Warrington School - Te Kura o Ōkahau

 
Kakari kaihiku, kia haere kai upoko – Unity comes with the fair sharing of resources
 
Kia eke te ngaru – Ride the Wave

 

Welcome to Warrington School. We are a small, coastal family orientated, vibrant Year 1-8 school located just north of Dunedin. We pride ourselves at being able to provide quality educational opportunities across the curriculum in small classroom settings with experienced passionate teachers.

Tēnei te mihi ki a koutou

Greetings to everyone

I tūhonohono ai te kura o Turau arahue rāua ko te kura o Whaitiri puku i a Ōkahau

Seacliff and Evansdale schools were joined with Warrington

Ka noho ā mātou kura, ko Ōkahau i raro i te marumaru o Kirimoko

Our school, Ōkahau sits beneath the shelter of Kirimoko

Ka rere atu kā awa, ko Waitētē rāua ko Whaitiri puku ki Waiputai

The Waitētē and Whaitiri puku rivers flow to Blueskin Bay

Tae noa ki te Tai o Araiteuru

To the coast of Araiteuru

Ko Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe me Waitaha kā tākata whenua o tēnei rōhe

Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe and Waitaha are the people of this area.

Ko Puketeraki te papatipu marae o te hapū

Puketeraki is the ancestral meeting place of the people

Ko Ōkahau ā mātou kura

Ōkahau is our school

Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa

Therefore, greetings

 

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Upcoming Events in December

Thu 11

End Of Year Performance and Prize-Giving

11 Dec 2025

Mon 15

Christmas Market

15 Dec 2025

Wed 17

Last Day of School - Half Day

17 Dec 2025

Latest Notices

Wiki Tekau Kā Korero - Week 10 Information
7 Dec 2025

 

Kia ora koutou, Te Kura o Ōkahau whānau,

Here are the things that you need to know for the penultimate week of school ahead.

End of Year Prizegiving/ Performance / Year 8 Leavers Evening - Thursday 11th December @ Warrington Hall

Over the past couple of years, our end-of-school-year performance has become increasingly popular, and we've been struggling to accommodate everyone in Warrington Hall. To accommodate this, we will be holding two performances to hopefully avoid overpacking the Hall for our evening performance.

Morning Performance - 10.00 am

We encourage all grandparents and extended family members to attend this performance, which will include all of the classroom performances. 

Evening Performance - 6.30 pm

The evening performance includes all of the classroom performances, prizegiving, and the Year 8 leavers' presentations. The children need to be at the hall by 6.15 pm, please.

 

Year 7/8 Surfing - Friday 12th December

We are surfing this Friday morning. Please let me know if you are available to supervise. 

 

Next Week: 

Christmas Night Market - Monday 15th December 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm

 

Leavers Poroporoaki / Farewell - Tuesday 16th December 2.00 pm

 

End of Year Written Reports

These will be emailed to families before school finishes up for the year next week.

 

Last Day of School for 2025 - Wednesday 17th December

Our last day of school for the year is Wednesday, 17th December. The school will be finishing at 12.30 pm. There will be no after-school care available on that day.

 

Kia pai te wiki - Have a great week!

Kā mihi nui

Jeff

Beach Education Day Reminder
3 Dec 2025

Kia ora,

A reminder that Beach Education Day is taking place tomorrow for all Years 1-6.  

The morning takes place at school and in the afternoon tamariki will be walking to the beach for a swim and to put the theory into practice.  They will need togs/wetsuits, towel, and warm clothes.  They may also bring a boogie/body board (they may be required to carry this to the beach).  No surfboards please.

For the parents who have volunteered, the tamariki will be leaving school at approximately 1pm and walking down to the beach.  If you could either meet us at school, or down at the beach between 1.15pm  - 1.30pm that would be most appreciated. 

Kā mihi nui,

Sam

Garden Watering Roster Summer Holidays
2 Dec 2025

Kia ora,

We are looking for volunteers to water the veggie gardens over the summer holiday period.

Lyne and Lyn do such a fantastic job of the gardens during the year, and we want to keep the plants growing well while school is on holiday. It is a small time commitment and the veggies are used by tamariki in their cooking with Lyne and Lyn throughout the year.   

If you are able to water the gardens for a week between 17th December and 2nd of February, please let me know a.s.a.p.

 

Kā mihi nui, Sam

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Southern Clams Ltd Blueskin Electrical Ltd The Firewood King Blueskin Painters WilCoe Contracting Limited Alice Munro - Bayleys Dunedin - Highgate Matanaka Meats Mopani Studios & Homes Mains Plumbers OfficeMax
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