Our school Environment
Maraeroa School is co-educational primary school situated in the Porirua East community.
Maraeroa School has a focus on raising achievement through supporting our students to apply their voice, agency and identity to learning. Our students’ success is supported by ongoing partnerships between the school and the wider Maraeroa community. We believe in weaving the values of our people (students, whanau, and community) into our learning.
We are very close to Toru Fetu and Maraeroa Kindergartens, who we work together with when students are soon to start school! We are also close to Brandon Intermediate, where most of our children go after leaving us at the end of year six.
Location: 47 Driver Crescent, Cannons Creek, Porirua 5024.
Telephone: 04 237 6707
School Cell Phone: 022 468 6792
Skool loop is a mobile app that sends all the latest notices and newsletters to your phone. It’s a free app. When you download it, look for Maraeroa School.
LEARNING AT MARAEROA
At Maraeroa School we are developing inquiry communities to inform our teaching and learning.
Follow these links to see more about our curriculum and our learning in the junior (Nga Kakano and Nga Mahuri), and the senior school (Nga Puawai).
Enrol at Maraeroa
We would love for you to enrol your child at our school! Follow this link for more information on how to enrol a student at Maraeroa School.
MARAEROA SCHOOL VALUES
Calendar
Our Upcoming Events & Activities
12
Oct
Term 4 begins at 8.55am
19
Oct
Niue Language Week will be celebrated at school this week
26
Oct
Labour Day – School Closed
27
Oct
Tokelau Language Week will be celebrated at school this week
3
Nov
School-wide swimming starts. Tuesdays and Thursdays until 26 November
19
Nov
Road Patrol end of year party
A Word
From Our Principal
Welcome to Maraeroa School
Built in the mid 1960’s it has been the school of choice for many of our families in the Driver Cresent loop. Many of our whanau are ex students keen to continue the ties they have with our school.
Maraeroa School was built on a plot of land that was formerly the home of a local Maori chief and his wife, Te Awhinanui. Te Awhinanui opened her home to care for many of the local people providing a place to be healed and a place to be well looked after.
At Maraeroa School we pride ourselves on continuing this tradition through nurturing and growing our students to be our future leaders and contributors to our community.
We are a year 1 to 6 state primary school that has strong ties with both Toru Fetu and Maraeroa Kindergartens. We also have built valued relationships with Brandon Intermediate and Porirua College. Being a member of the Porirua East Kahui Ako we are working collaboratively with teachers and leaders across the Porirua East community , our vision for our kahui ako is
VAI – Voice Agency and Identity.
We are proud of who we are and what we can do and be.
Our school values of being a CREEK kid/parent/staff member
Curiosity, Reciprocity, Energy, Excellence, Kotahitanga
are woven through all that we wish, hope and do.
Come and see us – our doors are always open and our students are always proud to show off their learning and their place!
– Kathleen O’Hare
Our Staff
Leadership team
Principal – Kathleen O’Hare
Deputy Principals – Susan Arthur and Leka Farquhar
Nga Kakano
Harakeke – Claire Stenhouse
Kowhai – Cherie Cheung and Alisha Aslam
Kanuka – Sheryl Prakash
Teacher Aides – Martha Silva, Jess Hor, Dora Laupola, Afono Gaualofa
Nga Mahuri
Rata – Jess Woods
Rimu and Team Leader – Leka Farquhar
Teacher Aides – Andre Kemp and Antz Akavi
Nga Puawai
Team Leader – Susan Arthur
Nikau – Dot Payne
Kauri – Nicola Elliott
Kahikatea – Samantha Norris
Teacher Aides – Lisa Lukitau, Sylvie Gaualofa, Berna Lukitau, Turou Nootai and Notu Ariki
Learning Support
Literacy – Lisa Lukitau
SENCO – Susan Arthur
Reading Recovery – Dianna Craker
ESOL – Claire Stenhouse
Support
Office Manager – Zofia Heath
Office Support – Michelle Tava’e
Caretaker – Chris Meredith
Cleaners – Martha Silva and Sylvie Gaualofa
Learning Support Coordinators (Porirua East Kahui Ako)
Sheryl Brown
Adrienne Lyall
Meera Balaji
Balaji Somasundaram
Our School
Along with our in class learning we provide a range of extra-curricular clubs and acitvities for students.
School Lunches
Breakfast Club
8:30-8:50 Monday to Friday
Open to all our students and whanau. Come along and have some kai, a hot drink, and read a book in our reading space!
Thank you to our 2020 volunteers
Afono, Martha, Lisa, Berna, Sylvie, and Jamie
Lunchtime Clubs
In the summer months we run a gardening club. Term 3 is when we will be restarting our technology club for senior students. As well as clubs the library is open for students at lunch times.
Kapa Haka
Students in years three and up are given the choice to participate in our kapa haka group. The students work twice a week with Matua Todd and practice at home by using Google Classroom. This year we are working hard on coming together for an exchange with Porirua East School. Look out for our end of year performance!
Students
Classes
Staff
Years Established
Get In Touch
Location: 47 Driver Cres, Cannons Creek, Porirua
Telephone: 04-237 6707
Email: office@maraeroa.school.nz
School Hours: M-F: 8.55am-3pm
Office Hours: M-F 8am-4pm