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Welcome to Rongotea School

Tēnā Koutou,

My name is Troy Anderson and I'm proud to lead the team here at Rongotea School. We are a rural school of 155 pupils in the heart of the Manawatu. We have eight amazing classrooms and a wonderful supportive community, an active Board of Trustees and a hard working PTA.

If you're considering us as a school for your child, please drop by, email me at principal@rongotea.school.nz or phone 06 324 8614.

Here at Rongotea School, we are very proud of the fantastic facilities we have. We have plenty of space to run around, play rugby, cricket, swim in our school pool, play tennis, bike on our bike track, exercise on our fitness track or play on our playgrounds.

We are currently focusing on developing a localised curriculum, this curriculum is developed to suit all learners at Rongotea School.

We have co-constructed classrooms, children setting student learning goals and next learning steps. It's important that each student knows what their learning goal is and what they can do to become successful life long learners.

What's happening at Rongotea School?

Upcoming Events in October

Mon 26

Labour Day

26 Oct 2026

Wed 28

Assembly - Teams Huia, Moa, Tui

28 Oct 2026

Latest Notices

Feilding Touch Draw - Thursday 21/10

21 Oct 2026

Touch Draw Thursday 21/10

Round 1 @ 4pm

Rongotea Blues vs St Josephs Turbos - Field 6a

Rongotea Reds vs Kopane mixed - Field 7a

Round 2 @ 4.35pm

Rongotea Brumbies vs St Josephs Magpies Field 7b

Rongotea Warratahs - BYE

Round 3 @ 5.10pm

Rongotea Crusaders vs St Josephs Steelers Field 7b

Rongotea Highlanders - BYE

Round 4 @ 5.45pm

Rongotea Warriors vs Rongotea Hurricanes Feild 7

Term 4 Dates

20 Oct 2026

Kia ora whānau,
Welcome back to Term 4! We have a busy and exciting term ahead with plenty of events for our students to look forward to. Here is a quick breakdown of what’s coming up, along with a reminder for our start date next year:

Term 4 Upcoming Events

Labour Day (School Closed): Monday, 26th October 2026
Assembly (Teams Huia, Moa, Tui): Wednesday, 28th October 2026 (9:00am – 10:00am)
Athletics Day: Wednesday, 4th November 2026
TK Athletics: Thursday, 12th November 2026
Yr 7/8 Camp: Monday, 16th November – Friday, 20th November 2026
Middle School Wellington Trip: Friday, 20th November 2026
Assembly (Teams Weka/Kiwi): Wednesday, 25th November 2026 (9:00am – 9:45am)
Ki-O-Rahi: Friday, 4th December 2026
Assembly (Teams Kea, Ruru, Kaki): Wednesday, 9th December 2026 (9:00am – 10:00am)
House Day (Dress in House Colours): Wednesday, 9th December 2026 (11:00am – 3:00pm)
Prizegiving: Thursday, 10th December 2026 (2:00pm – 3:00pm)
Last Day of 2026: Thursday, 10th December 2026

2027 Start Date

First Day of Term 1, 2027: Monday, 1st February 2027

We look forward to a fantastic final term with everyone!

Ngā mihi,

Troy Anderson

Tumuaki

Rongotea School

06) 3248614

Middle School Trip to New World - Wednesday 21 October

19 Oct 2026

Kia ora whanau,

We still have a number of students who have not returned their permission slips for our trip to New World on Wednesday. Please send these along tomorrow. We are also short of parents to help with supervision and transport. Team Huia currently has only one parent and needs 2 or 3 more. Team Tui needs one more parent and Team Moa needs 3 more. There is an alternative lesson that we could do at school instead, but the lesson at the supermarket definitely leaves a lasting impression.

Please email me this evening if you are able to help us on Wednesday.

Nga mihi,

Ruth Fairweather

Ag day - PTA BBQ lunch & raffles

14 Oct 2026

AG this Friday means a BBQ and and Raffles! We are not doing our normal lunches but will be open to kids coming with money at lunch if they're interested. Cash and Eftpos available.