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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 August

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Yr 7/8 TK Football

21 Aug 2026

Latest Notices

Feilding Touch Term 4

21 Aug 2026

Morning Everyone,

Next term the Feilding Touch competition is back. It starts Week 2 and runs for 7 weeks. These games are played on Thursday afternoons from 4pm onwards at Victoria Park. This competition is for Year 1 up to Year 8. (Year 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 and 7-8).

I will meet with the keen kids next week and send out an initial notice and interest slip. Each team will need a coach/manager attached to them as well. If you are keen you can indicate on the interest slip that will be returned to the office.

Any queries please email me jenna.mcdonald@rongotea.school.nz

Thanks,

Jenna McDonald

Lego needed

18 Aug 2026

LEGO!! Tomorrow we are building Lego cars that will blast off using a balloon. If you have any Lego around the house that we could use to construct our cars, please bring in tomorrow.

We currently don’t have enough ‘wheels’ so please have a wee hunt around tonight for any spare Lego that we could use!

Football

16 Aug 2026

Afternoon all,

Tomorrow afternoon we are having a friendly football match with some year 4s from Bainesse School.

We will begin after lunch, about 1.45. It will be 20 minutes a side.

Feel free to pop along and cheer Team Huia on if you're able.

Jess

Further Summer Netball Notice

14 Aug 2026

Just a message regarding my last one about Summer Netball. This is going to clash with the Feilding Touch Competition which starts week 2 of Term 4. Kids will have to chose one or the other. Please flick me an email if you have any questions.

Thanks, Jenna

Year 5&6 Summer Netball

14 Aug 2026

Afternoon,

I am just popping out a message to see if we have enough interest from Year 5&6 to make a school team to enter in the Summer Netball Comp starting Thursday 17th of September.

If you have a keen child can you please email me jenna.mcdonald@rongotea.school.nz with their name by next Friday.

There will need to be a coach/manager for the team as well so please let me know if you are interested in being that person.

Thanks

Jenna