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"Happy, Confident Learners"

About Us

Wakari School is a Contributing Primary School located in the hill suburbs of Dunedin. We cater for children from ages 5 – 11 (Years 1 – 6). The School has a Roll of around 300 pupils which increases as new entrants join us throughout the year.

Our Values

At Wakari School we promote our values of

Honesty, Manners, Respect, Cooperation & Kindness.

As a Family orientated school we promote and encourage parental involvement. This assistance is vital for the children’s education during their time with us. School Camps, trips, swimming and School Fairs would simply not be possible without the assistance that Whanau offer. Our school has a proud tradition of community involvement stretching back to 1858!

Our Vision and Aims

Wakari prides itself on developing its Vision with our pupils; “Happy, Confident Learners”. We look to achieve this through a Co-operative Approach to Teaching and Learning. We have Three Syndicates across the School which operate in Learning Hubs. We aim to provide our pupils with the means to achieve their best in a caring, safe and secure environment. Wakari School benefits from a true team approach.

What We Offer

Experienced and well qualified teachers
Dedicated support staff
Forward-looking and innovative school
Positive, respectful environment
Flexible learning environment
Effective learning support programmes
Large grass areas
Great playgrounds
Swimming pool
Community support

What's happening at Wakari School?

Upcoming Events in September

Thu 18

Little Learners

18 Sep 2025

Fri 19

End of term 3

19 Sep 2025

Latest Notices

NEW Fundraiser: Pepper & Me

3 Sep 2025

The Wakari Home and School Committee has joined up with 'Pepper and Me' for our next fundraising opportunity. You order online (link below) and your purchase is delivered to you directly. 20% of all sales go toward the school.

Offer ends on 30 September 2025.

Funds raised will be going towards much needed maintenance requirements for the school pool!

The Fundraiser link is: pepperandme.co.nz/FUNDWHS25

Thank you for your support!

Fundraising-Recipe-E-Book.pdf

Summer Sports Registrations Open

2 Sep 2025

Registrations for Term 4 Summer Sports are now available and will close on Friday 12th September.

To enroll go to https://www.wakari.school.nz/sports/sports-signup-forms and then the appropriate sport.

Sports on offer for Term 4 are:

Flippaball – Year 3 upwards (Sunday games)
Touch – All ages (Thursday games)
Futsal – All ages (Tuesday- Year 1-4 games or Wednesday- Year 5/6 games)
Cricket – Year 3 upwards (Monday games)

If you are able to help as a team manager during games, please indicate this on the form when enrolling. Teachers take on the coaching roles and run practices at lunch times. We do welcome parents to come along and help run practices at lunchtimes though, so if you are available please indicate this when signing up.

It is important to note that if you do sign your child up for a sport that they are committed to play for the whole season. It is very hard on teams and coaches if children pull out once registrations have closed.

Polyfest 2025

2 Sep 2025

Our Kapahaka group is performing at Polyfest 2025 today at approx 11.24am.

If you wish to watch it live, here is the official link:

https://vimeo.com/event/5350079?fbclid=IwY2xjawMi2uFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFWeGpHSWxETzF2OUlCWXVoAR5FxphWUA4qlsn5_aBWYi9-b0PkI4BNelMgqDAFZOynLifB_8-1rwyimKcZfQ_aem_9w4DWAio4Ed6PWn1KArv-w