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Welcome to Te Kura Tuatahi o Ohakune

"Young People who will be confident, connected, contributing, life long learners"

Our vision highlights the importance we place on enabling our learners to feel connected and active contributors to our community, confident in, seeing themselves as lifelong learners who have the skills and support to reach their potential.

Check out more here in our Strategic Plan

About Us

At Ohakune Primary school we are committed to provide high-quality engaging education to foster development of the whole child.

We offer a wide range of opportunities unique to our area and programmes to expose learners to a wide range of sporting, academic and cultural experiences.
Ohakune Primary School is located at the base of Mt Ruapehu, which creates a school with one of the most breathtaking backdrops in New Zealand.

The school is well resourced and prides itself in providing an innovative approach to teaching and learning.

Snowsports is a large part of our Term 3 curriculum with every child learning how to ski or snowboard. As well as this opportunity, the school has a snowsports race team that compete at the North Island Primary School Championships.

Being part of a small community, as a school we pride ourselves in our connection to the community and the iwi.

We invite you to peruse this site to learn more about our school. However, if you would like additional information we invite you to contact us.

Please contact us if you would like more information

Our Values

Our Values "PRIDE: Participation, Respect, Integrity, Determination, Environment" are the foundation for creating an environment where our learners can feel connected and confident. We embrace the Tuakana Teina philosophy through our House and School-wide Ambassador, House Captains and Mediator opportunities, which alongside our learning programmes, actively nurture our younger learners while simultaneously cultivating a sense of working in teams, taking responsibility, growing leadership and community among our senior learners (Matoiahiko). The PB4L approach guides our behavioural expectations within the school. We have a desire to create a sense of Hauoro in all our learners, ensuring they feel connected and confident.

What's happening at Ohakune Primary School?

Upcoming Events in March

Mon 17

Middle School Camp Rms 9,10,12

17 Mar 2025 - 19 Mar 2025

Wed 19

Middle School Camp Rms 1 & 14

19 Mar 2025 - 21 Mar 2025

Wed 19

Middle School Camp Rooms 1&14

19 Mar 2025 - 21 Mar 2025

Mon 24

Board Meeting 5.30pm Staffroom

24 Mar 2025

Wed 26

Year 7 Immunisations 12.45pm

26 Mar 2025

Latest Notices

Camp Food Donations

14 Mar 2025

Good Morning Room 14 whanau

Just a quick reminder that our camp food donation item- Canned Tomatoes- is due today!

Not many sleeps until we head off!

Thank you!

Whanganui Primary Schools Triathlon Event - Springvale Park 25 March 2025

12 Mar 2025

This event is only available to Middle school children yr 4-6

Please read the information below.

Also note we will not be organising the transport you will have to arrange to take your child to this event or arrange with friends to get to the event.

If your child is interested head to the forms section of this app and sign your child up before the 21st of March. There will be no late entries accepted.

Whanganui Primary Schools Triathlon Event - Springvale Park 25 March 2025

*Start time 10am

*Meet on the field behind the boys and girls gym club by 9.45am for a briefing.

*Bikes to be put to the left of the field beside correct age group sign before 10am

*This is an individual event only, consisting of run, swim, bike

*Competitors MUST be competent swimmers and will be required to swim 75m of the Splash Centre.

*Age groups will be in year levels, starting with Year 4 Girls, Year 4 Boys, Year 5 Girls, Year 5 Boys, Year 6 Girls and Year 6 Boys.

*There will be one road to be crossed during the event and this will be monitored by Sport Whanganui. This is from the footpath across to the Splash Centre. Please remind your students of the importance of also looking and waiting for cars when crossing this part of the road.

*The course will be marked out with cones, with the run and bike taking place on Springvale Park.

*The run will take place first around the marked area around the park where competitors will then head across the road beside Sport Whanganui and around to the back of the Splash centre, where they will enter through the bifold door. They will walk to the shallow end of the pool entering in the lane and swimming up, under the land rope, down, under the land rope, and back up to the deep end exiting via the ladder back out the bifold door and back across the road where they will get on their bike and bike up and back, zig zagging across the field around the cones, until they finish.

*Mountain bikes are suitable for this triathlon.

Middle School Camp Gear List

11 Mar 2025

Kia Ora Whānau

Here is the gear list as a reminder of what is required for camp. Please contact your classroom teacher if there are any issues with gear.

Only a few sleeps to go!

Thanks

Middle School Team