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We are located in the northwest reaches of the Waikato near the rugged, yet beautiful west coast of the North Island.

Our school provides many learning opportunities for children from 5 to 13 years of age, from year 1 to 8.

Established in 1924 with a roll of 16 students, Waikaretu School has a long and successful history steeped in strong community spirit. Our rural environment provides tourism and farming-related opportunities for the community. Waikaretu School is strongly connected to our local community and is supported by two local marae: Pukerewa Marae and Weraroa Marae.

Our curriculum empowers our learning community to make connections to and from our rural context. We support our learners to develop the necessary knowledge and skills to become resilient, critical thinkers who actively achieve their goals in a connected world.

The footage on the right below is from last year's 2023 cluster cross-country hosted by Waikaretu School.

What's happening at Waikaretu School?

Latest Notices

End of Term 3

18 Sep 2025

Dear Parents/Caregivers

Tomorrow Friday being the last day of term, we will have a Mufti Day.
It will still be a Friday Pie Day tomorrow.

Also, a friendly reminder that the Oxford Pies forms need to be returned on the 9th of October for delivery on Thursday the 16th of October.

Enjoy the holidays, hopefully the weather will improve!!

Nga Mihi
Ulrika Parrott

Quiz Night

16 Sep 2025

Kia ora Parents/Caregivers

Please join us for the quiz night on the 18th of October.
It's a fundraiser for our school and it will be a fun evening.

Please also support the school by buying and selling raffle tickets.
I have attached the quiz night flyer and the raffle link for buying the tickets. It's really easy to do but please let me know if you have any problems.

Kia pai nga hararei, kia haumaru

Ulrika

Quiz-Night-Flyer.jpeg

Raffle-tickets.pdf

End of Term 3 reminders

15 Sep 2025

Kia ora Parents/Caregivers

As we are nearing the end of term 3 I just had a few reminders.

If you could please return the Pet Day form by tomorrow that would be great.

Could you please update us if your child/children have got an activity after school for term 4 for us to note it on the Go Bus list. No rush, as long as it's done before we start school again.

And lastly, we are getting scarily close to the end of the school year. Could you please return any prize giving cups or trophies by the beginning of next term.

Any questions, please let me know.

Kia pai to ra

Ulrika Parrott