Oakura School

A huge thank you to our amazing Year 8 students, Mrs Stringer and Whaea Becky for running such an awesome Colour Run this morning! A big thank you to FOOS for supplying the paint, the kids had an absolute ball!

Goat Island Marine Centre ... happy tamariki

Our Year 7's following in the fun of our Year 8's.

Bring on the diving tomorrow :)

Kia ora e te whānau,

We’re excited to share that our school is once again entering the Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon at Ngamotu Beach on Wednesday 25th March, and you can now join our school group using the link below!

Parents/caregivers will need to register their child online and pay the event registration fee as part of the sign-up process.

Last year was our very first year as a school group, and it was a huge success. It was so special to see our tamariki supporting one another, families cheering from the sidelines, and our school spirit on full display.

Who can enter:
Participants must be aged 6–15 years on event day.

Approximate distances:
• 6-year-olds: 50m swim / 1.5km run
• 7-year-olds: 50m swim / 4km cycle / 1.5km run
• 8–9-year-olds: 100m swim / 4km cycle / 1.5km run
• 10–15-year-olds: 200m swim / 8km cycle / 1.5km run

Entry options:
• Splash & Dash (6-year-olds only): Swim and run
• Individual TRYathlete (7–15-year-olds): Swim, cycle and run
• Teams of Two:
– Juniors: 7–9 years
– Seniors: 10–15 years
One team member does the swim, the other the cycle, and both complete the run.

We’d love to see even more of our community involved in 2026, whether you’re participating or coming along to cheer!

👉 Join our school group link https://raceroster.com/registration/48504236-62b0-45df-bd5d-073323f0ce3e/entry?team=907089

Ngā mihi nui,

Ulla

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Our Year 8's are having an absolute blast at camp.

Goat Island is putting on a show for our tamariki.

Thank you to our wonderful teachers and parents for providing such a great opportunities!

On Friday at assembly, we had the pleasure of celebrating Maree’s retirement 💛

In a very special moment, Maree was awarded her very own Excellence Badge after Ava proudly applied on her behalf, a well-deserved recognition.

Maree, we are going to miss your kindness, patience and humour in the office. Thank you for everything, Maree, we wish you all the very best for this exciting next chapter. You will always be part of our school family 🌼💛

On Thursday we said thank you to Matua CJ for all his hard work teaching us kapa haka this year. We’ve loved learning new waiata and haka, and are so grateful for the time and energy he’s shared with our tamariki. We celebrated with a shared lunch, waiata, and gifted Matua CJ a Kōwhai tree as a small token of our appreciation. Ngā mihi nui! 🌳💛

A huge thank you to the incredible team at On The House for your very generous food donation for our Year 7/8 camp next week 💛

Our tamariki and teachers are so grateful. We truly appreciate your kindness and community spirit
Ngā mihi nui!

We are so proud of Whaea Lynley and the mahi she has done at Bellyful New Plymouth. This has been recognised with a Local Hero medal. Congratulations Lynley 🌟🌟🌟

CONGRATS LYNLEY STRINGER!!!
2025 Local Hero medalists
Did you know Lynley started up the New Plymouth Bellyful branch in 2021 as she saw a need for it here!
Here we are 4 years later, 6 people doing what she did as coordinators hopefully making her proud!
One of the words used in her ceremony was "Legacy" and that is what she has created! And we hope to live up to that legacy she built. All though she has stepped back for the daily running's of Bellyful New Plymouth, we know she is our biggest supporter!
Congrats to Lynley on this amazing award

5 minute dash around our school. Check out the learning, teamwork and happiness of our tamariki.

We have the best kids in the world!

A reminder that today, we are having an odd sock day. This is to raise awareness about anti bullying and diversity. Everyone is different and this is something that should be celebrated. All you need to do is to remember to wear your odd socks, the more odd the better!

Quote of the day: We're all like odd socks because we're all different in our own ways.

From Tyler and Charlie