Mataroa School
‘Te kino kē hoki’ - ‘TO EXCEL’
SCHOOL VISION :
‘Growing a community of lifelong learners within our classroom, our rural environment and in life.’
'Te tipu i te hapori o nga akonga ako-roa i roto i to taatau akomanga, to taiao me to tatou oranga.’
Mataroa School is a three-teacher primary school (Years 1-8) located in a rural area 10 km Northwest of Taihape. Currently we have 53 pupils.
Tiriraukawa Room, our senior classroom has 17 pupils from Year 6-8.
Ruanui Room our middle room and has 16 pupils Year 3-5
Koeke Room is our junior room and has 20 pupils from Year 1-2.
The school is located in a rural setting surrounded by farmland. On site we have an administration block, three teaching classrooms, a library, a resource room and one additional learning space.
School Establishment
Mataroa School was established in 1900 and was opened in a disused surveyor's whare on the bank of the Hautapu River. 2 years later a new school at Mataroa was built on the present site, a building of 420sq.feet. With the subsequent closures of nearby schools (Koeke, Ruanui, Rongoiti, Whaka Road and Tiriraukawa) over the years, Mataroa School grew in size, peaking in 1977 with 96 pupils. However, with the national trend of rural depopulation, numbers and teaching staff have declined over the years.
Dates to Remember:
2024
Term 2
* Friday 5 July– End of Term 2
Term 3
* Monday 22nd July- Start of Term 3
*Saturday 24 August– PTA Masquerade Ball
*Friday 27 September– End of Term 3
Term 4
*Monday 14 October– Term 4 commences
FIND US
IMPORTANT NOTICES AND REMINDERS:
Next BOT Meeting: Wednesday 6th August 2024, Ruanui Room @ 7pm all welcome
School docs:
Mataroa School (schooldocs.co.nz)
Username: Mataroa
Password: tui
Value Assemblies:
Value Assemblies take place fortnightly on Friday afternoons at 2.15pm. This is an opportunity for teachers to give out school notices, and is a time to celebrate students work and achievements. Please come along and enjoy this time with the children when you can.
The next Value Assembly is on:
2024.......Wednesday 3rd July Tiriraukawa Room @ 1:40pm
Mataroa School 2023