Home

Te Waha o Rerekohu Area School is located in the rural township of Te Araroa on the East Coast beneath Te Maunga o Whetumatarau.  95% of students are Māori and whakapapa to Hinerupe and Tuwhakairiora and Te Iwi o Ngāti Porou.

The school’s whakataukī is ‘Whakapono kia koe – Believe in yourself’. The school has developed ‘The Rerekohu Way’ that has set clear expectations for behaviour and learning.

The school caters to year 0 - 13 and also has a Rūmaki Reo immersion unit with students in Years 1 to 8. Te Reo instruction is also available for National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) Levels 1, 2 and 3.

Leaders and teachers regularly report to the board, school-wide information about outcomes for students in the following areas:

• reading, writing and mathematics

• panui, tuhituhi, pāngarau and taha korero

• NCEA and qualifications on the New Zealand qualifications framework

• attendance, business in the classroom and conduct (ABC’s)

• value added to student knowledge and understanding of the localised curriculum.

Teachers have participated in a range of professional learning and development (PLD) programmes including teaching as inquiry, numeracy and literacy strategies and effective use of digital technology