BY HAYLEY JENSEN

WHO ARE WE? Waipipi school is a family orientated, progressive school that takes pride In itself. Waipipi school is a small country school just outside Waiuku, Auckland. We teach year 1 to year 8. School starts at 8.30 and finishes at 2.25pm. Waipipi school is a great example of kiwiana.

THIS IS WHAT SOME STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM WAIPIPI SCHOOL SAID WHEN ASKED THE QUESTION ‘WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT WAIPIPI SCHOOL?’ Kate Newton and Laura Nicholson (students) ‘The school looks really nice’ Alyssa Statham (student) ‘The people are all very nice’ Alison Milne (teacher) ‘I like the fact that it is small enough to know everybody, there is also a great range of people who go to this school’ Haylee Webber (teacher) I love everything !

OUR HISTORY Waipipi school started in 1874 and since then it has changed heaps. Did you know that our car park used to be a paddock for horses that you rode to school on! Room 4 used to be one big classroom. Inside the wall in room 4 that got knocked down there was a bottle of wine but when they found it the wine had all evaporated. When they first opened they had one room which was called a school house, it measured 8m by 4.5m.By April 1874 the roll was only 49 pupils. All the pupils were taught reading, writing and arithmetic other students were also taught grammar, geography and history. Many principals have been here,did you know more than 40 principals have been here! Many young boys from Waipipi were sent to the army to help with world war two and some never to return. Waipipi school has seen many changes and is still changing.

WHERE IS WAIPIPI? Waipipi school is near the little town called Waiuku. It is 40 kilometres southwest of the Auckland city centre, and 12 kilometres north of the opening of the Waikato River. Waipipi school is on 100 Creamery Road.

OUR BUILDINGS, MUD BANKS AND PLAYGROUNDS. Waipipi school has 8 classrooms, a library, an office and a hall which we call the smile room. We also have two playgrounds (senior and junior) and mud banks which are a popular choice for us kids!

THESE ARE SOME OF OUR CLASSROOMS. THESE WERE REFURBISHED IN 2013.

2013 BEAUTIFICATION IN 2013 OUR SCHOOL WORKED ON “BEAUTIFYING” OUR SCHOOL, HERE IS SOME OF OUR CHANGES!

THEME DAYS SO FAR OUR THEME DAYS CRAZY HAT AND HAIR DAY COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD DAY WHEELS DAY NEW ZEALAND DAY

SCHOOL TEAMS Waipipi has the following sport teams in 2013: netball teams soccer teams touch teams This was one of our netball teams

OUR ANNUAL EVENTS Calf club day Speech contests Year 8 dance School cross country Athletics day End of year prize giving

I HOPE YOU HAVE SEEN HOW COOL WAIPIPI SCHOOL IS AND ENJOYED MY PRESENTATION. CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE OR COME AND HAVE A LOOK AT OUR AWESOME SCHOOL!