OPEN SCHOOL EVENT
What: Open School (like an open home, minus the actual building) When: Thursday 14th March, from 5pm (finish at 7pm, but drop in whenever suits you) Where: the lawn adjacent to the rec centre car park Who’s invited: Every member of our new school community, and anyone else who is interested to learn more about […]
FIRST BOARD MEETING
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Establishment Board (Dr Ian Hall, Liz Hawker, Suzanne Howard, Anna Roseingrave, Amy Watson, Dr Jude MacArthur, and Cleave Hay – Governance Facilitator) met for the first time in 2019 on 1 February and welcomed Jodie Howard as the school’s Foundation Principal. Dr Ian Hall was re-elected as the Board’s Chair and Liz Hawker was […]
SCHOOL DESIGN
The Establishment Board has been meeting regularly with officials from the Ministry of Education, together with the architects for the new school plus the building contractor and the landscape designers. Good progress has been made to date and the Ministry of Education will be lodging the necessary consent documentation with the Queenstown Lakes District Council […]
PROPOSED ENROLMENT ZONES FOR WANAKA SCHOOLS
A new primary school will open in Wanaka in 2020 to serve the growing population in the Upper Clutha region. The new school is currently known as Wanaka South, though this name will change, and will be situated in the Three Parks development adjacent to the new Wanaka Recreation Centre. The opening of the new […]
October 2018 – The Site
The site for the new Wanaka South school is on 3 hectares of land adjacent to the new Wanaka Recreation Centre, off Sir Tim Wallis Drive (entrance from Ballantyne Road) in Three Parks. Construction of the school will start in early 2019 with the project managed by the Ministry of Education. The architects are Stephenson […]
FOUNDATION PRINCIPAL FOR NEW SCHOOL APPOINTED
The Foundation Principal for the new Wanaka South school will be Mrs Jodie Howard, currently the Deputy Principal at Hawea Flat school. The Chair of the Establishment Board for the new school, Dr Ian Hall, announced today that Mrs Howard had been appointed from a strong field of 17 applicants. “We are delighted to appoint […]
