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Nau mai, haere mai ki te kura o Roto-o-Rangi

Maungatautari Mountain provides the perfect rural backdrop to our spacious park-like grounds, boasting fruit and native trees, vegetable gardens and of course an enormous field for our tamariki to enjoy.

If you are looking for a kura / school that is a little bit different we welcome you to come for a visit!

Introducing Our School

We are a vibrant country primary school located in the heart of the Roto-o-Rangi district, just a short drive from Cambridge.

Roto-o-Rangi means Lake of the Sky due to the very large, shallow roto/lake that existed here pre-European settlement. The large, flat surface of the roto reflected te rangi/the sky.

Our school is a mix of rural and town students from Years 1 to 6. As a school, we have a clear and strong Vision: Tuurangawaewae/Belonging, Mahi Tahi/Co-operation and Rerekeetanga/Innovation. A kura where tauira/students find a sense of belonging, work together and prepare for success in their future. We are a PB4L School, with a focus on positive behaviour centred around our three school values of Respect/Whakaute, Responsibility/Manawaroa and Resilience/Takohanga.

A school bus runs daily from Leamington Rugby Sports Club and a rural bus collects students from around the Roto-o-Rangi and Kairangi areas. We have ample parking available for families who drop off and collect their children, with Before and After School Care programmes operating daily.

At Roto-o-Rangi School, we combine country values with modern learning. We are committed to providing a positive, stimulating, enjoyable learning environment where your child is encouraged to 'Tuumanako Teitei Aim High' and reach their full potential. Our smaller size allows the relationships between students, teachers/ngaa kaiako, ngaa whaanau/families and peers to flourish. Kaiako can truly know the individual and get the best out of them.

Our high quality teaching staff provide stimulating, challenging and learner-centred teaching practices. They incorporate traditional, proven techniques with modern, innovative approaches to develop the strong foundations needed for our tamariki to thrive in an ever-changing future.

To find out more about us, please take your time to explore our site, visit our Facebook page or call in for a visit.

I look forward to personally meeting you and having you and your child/ren join our school community.

Ngaa mihi,

Wayne Donnellon - Principal

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Latest Notices

Week 10 - What's On

8 Dec 2025

Moorena e te iwi,

We're on the home stretch now, it's our final week of the school year!

Here's what's on and what you need to know:

Info for next year:

Class lists for 2026 came home last week by email.
Stationery: Over the school holidays I will email out details of stationery packs for next year. As always, we try to keep the cost as low as possible. We ask that packs are paid for before we return to school.
Our start date for 2026 is now Tuesday 3rd February, and not 2nd as previously stated. Monday 2nd is now a Teacher only day.

This Week:

Tuesday afternoon - Rooms 4 & 5 will head off to the Town Hall to sing Christmas carols and songs to members of the public. Their set begins at 2pm sharp. Please remember to send them wearing their Roto t-shirts. If you take your child/ren home from the town hall please let their teacher know.
Tuesday 6.30pm Prizegiving at the Roto-o-Rangi Hall across the road. Please arrive early to drop your child/ren off under the archgola before 6.20pm, and then head across to find a seat. The children will come across with their teachers. The whole school is encouraged to attend prizegiving, as we do not let parents know if their child is receiving an end of year award - so if you don't show up they will miss out.
Wednesday - End of year reports come home with the children.
Please return any library books to school this week, and any other reading books your child still has at home.

Friday is our last day. We will have a short assembly to farewell Mrs Williamson.
This week is the last week for Teacher Aide Nadene Martin, and Release Teacher Tania Norton. If you see them please wish them well.
Our Year 6 students will have the traditional water fight with Mr D on Friday, late morning. Please send them with their own water guns!
We finish at 12.30pm on Friday. If you are unable to collect your child/ren at this time we can pop them into after school care but this is only until 3pm so please make sure they are collected by then.

Other Info:

Pool Keys are available until Friday. Please come into the office to sort this out, rather than sending me messenger messages! You are required to read and sign the agreement and pay the fee before you are given a key.
Congratulations to everyone who did the Weetbix TRYathlon and Christmas Parade yesterday! I'd love some photos of the Tryathlon if you're happy for them to be shared. Thank you to everyone who helped with these events, and the year 6 dinner, and everything else you've supported our school and tamariki with this year - we really have had a strong sense of community this year, and it makes such a difference to our school!

We hope your summer is filled with family fun and laughter.

Meri kirihimete e te whaanau!

Full Athletics Results

11 Nov 2025

2025-Athletics-Results.pdf

Board Election Results 2025

17 Sep 2025

Our Board Elections are now complete and the results have been announced to our voting community and displayed here at school. You can view the results on our website HERE.