Merivale School

26/05/2026

REMINDER : Tomorrow, Wednesday 27 May is the school cross country day.

The event will start with the junior students at 9.45am followed by the senior students.

Tamariki can dress in their house colours and will earn house points for participation.

Whānau are very welcome to come along and support the runners.

RURU : Orange

WHAITERE : Purple

TOHORA : Grey/Silver

TUATARA : Green

25/05/2026

We have been advised by Te Whatu Ora that there is whooping cough in our community.

The advice is for whanau to be aware and seek medical attention if you are concerned.

For more information visit :

Whooping cough can make pēpi (babies) very sick and some pēpi can die. Having whooping cough vaccination in pregnancy protects pēpi in their first weeks of life. Start vaccinating pēpi the day they turn 6 weeks old to keep protecting them.

14/05/2026

REMINDER
Merivale School
Te Kura o Tūtarawānanga finishes early tomorrow at 1pm

12/05/2026

Hau Te Kura.
This Friday 15 May, all teaching staff will be involved in an afternoon PLD session with the programme Hau Te Kura. This means school will close at 1pm. Please make the necessary arrangements for your child for that day. The school van and the walking bus will be operating as normal leaving at 1pm.
Students who travel by car will need to be collected at 1pm.
The Merivale Community Centre will not be open for students on Friday until 3pm.

07/05/2026

Kia Ora e te whanāu, year 5/6 basketball tomorrow, Merivale Panthers vs Tahatai Bulls, 4.45pm, court 4, Mercury Baypark

04/05/2026

FOOD BANK APPEAL - this is our week for the Tauranga Food Bank Appeal, it would be cool if we could fill a couple of boxes for them. Please send an item to school if you can.

15/04/2026

This term we will be introducing two new attendance posters. The message on our first poster is “Be Brave keep turning up” We have a new wrist band to award to tamariki who attend school for five weeks. If your tamaiti receives one it becomes part of their uniform and can be worn with pride. At the end of this term if a tamaiti has attended school everyday they will be involved in an out of school activity to recognise their achievement.

31/03/2026

Kia ora e te whānau. We desperately need a netball coach for our year 5/6 team. Season starts on May 2nd, games will be between 10.30am-12pm every Saturday at Tauranga Netball Centre. Please contact Matua Paora if you are keen. IF WE DON'T HAVE A COACH WE WON'T HAVE A TEAM.
Ngā mihi

29/03/2026

Nau mai, haere mai e te whānau,
We warmly invite you to join us on Wednesday 1st April at kura from 1:30pm - 2:50pm for a BBQ, some fun outside with your tamariki and staff, and a short presentation time that will include a couple of spot prizes.

As you enter the school, you will be greeted and given a raffle ticket, please keep this safe as we will be doing a draw at the end of the day.

The order of events are
1:30 - BBQ, followed by activities/fun with tamariki
2:30 - Presentation in the hall of attendance certificates to students and whānau that have been at school every day this term. Matua Tom will then address us and we will finish with the prize draw. Please make sure you stay to the end in case your name is drawn out.

We look forward to seeing you and celebrating the term with you.

24/03/2026

Today's Environmental Stream & Estuary Clean Up has been postponed until Term 4 due to the weather.