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The Southernmost school in the North Island, Pirinoa School is located in the South Wairarapa; 20 minutes south of Martinborough and 10 minutes north of Lake Ferry.
We are a small school, with 52 students, 3 classrooms and an amazing outdoor area where we enjoy climbing trees, making huts and playing heaps of different sports games. We pick fruit from our orchard when it’s the right season and love planting new vegetables in our veggie gardens.
We love heading off on adventures, whether this is inside our school grounds or out in the big wide world. We visit our awesome coastline every year and love to go on bush walks or into Wellington to see what we can visit there. We make the most of our time outside of school and appreciate our amazing parents who come along on these adventures with us.
Stay up-to-date with all of our adventures and news by following our Instagram or Facebook page.
If you would like to know more about us or would like to stop in and have a look around, please feel free to contact us.
To develop young people who will be passionate about learning, superb managers of self, respectful, skilled communicators, inquiring learners, deep thinkers, and confident about the future.
We have a learning centred approach, we value but challenge students’ point of view, we pose problems to stimulate thinking, we understand that students learn differently and require quality feedback, we value relationships, we understand the importance of students acquiring knowledge and putting that knowledge into meaningful contexts.
Hi everyone,
The Board is pleased to announce that Toby Funnell will be joining Pirinoa School as the new Principal. Toby brings rich experience from Fergusson Intermediate in Upper Hutt, where he has taught Technology and Arts and served as Acting Deputy Principal. He has previously been both Deputy Principal and Principal in a small-school setting and is deeply connected to the Wairarapa community. He is excited to join Pirinoa and will begin on January 29th.
No doubt Toby will be in touch before Term 1 begins on Monday 9th February.
On that note I'll still be on the payroll until 28th January should you need to be in touch!
Richard
Here's what's on this week!
Mon 24th -
Tue 25th -
Wed 26th - Unveiling ceremony for our carving 9am
Pie Orders and $$ due in (no sausage rolls available)
Thurs 27th - Pies for lunch
Fri 28th -
Kia ora whānau
Some of you may remember the beautiful carving that used to sit over the main entrance to the school until the end of 2023. As part of our renovations last year it was removed and put in storage.
Next week we will be unveiling it in its new spot. It has been extensively restored by Nani McCluskey and whānau and will have a new home in the entrance to the school, but now indoors.
Please join us for a simple ceremony to welcome Puawaitanga home. Matua Chris Matenga will perform karakia and the children will join for a waiata tautoko: Ko Wairarapa E
There will be light refreshments served afterwards
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