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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.
20 Apr 2026
28 Apr 2026
Kia ora e te whānau,
We have been notified by GoBus that due to weather conditions and the Red warning they will not be running a service tomorrow. We have also been notified of flooding around the Pirinoa and wider Wairarapa region, which could get worse with the rain expected to continue through the night.
With this in mind, and the recommendation under the red warning to avoid unnecessary travel due to potential threat to life, we have made the decision to close the school tomorrow.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, and thank you for your support in keeping our tamariki and kaiako safe.
Aroha nui,
Jess De Menech
Kia ora parents and caregivers,
The Ministry has been in touch regarding the current weather warnings. At this stage, our plan is to keep the school open.
Please continue to monitor our Facebook page and Skool Loop for any updates or changes, as the situation may evolve.
Thank you for your support and understanding.
Ngā mihi,
Pirinoa School
Kia ora koutou
Just giving families a heads up about two upcoming teacher only days that the MOE have provided to all school to be used in 2026. These have recently been confirmed.
TOD #1 Friday 1 May (Week 2. Please note the observed ANZAC day public holiday is on Monday 27 April, earlier this same week).
TOD # 2 Monday 8 June (Week 8)
The teaching staff will be working with a facilitator on the new assessment tool, strengthening general assessment and reporting practices and additionally unpacking the recently updated curriculum across the school.
A term overview of events will be sent out in Week 1 with more details of planned term events.
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:
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.
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:
We will be leaving school at 9.15am and returning by 3pm.
Thank you to all the parents who are coming along!
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