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Waihola District School is a full primary school (Yr 1-8) with generous, attractive learning spaces, inside and out. Nestled among native trees, it overlooks generous grounds, the lake and gentle rolling hills.
Waihola is located on the edge of the Taieri Plains, not far from Sinclair Wetlands. The school has a long history, dating back to 1859, one of the first schools in Otago.
Recently redesigned, our learning spaces, including two classrooms, a hall, library & central learning hub, allow greater collaboration & connection across the school. Environmental Education and Education for Sustainability are important parts of our school. Our outdoor education areas include raised vegetable gardens, a shade house, tunnel house and native garden.
Our committed, capable staff are supported by an interested and active community. Well-resourced, the school supports all children to "work and learn together to be the best that they can be".
Our school resources are well-used by the local community. Waihola District School provides a meeting place where all may be inspired and supported to become life-long learners.
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Kia ora e te whānau,
Attached is a letter about the Clued up kids day in Balclutha on Tuesday 14th October.
This is for our year 6 and 7 students.
Ngā mihi nui,
Louise Crowl
Kia ora e te whānau,
And that’s a wrap for Term 3! 🎉
Have a wonderful and relaxing break, and enjoy our newsletter from the final fortnight of the term.
There is also information about our school photos in the newsletter, so be sure to check it out.
See you all next term!
Ngā mihi nui,
Louise Crowl
Kia ora e te whānau,
We are starting to put together the plans for our Senior Camp to Quarantine Island, which will take place from Tuesday 3 November to Friday 6 November 2026 for our Year 4–7 students.
We are looking for four parents to come along as parent helpers for the full residential camp on Quarantine Island. This would involve staying with the students from Tuesday afternoon through to Friday and helping with supervision and activities throughout the camp.
There will be a cost of $140 per parent helper, which will contribute towards accommodation, food and transport costs for the camp.
The camp will begin on Tuesday with the whole school travelling by bus to the Peninsula for our big day out, including Larnach Castle, a visit to a Peninsula school for lunch and the Otago Marine Studies Centre. The senior students will then travel by water taxi to Quarantine Island, while the junior students return to Waihola.
The senior students will stay at St Martin Lodge on Quarantine Island from Tuesday afternoon until Friday morning.
If you are interested in being one of our four parent helpers for the residential camp, could you please let me know by Tuesday 30th September and include:
Please note that this is an expression of interest rather than a guarantee of a place. We only have four parent helper places available, so if we have more than four parents interested, we will need to select the helpers based on the supervision and needs of the camp.
At this stage, this is simply to help us work out our adult supervision and staffing requirements. We will confirm the four parent helpers once the camp plans and numbers have been finalised.
We will send out the full camp information, including the final student cost, programme, what students need to bring and the formal consent forms, closer to the time.
If you have any questions about coming along as a parent helper, please get in touch.
Ngā mihi nui,
Louise
Kia ora e te whānau,
Our Cross Country at the Waihola Cricket Ground tomorrow, Tuesday 22nd September at 1.30pm, is going ahead!
The lovely warm weather today has hopefully helped to dry the ground out a little.
Students should bring comfortable running shoes and a drink bottle. We will walk down to the Cricket Ground together after a quick lunch.
Parents and spectators are very welcome to come along and support the students!
If the weather doesn’t stay on our side tomorrow, we will make a decision at lunchtime and let you know via Skool Loop, email and Facebook.
The postponement date will be Thursday 15th October (Term 4) at 1.30pm.
Fingers crossed for a dry afternoon! 🤞
Ngā mihi nui,
Louise
Kia ora e te whānau,
It’s that time of the fortnight again, and our latest newsletter is ready to share!
There are some great photos from Polyfest, along with a wonderful poem about our Polyfest experience by one of our students too. We have also included the Cookie Dough order form at the end of the newsletter, with all the information you need to place your orders.
Have a lovely weekend — and keep warm!
Ngā mihi nui,
Louise
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