About Hapuku School
Hapuku School location
Hapuku is a small, rural school located 7 km north of Kaikoura on S.H. 1.
The School was established in 1905 and is an attractive, small, school in a rural setting, at the foot of the Seaward Kaikoura Ranges and beside Te Tai o Marokura, close to Mangamaunu marae.
School facilities
Hapuku School school has well developed and maintained grounds with many mature trees.
The facilities include a community room/ library, an adventure playground, a well kept swimming pool, BBQ area and a large playing field.
The two classrooms are well furnished, warm and provide stimulating environments for children’s learning.
Small Class size
We have around 30 children on our roll which gives us the advantage of having small classes, excellent student/teacher ratio and highly trained support staff and teachers in both classrooms.
Bilingual and Bicultural education
We provide bilingual and bicultural education throughout the school.
Our school has a close, formal relationship with Nga Uri o Mangamaunu and the marae. Te Reo Maori is integrated across the curriculum.
Our children enjoy exciting topic work covering and integrating all areas of the National Curriculum. Priority is given to reading, writing and mathematics.
We run exciting whole school, integrated learning programmes (focusing on inquiry learning) where junior and senior classes are grouped for project work. This enables all of our students to develop and practice their leadership and peer support skills.
Our community relationship
The school enjoys a great relationship with the community and has excellent support in its activities. Our roll has been stable of the past few years with numbers steadily growing. One of our greatest attributes is our friendly, family atmosphere.
In our school all children are included.
Hapuku School Staff
Principal and Senior Class teacher – Diane St.Claire
Junior Class teacher – Waiata Sullivan
Principal Release teacher – Sarah Beardmore LTR
Special Needs Co-Ordinator – Jo Willet
Classroom Release teacher – Jo Willet
Teacher Aides – Carolyn Vasta, Kataraina Callow
Music teacher – Sally Blunt
Kapa haka tutors – Tania Poharama, Waiata Sullivan, Diane St.Claire
School secretary and cleaner/caretaker – Liz Wilson
Board of Trustees
Chairperson – Erin Smith
Secretary – Belinda Mason
Parent representative – Nevada McIlwrick
Nga Uri o Mangamaunu – Darran Kerei-Keepa
Parent representative – David Mason
Staff Representative – Waiata Sullivan
Principal – Diane St.Claire
Our Board’s role is to govern the school. Members are elected every three years, the most recent election being 2010. The Board meets every month. Parents and community members are most welcome to attend Board of Trustees meetings. Dates and details are published in our weekly newsletter.
