Nau mai, Haere Mai

Welcome to Whakamarama School, a picturesque rural school located 20 minutes from downtown Tauranga in the sunny Bay of Plenty. 

For us, the success of our school begins with creating a safe place for all and having a shared vision – staff, students, parents, whānau, board of trustees and community members. We encourage positive relationships and live by our mission statement ‘Growing a Positive Learning Attitude’ to ensure that the potential of each student flourishes during their time with us. 

This website is a place where you can find information about our school and where we can communicate with you. Browse our site and get a feel for the learning environment we create for our students.

We welcome enquiries and feedback at any time from school families past, present and future. Please do not hesitate in contacting us if you would like to find out more about our school.   

Ū ki te ako, tu tangata ai apōpō 
Excel in teaching so our learners will excel in the future

Grant Congratulations to our school

Special thanks to TECT for their support with our recent grant application. TECT Charitable Trust approved a grant of $5,200 to support Whakamarama School towards ICT equipment. 

A Night of Theatre
Supporting our Students

Acknowledgement of Achievement

Week 1 - 27th July 2018
Room 3 Recognition
Dakota: Persistence - with a weaving challenge and (Yay) with thinking about and solving reading challenges.
Sophie: Independently working on improving her ‘basic facts’ knowledge. A learner who likes to make connections.
Ember: Very helpful class member. Interesting writer - Ember brings ‘her voice’ to the readers of her writing.

Room 2 Recognition
Peter: A responsible and reliable class member of our class. Self manages to complete tasks on time
Ayla: Self manages to finish tasks on time.
Alexis: Perseverance in solving mathematical problems

Room 1 Recognition
Sarah: Responsible citizen of Whakamarama School​
Noah: Involved and engaged participation and contribution during dance. 
Drayvn: Committed approach to his improvement in writing

Maths Week: 13th - 17th August

Maths’ Week is a mathematics event that Whakamarama School calendars annually. ​​The people and organisations behind maths' week provide a vast array of resources which our students engage with across the week. The most favourite being 'The Daily Dollar'. ​Across the week our students earned dollar rewards for their problem solving efforts and the week ended with a high energy auction where every child walked away with a small acknowledgement of their success. We are so lucky to have a team of teachers and parents who support our children in becoming confident and creative mathematicians.

ICAS is an independent, skills-based assessment programme which recognises and rewards student achievement. ICAS is unique, being the most comprehensive generally available suite of academic assessments for primary and secondary school students.

ICAS Congratulations
Digital Technologies: Oliver (credit)    
Spelling: Sarah (Distinction), Seth (Credit), Stuart (Credit), Haru (Credit)    ​

School Disco

Friday 29th June ​was a fun filled evening as our first school disco of the year took place at the Whakamarama Community Hall. The disco was well organised by a team of parents and students had heaps of fun. We were also very lucky to have our home grown DJ, Jackson Hiku, playing and making the disco such a hit. Thank you to all our parents for supporting this venture.

What has 2018 held for Whakamarama School?
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