Monthly Archives: July 2010

Coffee in the Country Open Morning!

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 THANK YOU to everyone who came along to our coffee in the country open morning on Tuesday 3 August. It was GREAT to meet you and to share some of the things that make Karapiro School such a special place to learn and grow.

Although we intend to repeat the open morning PLEASE REMEMBER that EVERY morning is an open morning at Karapiro School. Please feel free to call in for a coffee, a tour of the school and the opportunity to ask any questions you may have about learning at our school.

Please give David a call on 827 7642 or 0278 468 959  (after hours) to arrange a time or just call in to see Jenny at reception. we would love to meet you!

Come along to find out WHY…

  • We have such excellent student achievement results.
  • We have such a friendly and positive atmosphere.
  • Our community are so directly involved in learning and other school activities.
  • We are at the cutting edge in ICT
  • Our students’ behaviour is so fantastic.
  • We plan and implement an individual support programme for each child requiring extra learning support.
  • We extend gifted and talented students in all areas of learning.
  • We still take whole school camps to fantastic and far away places.
  • You see us at so many community events!
  • Our agricultural day is still so strong.
  • We can offer so many sporting opportunities from skiing to sailing.
  • Our school concerts are so eagerly anticipated.
  • We are  just the right size,’ big enough to offer a wide variety of learning, cultural and sporting opportunities yet small enough that no one is lost in ‘the system’ and every child has the opportunity to shine

In the meantime please feel free to have a look around our website – why not explore the tag cloud or check out the archives?

Karapiro School makes the news (well the weather!)

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Bright eyed and bushy tailed at dawn.

This morning over fifty of our students enjoyed being part of TVNZ’s breakfast show at Lake Karapiro with weather presenter Tamati Coffey. We arrived shortly after 6 am and took part in five live segments broadcasting the weather to the nation. In between crosses there was the opportunity to watch various water craft in action on the lake, enjoy a hot milo or three and spend time with Tamati. It was a VERY exciting way to start the day!!

You can check out our fiifteen minutes of fame by clicking here to see the TVNZ recording of the segment.

We go live to the nation!!

Welcome Back!

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Jacob and Hannah at the Don Rowlands Centre opening.

We hope that all of our students had a restful and refreshing break and that everyone is all set for what promises to be a fantastic new term! This term we are all looking forward to our schools 125th jubilee, please click here if you still haven’t registered. We had a busy school holidays in and around Karapiro. We were well represented at the opening of the maginificent Don Rowland’s centre on the shores of Lake Karapiro. We played a DVD featuring scenes from our school, provided an art station, shared some Jump Jam moves and played maths games with the visitors to the centre! Thank you to everyone who came along to help.

Jeff and Craig add the finishing touches to the retaining wall.

We also had a busy working bee at school, replacing a retaining wall, installing new drainage and adding new metal to the driveway. We would like to thank BOT member Craig Sulzberger for coordinating the work. Ken and Craig from Onsite Concrete for donating and pouring concrete, Winstone Quarries for donating a truck load of metal. Mitre 10 for discounting the timber, McEntee Hire for lending the equipment free of charge and Craig, Scott, Jeff, Jenny, Linnet, David, Robbie and Jacob for completing the work!

Happy Holidays!

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Fire Officer Chad says "Bring on the fun!"

We would like to wish all of our students, families and staff a happy and productive holiday. Stay warm, stay safe and we look forward to seeing you back at school on Monday 19th July. Next term promises to be very exciting as we build to our 125th Jubilee from September 24 – 26. Click here if you would like to register.

Farewell Amy

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Awesome Amy: A 'magic' teachers' aide!

Tomorrow we say farewell to our terrific teacher aide Amy. We would like to thank Amy for all that she has done for the school over the past few years and wish her and Kelly all the best as the birth of their new daughter approaches! From next term Mrs Hatton will take over Amy’s teacher aide duties.

Electives Experts!

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Talented tutors: Our fantastic electives leaders.

We would like to thank the amazing group of tutors who led another excellent electives programme. Our students benefit SO much from your time, enthusiam and expertise. The opportunities that you have provided are ones that we would struggle to deliver as part of our regular learning programmes.