Mrs Lyons became Principal in August 2017. She previously taught at Carrickfergus Model Primary School. Mrs Lyons is from Carrickfergus.

Mrs Beggs joined the Sunnylands staff in December 2018 after many years working in primary schools in the East Antrim area. Mrs Beggs looks after the specialist things in the office, such as paying bills and other important things.

Miss Donnell joined Sunnylands in September 2018. She teaches Primary 1, as well as running our Primary 3/4 choir.

Mrs McDowell joined the staff of Sunnylands in January 2013. As well as teaching P2 she co-ordinates World Around Us and teaches Irish Dancing.

Mrs Glass joined the staff of Sunnylands in September 2018. As well as teaching P2 she co-ordinates PE and ICT within the school.

Miss McConkey grew up in the Whitehead area and taught in Scotland for a year before joining the Sunnylands' staff in August 2014. As well as teaching P3 she teaches Drama within the school, teaches Spanish and is the Special Educational Needs coordinator.

Mrs Beresford has been teaching at Sunnylands for 20 years. She is the part of the Senior Management Team, and leads the school council.

Mrs Porter has taught in Sunnylands for all of her teaching career. She co-ordinates Art and Music, as well as training the school choir.

Mrs Porter is a mum of two boys & loves cats.

Mr Smyth joined the staff of Sunnylands in September, 2013 after retraining as a teacher following many years working around the world as an engineer. As well as teaching P6 he co-ordinates Numeracy within the school and coaches both our junior and senior football teams.

Miss Childs teaches Primary 7, and is Head of Key Stage 2 and part of the Senior Management Team. As well as leading the Senior School, she is Literacy co-ordinator throughout the whole school.

Mrs McNeill supports learning throughout the school, leading our 'Reading Partner's' scheme and Alta Maths. She also runs our successful homework club alongside Mrs Curry. Mrs McNeill also supports pupils who have English as a second language, and has training in this area.

Mrs Curry is a former pupil of Sunnylands. Mrs Curry for more years than she would care to mention has been our P1 classroom assistant. Since 2016 she has changed her role to be a Learning Support assistant helping boys and girls who need extra support in their learning. Mrs Curry also runs our popular breakfast club and is runs our Friendship Groups.

Mrs Jackson has worked in Primary 1 since joining Sunnylands PS in September 2017.

She is also currently training to be a teacher.

Mrs McAuley supports the learning in our P1/2 class.

Mrs Pearson currently works as part of our Primary 2 team, supporting learning in the classroom. She also leads the Ready to Learn after-school club.

Mrs Campbell is currently working to support learning in Primary 2. She also assists with reading in Primary 3.

Mrs Kane has worked in different roles in Sunnylands over the past few years and is currently working in Primary 4 of the school as a Teaching assistant. She also leads the Ready to Learn after-school club.

Mrs Lewis is currently working in the foundation stage of Sunnylands. She supports teaching and learning in the Primary 4 classroom. Mrs Lewis also works with some of our older children with a popular Catch Up Maths programme.

Mrs Yohanis is currently supporting the teaching and learning in Primary 5.

Mrs Hamilton is currently working with Primary 5. She has helped support the learning of a number of children as a 1:1 Support Assistant.

Mrs Stockman has worked in a number of schools before joining the staff at Sunnylands as a teaching assistant working in the senior end of the school.

Mrs Connolly helps the pupils with their learning in the Primary 5 classroom. As well as helping pupils in the classroom Mrs Connolly is a lunchtime supervisor.

As well as helping pupils in the classroom Mrs Peden is a lunchtime supervisor and looks after the Library and our popular Accelerated Reader programme. Mrs Peden leads our Roots of Empathy programme and takes boys and girls for Catch Up Maths.