Kopuarahi School

18/03/2026

23/02/2026

We are looking far a part time cleaner, after school. If you are interested or know someone who would be please share!

16/12/2025

Kia ora all.
2025 has been a year, Striving to be the BEST they can be. With that said we have so many people to be grateful for. The team who make it all Happen, Our Tamariki you have pushed through another year, growing so much within yourself and your learning. Our Parents with the time that you share with us, to help wherever you are free too, Our Staff and volunteers, nobody sees the behind the scenes of how hard you work, how much time goes into doing what you do, your mahi never goes unnoticed, we are truly lucky to have you all without you nothing is possible.

We also would like to thank our community, for all the time spent helping us with projects like , helping us to plant all our seedlings we have grown, Thank you Trees for Survival, To building our tunnel house, garden beds fruit forest with Oke Charity, Our compost bins we have onsite, the guys who came to give our pool a quick fix, The Lions Club and the Rotary Clubs that tautoko our kura, Our Grounds group who come in from time to time to work on keeping our school tidy, The Group from ADCR who have helped put kai in the freezer and pantry for families, Hauraki Māori Trust Board for all the kai they have brought to school but also for our families to take home we truly appreciate you all, there are so many more people to be thankful and grateful of just know you are ALL APPRECIATED.

What we we do without the support of both our RTLBS and LSC, the work they do to make things happen for our kids is amazing, they work alongside the Principal to get our kids places. Our SWIS and SC (school counselor) thank you for working with our tamariki.

The schools that invite us to participate in sports with them or Kapahaka and calf club, thank you for sharing the opportunity with us.

This term our school was lucky enough to be able to spend more time with lovely ladies at Anna Rehab- Equine Assisted Learning and their beautiful Horses, thank you for teaching our kids growth and understanding, resilience, teamwork and leadership. If you ever get the chance to work alongside these ladies please do they work great with the horses.

Here's a mini clip of some of the photos taken from 2025.

Enjoy your Holiday
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
From TEAM KOPUARAHI
See you all on the Feb 2nd 2026 😊

21/11/2025

Kia ora Whānau
I just wanted to come on here and send a huge mihi out to Waitakaruru School and their Kapahaka Roopū - Te Kapa Haka Rōpū o Waitakaruru, ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa, Thank you for inviting our Tamariki along to partake in practices and opening the floor up to anyone who wanted to be apart of Today's cultural festival. I am beyond proud of them all they did such an amazing job. The leadership, kindness, strength and braveness they all showed today, Makes my heart so happy, listening to your Leaders absolutely amazing.

To our boys who took part in today, I am so very proud of you both for out shining the nerves and putting a brave face on to face the crowd, You did it and you did it well, Nerves and all.

Ngā mihi nui
Whaea Jaleesa

19/09/2025

What a term.
We at Kopuarahi School wanted to take the time to thank everyone who has been involved with helping our tamariki evolve this term, It's been a great long term of Planting 1750 seedlings out at Hikutaia along with Moanataiari early this term, a Trip to Thames Museum to see Ruaumoko and learn some history, Working bee with Oke Charity Building our Maara Kai (garden beds), Fruit Forest, Tunnel House, Going over to Kauaeranga Visitors Centre to do some environmental school learning. How cool the tamariki got to each hold 2 little gecko one named Pounamu and the other named Puff, also learn about their recycling, creating their own clay creature and understanding how traps work.
Our teachers and people who spend the most time with our tamariki you all do amazing even on hard days, You work with it.
To our community thank you for helping our tamariki evolve in their space of learning, We truly appreciate you. Another big thank you to Hauraki Māori Trust Board and Our Charity Group In Kopu, you guys are truly amazing thank you for making sure our tamariki and families have kai.
We appreciate each of you.
Have a safe holiday, be good, use your ears and have fun and be kind to eachother.
Will see you all next term.
Team Kopuarahi.

26/07/2025

Kia ora all, I want to update on what was happening yesterday at school.
Firstly what an amazing day it was yesterday for a working bee, Secondly the turn out was awesome.

Yesterday - Sat July 26 we had a working bee to get our Tunnel House up, Garden beds installed and filled to the brim ready for vegetables to be planted, Fruit Trees planted.
We will have our hot compost bins done this Tuesday aswell.
We are so appreciative of the mahi done yesterday, The lovely ladies who sat there For the Raffle tickets from Lions Club of Ngatea, the team from Fonterra, The team from Oke Charity, Whitney and her tamariki, Matua, Chris, Whaea Chris, Charles, DJ and myself (Jaleesa) and anyone else who had come through to tautoko this kaupapa, To all who brought Raffle tickets on the Friday. Nothing goes unnoticed and we are so grateful to our community that show up for us and continue to show up and support our Kura, without you all none of this is possible. Big thank you to everyone, within an hour and a half the Tunnel House was up and ready, The garden beds were up and ready to be filled, within 3 hours everything was done and dusted. The team worked hard, the mahi was done.

Here are some photos of what was done.
Check out Oke Charity for more photos and videos of ehat they do.
Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa.
Whaea Jaleesa

25/07/2025

Nau Mai Haere Mai Ki Kopuarahi School, if you are passing by come down and buy a raffle ticket from the Lions Club Ladies, they are also running a sausage sizzle today. The crew from Oke Charity, Fonterra, Lions Club of Ngatea are helping us build our garden beds Maara Kai for our tamariki. This is a huge step for us as a school.
Feel free to drop in and say Hi.
Ngā Mihi Nui
Whaea Jaleesa

24/07/2025

We as a small school would love to take time and say thanks to all those who helped out yesterday with the planting in Hikutaia. What an amazing effort and hard mahi done by all.
So here we go
Thank you to Whitney, Lisa, Whaea Amy, Matua Chris, Whaea Chris, Aman, Our Tamariki.
Ella and Gavin - Land owners and recipients of our trees for survival, Matua Tim From Trees for Survival, Thames Rotary Club, Hauraki Plains College and Moanataiari School. We truly do appreciate you all for the mahi, You really did do some awesome planting team,in amongst 3 hours or so 1750 seedlings were planted.
This would not have been possible without team work.
Tino pai Team.

On another head into Ngatea tomorrow and go support the Lions Club of Ngatea with their raffle and if you're not busy on Saturday at 9am come down to the school, we have a working bee with Oke, we would love your help
We have Oke back on Tuesday at 9am
Ngā mihi nui
Whaea Jaleesa

21/07/2025

Morena all
If you are passing through Ngatea this Friday 25 July between 8.30am and 1.30pm please go stop in and support the Lions Club of Ngatea
This kaupapa means a lot to our school and we would appreciate your support.

Also If you are wanting to be apart of the big planting we have going on this will Happen Wednesday 23 July we are leaving school at about 8.35am.

Nga mihi nui
Whaea Jaleesa

17/07/2025

Kia ora all
For those who don't know about our planting day out in Hikutaia tomorrow, this has been postponed due to being to wet out on the area so will be rescheduled and I will let you know when next date is for planting.
Also ngā mihi nui to those at Mangatawhiri Hall today, that was a neat little thing for some tamariki to attend kids had fun that's all that matters.
Keep warm it's a tad cold out there.
Ngā mihi
Whaea Jaleesa

27/06/2025

Have an awesome Holiday Tamariki mā, be kind to your families, be safe if you're traveling and we will see you back For term 3 Monday 14 July.
Whaea Jaleesa