{"id":8704,"date":"2026-02-23T03:41:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T03:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/?post_type=article&#038;p=8704"},"modified":"2026-03-11T02:25:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T02:25:34","slug":"staff-profile-ms-dunn","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/article\/staff-profile-ms-dunn\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Profile: Ms Dunn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Meet Kate Dunn<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your role at Fort Street?<\/strong> Deputy Principal- Years 7,9,11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you love about your role?<\/strong> Seeing students grow from children in Year 7 into capable young adults in Year 12.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What other activities are you involved in at Fort St?<\/strong> All of the many diverse and enriching activities! Scheduling of the busy school calendar and various staff\/student events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was your favourite subject at school?<\/strong> Biology and PDHPE (Health Movement Science-as it has recently been renamed).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is something people may not know about you?<\/strong> In 2025, I travelled a lap around Australia while living in a caravan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have any pets?<\/strong> Yes, a dog- Rottweiler called Lucy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your favourite food?<\/strong> Pizza- any flavour but hold the anchovies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8705\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/02\/Kate-Dunn-Face-photo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"142\" height=\"227\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I started my career in NSW public education as a PDHPE teacher twenty-one years ago. Over the years I have worked in a range of diverse schools (Southwest Sydney, Southern Sydney, Inner West Sydney &amp; London) in various roles- gained qualifications as a Technology Teacher, Year advisor, Duke of Ed Co-ordinator and Head Teacher- Wellbeing, PDHPE &amp; TAS. Prior to my appointment at Fort Street, I was Deputy Principal at Georges River College Penshurst Campus for three years. I look forward to continuing my educational journey at the wonderful school that is Fort Street High School.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Kate Dunn What is your role at Fort Street? Deputy Principal- Years 7,9,11. What do you love about your role? Seeing students grow from children in Year 7 into capable young adults in Year 12. What other activities are you involved in at Fort St? All of the many diverse and enriching activities! Scheduling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-8704","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/8704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}