Board of Directors

Lucette van Someren Boyd
Director

Lucette is a mother of 4 adults who attended Southside Montessori and is an AMI 3-6 diploma holder with a great passion for Inclusive education. She holds a degree in Early Childhood Education, post graduate diplomas in Child and Family Health nursing, Bereavement Counselling and a Masters degree in Special Education with particular interests in ASD and literacy.

Lucette has had extensive experience working with children who have Special Needs in inclusive environments advocating the use of Montessori therapy as well as the integration of multi-sensory synthetic phonics using Orton- Gillingham, Spalding and Lindamood techniques. Lucette is a Brain Gym consultant and practitioner and uses these and other movement based modalities such as yoga and Extra Lesson with many children.

The Southside Montessori Society and Southside Montessori School warmly welcomes Lucette as a Board member who brings a wealth of Montessori knowledge as well as a personal connection and history with the school.

​Lucette looks forward to working with the Board towards a shared vision for growth into the future.

Elizabeth Goor
Secretary

Elizabeth has been passionate about Montessori Education since 1986 and has over forty years of experience in leadership. She came to Montessori through her children and she has three grandchildren attending 6-12 classes in Montessori. 
Her early background was in Health Services Planning, Research and Development; Accreditation; Adult Education and Community Services in Respite/Aged Care. She was Elonera Montessori School's first Head and was instrumental in the stable growth of a school that started with one classroom to evolve into a school that offers all stages in Montessori education including the Adolescent program and the International Baccalaureate Diploma.
Elizabeth has an AMI Adolescent Orientation qualification, a Masters in Health Planning, an Honours Masters in Total Quality Management, an Education Diploma (Secondary Science), a Certificate III in Early Childhood, and trained with Mrs Duyker De Vries as well as attended MWEI. She is currently an active director on three Montessori not-for profit Boards that advance education and research for the Indigenous Community; two not-for profit Boards that support the advancement of Montessori Education; one private Montessori Board working with children that are disadvantaged or with disabilities, and she facilitates the Montessori Quality: Authentic Practice Focus Group.

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Kay Urquhart
Treasurer

Kay’s Montessori journey began the very day she visited a Montessori school in Sydney’s South West. As a student studying for a degree in education, she knew from that day, that a Montessori environment was a natural way for children to learn about themselves and about the world in which they live.
So, within the next few years, Kay gained her Teaching Degree from the University of New South Wales, and her AMI 3-6 Montessori Diploma from the Australian Montessori Teacher Education Foundation and began her career as a Montessori Guide. For almost 20 years she served communities in several Sydney Montessori schools, guiding children and supporting families while mentoring assistants and new guides.
In 2012 Kay joined the AMI Training of Trainers program which saw her assist the Directors of Training in AMI 3-6 courses in Sydney and the United States. She has been granted the status of Auxiliary Trainer.
As an indigenous woman, Kay is passionate about empowering teachers to invest in honouring the culture of First Nations people and incorporating the values of culture and the connections to country into Montessori environments.
Kay joined SMTC in 2021 as an Auxiliary Trainer for the 3 – 6 Diploma, Orientation Certificate and Foundation courses. She is also a qualified AMI Director of Training.