Takitimu Primary School

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Kia ora and a very warm welcome to Takitimu Primary School

We are a small but vibrant rural school in Western Southland with the Takitimu Mountains as our backdrop.

📣Reminder📣We have our Takitimu Primary School PTA Quiz fundraiser on tomorrow night at the Otautau Hotel, 7pm start. Thi...
03/08/2026

📣Reminder📣

We have our Takitimu Primary School PTA Quiz fundraiser on tomorrow night at the Otautau Hotel, 7pm start.
This is a big fundraiser for our PTA, supporting our students. Its sure to be a fun night out 😀 lots of raffles also.
We hope to see you there.

31/07/2026

Term 3 Week 2

⛷Some of the action from our day up at Remarkables⛷
28/07/2026

⛷Some of the action from our day up at Remarkables⛷

⛷️What an awesome day our skiers have had 🙌🏼🤩 massive thanks to all our parents who took groups up the slope continuousl...
27/07/2026

⛷️What an awesome day our skiers have had 🙌🏼🤩 massive thanks to all our parents who took groups up the slope continuously 😉 to our parents who weren’t skiing but helped on learners slope, took photos and managed base camp, again thank you 🙏 More photos will be posted over the next day

We are on our way home and will update on Hero an ETA when we hit Mossburn 🚌

24/07/2026

Term 3 Week 1

Today our tamariki o Ngāi Tahu (children of Ngāi Tahu iwi descent) had an amazing opportunity to experience Science at t...
24/07/2026

Today our tamariki o Ngāi Tahu (children of Ngāi Tahu iwi descent) had an amazing opportunity to experience Science at the Takutai o Te T**i Marae (Marae at Colac Bay). Here we joined students from Riverton and Waiau, to be officially welcomed onto our Ngāi Tahu marae with a pōwhiri. This included karanga, kōrero, waiata and the sharing of kai.

Following that, we heard from the Otago University scientists who taught us about the Fjords in Fiordland National Park and their studies about the way carbon is stored. We looked at core samples taken from the Sounds and the layers of soil collected - some dating back thousands of years.

These experts have the ability to look at the soil samples and pinpoint when major events such as earthquakes or landslides have occurred in the past. Did you know that carbon takes on many forms? It is the building block of all organic life!

Ākonga went around three different hands-on learning stations - guided by the University experts. They found out about the unique fjords and how they were carved by glaciers thousands of years ago. There is a top layer of fresh water with salt water below. Fun, hands-on activities helped us to understand how the fjords act as massive carbon sinks that are extremely efficient at carbon sequestration.

We are so grateful for the opportunity to connect with our Ngāi Tahu whānau and learn about the fantastic work led by the University of Otago, GNS Science, Ngāi Tahu, and the Fiordland Marine Guardians. ‘The project investigates how deep fjord basins and mature indigenous rainforests function as massive, highly efficient carbon sinks’.

Our Quiz night has been postponed to Tuesday 4th August.We look forward to seeing everyone there!!
19/07/2026

Our Quiz night has been postponed to Tuesday 4th August.
We look forward to seeing everyone there!!

A huge thank you to all of the families and community members who gave up their time to help at our Takitimu Primary Sch...
19/07/2026

A huge thank you to all of the families and community members who gave up their time to help at our Takitimu Primary School working bee yesterday.

Your willingness to lend a hand has made a real difference to our school grounds, and your support shows what a special community we have. Many hands truly do make light work, and we couldn’t have achieved so much without you.

Thank you for your time, effort, and community spirit. We are incredibly grateful!

18/07/2026

Term 3 is busy with all sorts of sporting opportunities (these are restricted to some year levels)...these have all just been loaded onto Hero.

🎿 Ski Notice
🏉 Rugby League
🏀 Netball Festival
🤸🏾 Gymnastics
🏉 Girls Year 7/8 10's

Reminder of our working bee being held this morning 🐝 10am start.If you can help at all, please come along.
18/07/2026

Reminder of our working bee being held this morning 🐝 10am start.
If you can help at all, please come along.

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Evan Street
Nightcaps Town District

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm
Friday 9am - 3pm

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