Term Dates

Term Dates

Latest News

Latest News

Report Absence

Report Absence

Policies & Procedures

Policies & Procedures

‘He iti te kopara ka rerere I te puhi o te kahikatea’

Though the bellbird is small, it can reach the crown of the kahikatea

 


 

Embed Facebook Feed
 

Principal's Message 

Nau mai, haere mai ki te kura o Makuri (Welcome to Makuri School)

Makuri School is situated between the Makuri Awa (river) and Nga maunga o Puketoi (Puketoi Range). This is a rural area between Pahiatua township and the Pongaroa community to the east. Here at Makuri the classroom meets native NZ bush and rural surroundings. The school is a full primary (years 0-8), and has 2  classrooms. A junior class and middle/senior class operate 3 days a week and one whole class for 2 days a week. The very supportive community makes this happen with annual fundraising to support the school with the staffing required. The school uses structured literacy to provide great reading foundations for our junior Akonga (learners). We have a motivated and enthusiastic staff who provide wonderful support for our Akonga. The school has worked a lot on its local curriculum recently including educational trips into our local Bush, and connecting with local environmental support services. We have active, industrious children and endeavour to provide a well balanced, varied and fun learning environment.

Join us on our journey and read more about our beautiful school.

Murray Grimmer
Principal

What's happening at Makuri School?

Upcoming Events in February

Wed 19

Rural Junior Swimming Sports (Y1-Y3)

19 Feb 2025

Thu 20

Technology

20 Feb 2025

Fri 28

Rural Swimming Sports

28 Feb 2025

Latest Notices

CAMP UPDATE
14 Feb 2025

Camp Follow up:

 

From the recent camp meeting I have booked the Kapiti Island visit on the Thursday 20th March and have places for 12 students and 6 adults. That will be the year 3-8 students.

I have booked the accommodation at El Rancho. The dates are from Wednesday the 19th of March to the Friday the 21st of March.

We need to do the self-catered option at El Rancho as our group isn't big enough to meet El Rancho's requirements.

 

So far I have the following Parents coming:

1x Prior, Lou Bowie, Conor MacDonald, Lucy Champion, 1x Frank, 1x Pomana, Sam Benoit, Vic Perry, Cushla Paton, Murray Grimmer

The year 1-2 students will stay on the mainland and we are planning their day for the Thursday the 20th.

We'll split the adults on Thursday. Four adults staying with the year 1-2 students and 6 adults with the year 3-8 students. 

 

In the coming weeks the students and I will plan further details and we'll pass these on in due course. 

Any queries please contact me.

 

Cheers,

Mr G.

School Timetable CHANGE
14 Feb 2025

School Timetable Change.

 

Through recent discussions we have made a decision to change the times of the school day at Makuri School. This is to support the parents in getting children to various afterschool events.The distance to travel and appointment times, makes it a push to get to places on time.

 

The change is to move the timetable a quarter of an hour early. More specifically this means we will begin school at 8:45am and finish school at 2:45pm. 

To keep things simple we will keep our break-times the same:

Healthy snack at 10am

Morning tea at 11am.

Lunch at 1pm.

The Morning period will be slightly longer and the afternoon slightly shorter. 

In terms of bus delivery times, approximately 8:30am still works so no changes needed there.

 

If you have a query about this please contact me.

 

We will begin on Monday 17th February.

At the end of term 1 the school will review this. Please note there could be further changes due to unforeseen circumstances. We'll communicate this before changes are made.

 

Ngā mihi nui,

 

Mr G

 

 

 

TOUCH RUGBY 2025
27 Jan 2025

First game 14th February 2025

Info from organisers.

We have had a huge response and this means we will have 7 fields running at 3.30pm (U7 and U9) and then 3 fields (U11 and U13) 4.00pm - 5.30pm.


Please make sure we have a referee for the teams.


Games will be 13min halves with a min half time.


Duty teams will need to set up and pack away the cones for all of the fields.  The admin table with draws, scorecards, timer, horn etc will be set up on the bbq table (I will set this up for you).  Please make sure that all cards and balls have been given out before you start the round.  Please collect the gear in, at the end.  I will pack the gear up in the stadium.


There will also be a sausage sizzle running each week $3 sausage and $2 a drink.  

 

Supporters and Sponsors

Parents, please support our local businesses

Mabey Motors JTD Building Managh Electrical TRC Tractors
QR code for downloading the app

Scan this code to download the app

Get the Skool Loop - School App

Download our Skool Loop App, a simple and free download. In Google Play & App Store search ‘Skool Loop’ and choose our school once installed.

Download on the App Store Get it on Google Play
Hand holding phone

Login to Makuri School