NAU MAI HAERE MAI, WELCOME TO WAITAKARURU SCHOOL
'Our professional values as teachers and a community is to know our students really well.'
Welcome to Waitakaruru School.
Waitakaruru School is a school that is based on the Hauraki Plains catchment area, if you drive to Auckland we are on the left just after the dairy. We currently have approximately 100 students at our school and 5 classrooms.
Our aim is to ensure all of our children know the core values of our school what this looks like and can verbalise and action these. Our professional values as teachers and a community is to know our students really well. We have student profiles, share learning on see-saw (an educational facebook) and dedicate 4 staff meetings per term to talking about learning and student needs. Our staff are highly qualified covering a range of strengths from dance, Te Reo, Chinese language, Computer technology, and implementing individual learning programmes with students.
Come and visit our school any time.
We have a school facebook page: Search for Waitakaruru School Community News
If you want more information please contact Elizabeth in the office:
admin@waitakaruru.school.nz or phone 07 867-3155.
Tina Taylor- Principal
WHAT'S HAPPENING
TERM DATES 2024
Term 1
Friday 02 February - Thursday 6 April
Term 2
Monday 29th April - Thursday 4th July
Term 3
Monday 22nd July - Friday 27 September
Term 4
Monday 14 Oct - Wednesday 18 December
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
Anniversary Day
Monday 29th January 2024
Waitangi Day
Tuesday 6th February 2023
Good Friday
Friday 29th March 2024
Easter Monday & Tuesday
Monday 1st & Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Anzac Day
Thurday 25th April 2024 (In School holidays)
Kings’s Birthday
Monday 3rd June 2024
Matariki Day
Friday 28th June 2024
Labour Day
Monday 28th October 2024
SCHOOL HOURS
8.00am: First Van Arrives
8.50am: Bus Arrives
9.00 – 12.40: Morning School Programme
11.40-11am: 20 minute morning tea break
12.40 – 12.50: Lunch Eating
12.50 – 1.30: Lunch Play
1.30 – 2.40pm: Afternoon Programme
2.50: Bus Departs
OFFICE HOURS
Monday 8:30am - 2.30pm (Elizabeth)
Tuesday 8:30am - 2.30pm (Elizabeth)
Wednesday 8:30am - 2.30pm (Elizabeth) Thursday 8:30am - 2.30pm. (Tess)
Friday 8.30am - 2.30pm. (Tess)