Enrolments
Enrolling
students
Parents – please download, complete and sign the appropriate enrolment form for the year of your child.
You can scan and return it by
Year 0-6
Enrolment form for domestic children in years 0-6.
Year 7-13
Enrolment form for domestic children in years 7-13.
Meet our Senior Leadership Team
Meet our
senior leadership team
Alistair Luke
Principal
Ian Fulton
Deputy Principal Years 11-13, Principal's Nominee
Don Stewart
Deputy Principal Years 7-10, International Dean
Dee Ross
Deputy Principal Years 1-6
Anna Jolly
Deputy Principal Inclusion, Year 10 Dean
Racheal Thompson
Deputy Principal Equity
Board of Trustees
Board Chairperson
Kylie Gilbert
Board Members
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Jaimee Price
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Alison Mills
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Simon Rogers
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Kylie Van Gisbergen
Representatives
Teacher Representative
Michael Fleming
Student Representative
Stacie Bathurst
About
Whangamata
Area School
Area schools have a unique nature – our senior classes are small and provide opportunities for small group and individual support. Most year 11 classes are less than 20 students and many of our year 12 and 13 classes have less than 10 students.
The Benefits of
our Area School
Our students enjoy advantages that are not usually available in other schools.
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Cohesion & Stability
Continuity in education avoiding the disruption of starting new schools at intermediate and secondary levels. -
Leadership
Significant leadership opportunities for senior students and confidence building relationships for juniors. -
Small Class Sizes
A small senior school giving our students the chance to construct 'tailor made' courses, with close and full support. -
Highly professional staff
Staff across all school levels support learning success. Our individual student achievements and NCEA results reflect this. -
Opportunities For All
Our younger year 1-6 students have access to specialist facilities and staff that are usually only available for secondary students.
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Positive Learning Spaces
Specialist teaching areas provide purpose built amenities and create a positive learning environment for our students.
Local Environment
Whangamata is a beautiful coastal town with approximately 4 kilometres of surf beach bordered by tidal estuaries. A range of outdoor activities are available to enjoy whether it be surfing on the famous bar, kayaking or snorkelling in the harbour, or fishing off the wharf. All of these activities are woven into the curriculum our students experience.
Our Vision
Creating connected, engaged lifelong learners through positive, productive partnerships and authentic learning experiences
Our Mission
Whangamata Area School will provide for the personalised learning of all students so that they have the skills and attitudes that enable them to thrive in the future.
Our Values
Manaakitanga means to ‘uplift and foster mana’. Particularly, the mana of a person expresses itself in their ability to do certain things, in their skills and talents. Manaakitanga is a value or a principle which is concerned with the uplifting, fostering and nurturing the mana of the person.
Whanaungatanga is a term for interconnectedness and relatedness. Whanaungatanga is a value about maintaining and fostering relationships. It is about making good connections between people and between people and our world. It is about understanding that we are all interconnected in some way and one’s thoughts and actions connect with other things.
KORU
Students at Whangamata Area School are encouraged to show KORU at all times and students that continue to display the characteristics of KORU are recognised through staff endorsement on their KORU card and winning a prize at the KORU card draw at assembly.
Knowledge
Ako He Tupu – Learning is Growth
Ko te tupu o te ako I roto io koutou ringa
(the growth of the learning is in your hands).
(the growth of the learning is in your hands).
Organisation
Kia rite
Be prepared.
Respect
Awhi
Treat, others, yourself, and our environments with care.
Unity
Whanaungatanga
To value whanaungatanga on our shared journeys.
Learning
Pathways
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Primary Years 1-6
Securing key foundational skills in Literacy, Numeracy, Digital Technologies, the Sciences, Arts, and Physical Education.
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Middle Years 7-10
The middle school at WAS offers an opportunity for students to build on their foundational learning in a rich natural environment.
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Senior Years 11-13
Structured to encourage students to develop a flexible pathways approach to learning while keeping their options open for the future.
Gym Facilities
Our Gym Facilities
Resistance Training
Open Every Day
Dumbbells up to 50 kg
Boxing Bags
Personal Trainer
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Schedule
50+ Group Classes
Open Every Day
Up to 5 Areas
Extensive Gym Equipment
Qualified Trainers
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Schedule
Strength & Conditioning
Open Every Day
3D Body Scanner
Supervised Training
Over 30 Work Stations
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Schedule
High Intensity Training
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Contact
Contact Us
-37.2150,175.8675
Whangamata Area School
Port Road
Whangamata
New Zealand
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Whangamata
Area SchoolPort Road,
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Postal
AddressPO Box 8
Whangamata
New Zealand
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Social Media
Through a positive home school partnership our students will be confident, connected, actively involved, lifelong learners. Through utilising the internet, we are able to communicate with our students, their immediate families and their family from further afield. We can share their successes, their sport, special events and their work.
Whangamata Area School has a Facebook page where we post information regularly for students and their families. We have found Facebook to be the most used social media site in our town and community.
Our Gateway and Careers Department also have their own Careers Facebook page that they update regularly with information to support our Senior Student's transition into the workforce.
Some of our junior classes have private class groups where the teacher and parents can interact. Your child's class teacher will give you information on how to join if they have a page. We keep these as 'secret' groups for privacy reasons. Parents have reported this to be a great way to see what is going on in class. The teacher is able to share photos, videos and work in progress. Some pages have family from overseas following, which is a fantastic way for grandparents and other family to keep up with children living abroad!
Our Location
ON THE BEAUTIFUL COROMANDEL
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-37.213,175.873
Center Map
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-37.2151,175.8676
Whangamata, New Zealand
School Hours
Office
Monday – Friday
7:30 am - 5 pm
Students
Monday – Friday
8:40 am - 3 pm
Staff
Staff
Directory
For Whangamata Area School
School Years 1 – 13
Whangamata Area School teacher and admin email addresses are available to support and enhance communication between staff and parents.
Admin
& Support Staff
Primary
Years 1 – 6 Staff
Middle/Senior
Years 7 – 13 Staff
