Former Hawke's Bay teacher Terry Burrell has won a teaching prize worth $150,000.
A former Hawke's Bay woman has won this year's Prime Minister's Science Teacher Prize, worth $150,000.
Terry Burrell, who teaches science at Wellington's Onslow College, said she once vowed she would never enter the profession.
But she "fell into" the classroom, teaching at Havelock North High School for five years
up to 2000 before joining Sacred Heart College in Lower Hutt and Onslow College in 2009.
She was known for her hands-on approach to learning, such as demonstrating the process of cell respiration to senior biology students through sports sprints and endurance training.
She said she believed in collaborating with her students.
