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The Year of Action is underway!

At Hedgehope School students are learning about citizenship, environment, their local area, community, collaboration, planning, reflection, empathy, relationships with landowners, partners and interest groups, complexities involved with a sustainable compass.

Students have chosen to either collaborate for advocacy projects or suppression actions in our local forest.

The students visit once a week to set and service traps and bait stations, manage invasive flora and carry out maintenance. 

The Integrated curriculum learning areas included in this project are literacy, maths, science, technology, social studies/history, Health/PE, Visual Arts.



Students are also carving Matamata (The taniwha of Rakituaneke) from Limestone of the Hokonui Hills, kindly donated by AB Lime.

Jeromy Van riel is inspiring students to create and endure while learning local stories.



Seniors have also planned and are building a bike track in our Treemendous area and even running casting (fishing) workshops on the school field as part of their curiosity learning.



A new management team have taken over the running of the Community Trader, with a rebrand the Community Shop is now open at lunchtimes on Mondays.

We are also fit for Eastern Cross Country today after training on Jones’s farm and dodging Greg, the crazy alpaca! 

Hedgehope School is a fabulously modern and truly up to date, future focussed environment bursting with resources and wonder.

Our student whanau are curious, dazzled and hugely appreciative of our learning spaces and resources that the BOT and PTA tirelessly support.

Student efficacy and agency gives powerful voices to students to lead their own interests for learning.

This year our overarching theme continues to be Curiosity, students have their own passions, big questions and timelines. 

We are three classes of 42 students that all love to learn! 

While we are adventurous and find learning everywhere in our community, we are passionate about creating literate, numerate, empathetic, critical thinking problem solvers that are proud of their community and environment.

Our students are coached by 4 incredibly talented and inspiring teachers and 2 learning supports.

We are a happily connected whanau!

We all REACH for Greatness in everything we do!

Hedgehope School proudly supported by Classic Kitchens