    suzanne.scourfield@wghs.school.nz
    Location: Whangarei
    Speciality areas: Practicals, OSH, moderation

    Ian Torrie
    ian.torrie@gmail.com
    Location: Auckland
    Speciality areas: Scholarship, Olympiad, Pedagogy, NCEA

    Claire Lindsey
    clairelindsey024@gmail.com
    Location: Tauranga
    Specialty areas: NCEA teaching & learning

    Jo Standley
    Jo.Standley@collegiate.school.nz
    Location: Whanganui
    Speciality areas: NCEA, Organic, Spectroscopy

    Suzanne Boniface
    suboni52@gmail.com
    Location: Wellington
    Speciality areas: Scholarship, Pedagogy

    Scott Franklin
    sbfranklin@gmail.com
    Location: Christchurch
    Speciality areas: NCEA assessment, Practical

    Murray Thompson
    mbt@lphs.school.nz
    Location: Dunedin
    Speciality areas: Practicals, Scholarship, Pedagogy

    Constitution

    The SCENZ constitution can be downloaded here.

    Policy Documents
    Children and Vulnerable Adults Protection Policy
    Health and Safety Policy
    Privacy Policy