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Welcome to Pirinoa School!

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.

“He waka eke noa”

Pirinoa School is a learning community who encourages children to . . .

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.

Our philosophy to teaching and learning

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.

What's happening at Pirinoa School?

Upcoming Events in April

Fri 3

Term 1 - Holidays

3 Apr 2026 - 19 Apr 2026

Mon 20

First Day Back - Week 1 - Term 2

20 Apr 2026

Tue 28

Week 2 - Term 2

28 Apr 2026

Latest Notices

Water Day Tomorrow!

1 Apr 2026

Tomorrow we will be celebrating the end of Term 1 with a fun Water Day!

The activities will take place in the afternoon, after we return from Rippa.

Please ensure your child brings the following items:

Togs (swimwear)
Towel
Goggles (if they have them)
A water gun (optional, but encouraged for extra fun!)

We’re looking forward to a great day of activities and celebration with the children.

If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch.

Ngawi School trip tomorrow

30 Mar 2026

Don't forget we have our whole school trip to Ngawi tomorrow! - Tuesday 31st March.

Conditions look like they are going to be cool and windy. It will be too cold to go swimming in the Washpool, so we will be exploring the Putangirua Pinnacles for fossils instead.

Please make sure your child has:

Car seat/booster seat
Plenty of warm mufticlothes
Jacket
Drink bottle
Full lunchbox
Appropriate shoes for climbing over rocks and the Light House.

We will be leaving school at 9.15am and returning by 3pm.

Thank you to all the parents who are coming along!

Raffle

30 Mar 2026

Hi everyone, just a friendly reminder that Easter raffle tickets are due in tomorrow. Please return them even if you haven’t sold them all. Thanks so much for your support!

Just a quick heads-up

30 Mar 2026

30th March 2026

Hi everyone,

Just a quick heads-up that we’ve had a few cases of head lice pop up recently. To help out, we are sending a envelope home with info and popped a nit comb into each envelope so you can do a quick check at home if you’d like.

Nits are really common (especially with kids!) and nothing to feel embarrassed about at all, they don’t have anything to do with cleanliness and can happen to anyone.

We’re all in this together, so a quick check every now and then can really help keep things under control for everyone.

Thanks so much for your help and support ????

Rippa Rugby Tournament with Kahutara School

27 Mar 2026

Kia ora e te whanau,

We are heading to Kahutara next Thursday 2nd April to have a rippa tournament with our neighbouring school.

This is covered under our General Permission Slip, so there is no need to fill out a permission slip.

This is a whole school trip, so if you are able to come along and help with transport, please contact the office.

Attached is the draw for the tournament if you would like to come along and watch a few games.

We are leaving school at 9.20am will finish by 1pm then head straight back to school to enjoy our Reward Day (Water Day) for the remainder of the afternoon.

Any questions or concerns, please contact a member of staff.

Nga Mihi

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CzatYskNp3VCoDcaKTjeTPD8DTYFOVbX