Oropi School

Welcome to Oropi School online.

There are a lot of exciting developments happening at Oropi School and in planning for the future, which is reflected in our 2011-13 Charter and Annual Planning. We are a very dynamic and up to date rural school, within close proximitly to Tauranga.

As the school leader, I believe a main factor which makes us a successful school and great place to be for our children is in the size of our school. With 140 -160 children, we can offer an excellent range of extra programmes and opportunities, allowing a lot of children to be involved. It also means all children are known by all staff. This helps enormously in catering for individual learner needs. Children feel like they are part of a team and close community in a school our size and we can often offer opportunities for mixed age group interaction which is socially very good for children. Peer pressure is minimal due to smaller numbers in each year group so children can enjoy being children.  

At Oropi School, we offer a unique environment for our children to be a part of because:

• Children are in a peaceful small school environment where they are known and catered for by all staff
• There are many regular opportunities for all children of all ages 5-12 to interact together
• We are a rural school within very close proximity to the town centre and associated resources
• We offer modern, up to date and dynamic learning environments with excellent resources
• We identify learning needs quickly and have procedures and resources in place to meet a range of learning needs
• Communication between home and school is excellent
• Our community is very supportive and involved
• We have a lot of extra programmes on offer outside of classroom programmes: Support Programmes in Literacy & Numeracy, an Extension ‘GATE’ programme, a variety of Education Outside the Classroom experiences for all age groups, Music Tuition and a range of sporting opportunities.

We welcome feeback on our website, just go to the ‘Contact Us’ section. We also welcome visits from people considering enrolling their children at Oropi Primary School. Come and see us, we would love to show you around!

Kind Regards

Andrew King

Principal