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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

New Carpark

23 Oct 2026

Kia ora whānau,

Great news—our carpark is now open for use!

Please keep a few quick safety and operational updates in mind when using the space:

Entrance Lip: There is currently a small lip on the concrete at the entrance. This will be levelled and sorted out soon, but please take extra care when driving over it for now.
Parking Recommendation: To help traffic flow safely and easily, we recommend backing into your parking spots against the swimming pool wall, along the neighbour's wall, and down the back.
Tamariki Safety: Please remind your tamariki that this entrance is active with moving vehicles. Remind them to stay alert and exercise caution when walking past the carpark entrance, just as they would at any driveway or crossing.

Thank you for your support in keeping our tamariki and community safe!

POOL KEYS

23 Oct 2026

Pool Keys will be on sale from the office from Tuesday the 27th October. The pool will be open for swimming from the !st November 2026 to 31st March 2027. Keys remain the same price as last year, $100. Lets hope for a wonderful summer of swimming!

End of year trophies and cups

21 Oct 2026

End of year trophies and cups
With the end of the year fast approaching, it is now time to hand back the trophies and cups that your child recieived at last years prizegiving. Please return them to the office as soon as you can as these will need to got to the engravers for this years prizegiving.
Thankyou.

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