Ridgway is a friendly co-ed primary school, with about 240 children from Years 1-8, set amongst the hills in Brooklyn, Wellington. It's an awesome place to be!
We have a French bilingual class, a huge field to play on, a bike track and a bike skills track.
30/03/2026
Our lovely and talented librarian Lucy, is running 'Storytime at School', twice a term. Toddlers and preschoolers from our local area are warmly welcomed for a fun, informal storytime with books and songs in our newly redeveloped library! Tell your friends and come and join us!
24/03/2026
We think itβs very important to help out others and give back to our community where we can. The recent food drive has been super successful and today we delivered all the food to the Salvation Army in Newtown to help top up their almost empty (π±π±) food bank. Thanks to all the whΔnau for being so generous with your donations!
18/03/2026
This is what belonging looks like at Ridgway. Our seniors supporting the younger ones (tuakana/teina), growing friendships across the school and being part of something special. This is the buddy reading programme in our brand new library! β€οΈ π₯° π π
13/11/2025
Our Ridgway Reboot, is coming up next weekend!
10/07/2025
We all love a good news story! Here is an example of the cool and creative stuff we do here at Te Kura o Tawatawa - Ridgway School!
12/04/2025
Ridgway Represent! β½οΈ π¦βπ₯ πͺπΌ
03/03/2025
Introducing Ultrawilding: The Ridgway!
Exhibition April 8th 6pm - 7.30pm.
Thank you to The Vogelmorn Foundation for the grants we received.
Thanks to The Vogelmorn Foundation, we were lucky enough to receive $8668.00 in July for the Treetop Walkway and Adventure Playground on the bank. We also got $3750.00 in September to cover SPELD Assessments for some of our at risk learners. Thanks Vogelmorn Foundation!π
02/07/2021
Check out our vacancy! π«π· π«π· π«π·
Vacancies Our Ruru La Chouette French-English bilingual learners need a dedicated professional who can work across all levels. This role is part time in 2021 and will suit you if you are looking to work 2-3 whole days or just 2 - 3 mornings. Actual hours will be confirmed with the successful applicant and the...
15/06/2021
Discovery Learning is really exciting here at Ridgway! Yesterday our Ridgway Hero Journalists went to Stuff HQ to meet real journalists, a photographer and get a tour. Today they are interviewing Dr Ashley Bloomfield! What fabulous learning opportunities for our budding journalists!
27/05/2021
This is happening tonight!
Calling all parents and caregivers in the Brooklyn, Wellington Area...
WARNING! This is an evening mixed with a lot of laughter, love and raw hard hitting facts and stats, told by real parents with 4 kids aged 10 - 16 going through the same journey as you.
We will be diving deep into the reality of the online world our kids are growing up in, answering your questions and providing some easy solutions to help keep our kids safer. π
Come and join us at this evening hosted by Ridgway School Wellington being held at Vogelmorn Hall in Brooklyn
Thursday 27th May 7pm - 9pm
13 Vennell Street, Brooklyn, Wellington
Entry: Free
See you there and bring a friend!