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

 

Swimming Pool
Year 7 & 8 Adventures
Warrington Sports
EnviroSchools
Academic
After School Care

Upcoming Events in October

Tue 21

Senior Athletics (yrs 3 - 8)

21 Oct 2025

Wed 22

Library Book Car

22 Oct 2025

Thu 23

School Closed - Teacher Strike

23 Oct 2025

Fri 24

Explorers Club

24 Oct 2025

Fri 31

HPV Vaccinations (Yr 8)

31 Oct 2025

Fri 31

Science Roadshow (yrs4-8)

31 Oct 2025

Latest Notices

Looking Ahead To Next Year - Classroom Planning
19 Oct 2025

 

Kia ora koutou, Te Kura o Ōkahau whānau,

I wanted to update everyone now that all of our staffing funding and teaching staff have been confirmed for next year.

 

Room 3  - NE - Year 2   Whaea Wendy

 

Room 2 - Year 3 - 4        Whaea Erin

 

Room 1 - Year 5 - 8      Ms Mackay / Mr Burrow

 

We have already begun transitions, and will continue to plan for more of these as the term progresses so that the tamariki are feeling comfortable in their classrooms for the beginning of next year.

If you have any questions, etc, please don't hesitate to come and have a chat with a member of the teaching staff or me.

He waka eke noa – We are in this together!

Kā mihi nui

Jeff

Wiki Toru Kā Korero - Week 3 Information
19 Oct 2025

 

Kia ora koutou, Te Kura o Ōkahau whānau,

Here are the things that you need to know for a pretty busy week ahead.

We welcome Whaea Wendy is back from her leave this week. All classrooms will be back to normal. Sam is away on leave this week, so I'll be juggling my office commitments, along with her office work, and a bit of teaching thrown in as well.

 

3 Peaks Cluster Athletics - Tuesday 21st October - EOHS - Year 4-8 Tamariki

If you have not done so already, please complete the permission forms on Skool Loop for the Senior Athletics for this Tuesday. The children will be leaving school just after 9.00 am and will need to take their morning tea, lunch, and a large water bottle with them for the day. 

 

Blueskin Cafe Thursday Lunch Orders - Wednesday this Week

Lunches must be ordered and paid for by midday on Tuesday each week. They will be delivered on Wednesday this week. Please see the attached lunch menu for the term.

 

Blueskin Library Book Car - Wednesday 22nd October

The Book Car will be visiting the school on Wednesday morning for the tamariki to return their library books and get some new ones issued.

 

Teachers' Strike Action Day- Thursday 23rd October - School Closed

 

Explorers Club (4-Year-Old-Club) - Friday 24th October

We have our next instalment of our Explorers Club this Friday morning, from 9.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. For more information, please contact the school office.

 

Year 7/8 Friday Surfing Session 

We'll be having our first surfing session for the term this Friday morning. Please let me know if you are available to help out with supervision. For each session, we need a minimum of 2 adult helpers for it to go ahead.

 

Monday 27th October - Labour Day Holiday - School Closed

 

Looking Ahead:

Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th October - ERO (Education Review Office) Annual School Review

Wednesday 5th November - Teacher Only Day - School Closed

 

Kia pai te wiki - Have a great week!

Kā mihi nui

Jeff

School-lunches-Term-4-2025-1.pdf

School Photos + Reminders
15 Oct 2025

Kia ora,

You should have received an email from Photo Life with links to your child/s school photos.  If you have not received an email, and would like a link, please contact me and I will arrange for an email to be sent to you.

It is possible that the email is in your spam/junk folder, so please also check these. 

 

Reminders:

Tuesday 21st October - 3 Peaks Senior Athletics Day (Year 4-8) - @ EOHS Grounds - There are a number of permission forms still outstanding.  If you haven't yet given permission, please do so in Skool Loop Forms a.s.a.p  (you need to be signed up for Room 1 or Room 2 groups to access this). 

Thursday 23rd October - NZEI Teachers Strike Action Day- School Closed

Wednesday 5th November - Teacher Only Day - School Closed

Kā mihi nui,

Sam

 

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