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Established in 1876, Wakanui School has a long and proud history of catering for local Year 1 to 8 students. Situated 10km east of Ashburton, and inclusive of an enrolment zone, we enjoy a rural environment whilst maintaining urban connections.
Our small class sizes ensure that we can cater for individual learning needs. Students in Year 4 and up utilise learning technologies to support their learning through a 1:1 ratio and BYOD programme. Our senior Year 6, 7 and 8 students have many opportunities to develop leadership skills both within and beyond the school.
At Wakanui School, we believe in supporting our students to develop skills and knowledge in the key learning areas in conjunction with strong links to our community, rural environment, and modern technology. Our school values of Respect, Responsibility, Resilience and Excellence underpin all that we do.
Our school is very whānau oriented. We encourage active involvement from those who are part of the wider Wakanui family – parents, friends, grandparents, neighbours and community members. This gives Wakanui a strong foundation and a hard-working and generous support network.
Ngā mihi
Trena
Tumuaki | Principal
27 Jul 2026 - 31 Jul 2026
This week we meet with Year 4-8 students who were interested in doing an agricultural project this year. We will send more information home with your child next week. This will have the an explanation of what is required when you do a project, a timeline for having projects in and when the judging will take place.
Can you please email Mrs Begg julia@wakanui.school.nz by the end of next week if your child will be doing a project and whether it will be a calf, lamb, other animal or garden. We have copies of projects from previous years which your child can have a look at. This might be helpful for the Year 4s who are doing a project for the first time.
Please contact Mrs Digby or Mrs Begg if you have any further questions.
Regards
Julia and Karen
School camp for our years 5/6/7/8 will take place in Term 4. More information will follow about these later in the Term.
As previously we will be undertaking various fundraising activities to help reduce the cost to families for these camps.
Did you know you can start now making small regular payments to your child's account to cover the camp cost. Our school account banking details are as follows;
Account Name - Wakanui School Board
Account number - 12-3271-0207728-002
Just reference your payments with your child's name and 'camp'.
School camps for our year 5/6/7/8 students are planned for Term 4. More information will follow about these later in the Term. As in previous years there will be various fundraising ventures undertaken to help reduce the cost of the camps to families.
Are you aware that you can start at anytime making small weekly/fortnightly payments to your school accounts to assist in budgeting for these. Just reference your payments with your child's name and 'camp'.
Kind regards,
Lois
Thank you to everyone who supported the Year 7/8 Friday Sausage Sizzle camp fundraiser. It was very well supported, and we really appreciate your help and support to get us to Waitangi.
We're pleased to let you know that the fundraiser will continue in Term 3, with sausage sizzles remaining on Fridays.
We will begin in Week 3, once Senior Swim Week has finished. Order forms will be sent home next week and will also be available from the school office.
Thanks again for your continued support of our Year 7/8 camp fundraiser!
Lucky Book Club flyers were handed out to students this week. Could all orders please be placed online no later than the 7th of August.
Many thanks
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