Pride Mana ↔ Spirit Wairua ↔ Unity Kotahitanga ↔ Excellence Hiranga ↔ Integrity Ngakau ↔ Respect Manaaki ↔ Our School Pekerau School, located approximately 30 kilometres of Hamilton, was officially opened on 3 February 1958 with a roll of 263 pupils, initially known only 'Te Awamutu No. 2 school'. the official name given to this school on 17 April 1958, was supposed to be an ‘Pekerau’ abbreviation of Pekapekarau, the early Māori name for the area. The spelling should have been but was mistakenly written as Pekerau. Pekapekarau means multitude of bats’. ‘Pekarau’ ‘a Today, we are a decile four U5 school, with a current role of 330 students comprising of approximately 35% Māori students and 65% students identifying as New Zealand European and other ethnic groups. The school is made up of three syndicates - the Junior School (New Entrants, Years 1 and 2), the Middle School (Years 3 and 4) and the Senior School (Years 5 and 6). The school is also divided into four sports houses that regularly compete for points and the overall sports championship of the school for year. These sport houses are named after native trees and each house are proudly supported by the staff and children: Regular inter-house competitions take place that allow children to participate in cricket, netball, cross country, tabloids and other sporting activities within a fun environment. Senior and middle
Pride ↔ Mana Spirit ↔ Wairua Unity ↔ Kotahitanga Excellence ↔ Hiranga Integrity ↔ Ngakau Respect ↔ Manaaki Our School Pekerau School, located approximately 30 kilometres of Hamilton, was officially opened on 3 February 1958 with a roll of 263 pupils, initially known only 'Te Awamutu No. 2 school'. ‘Pekerau’ the official name given to this school on 17 April 1958, was supposed to be an abbreviation of Pekapekarau, the early Māori name for the area. The spelling should have been ‘Pekarau’ but was mistakenly written as Pekerau. Pekapekarau means ‘a multitude of bats’. Today, we are a decile four U5 school, with a current role of 330 students comprising of approximately 35% Māori students and 65% students identifying as New Zealand European and other ethnic groups. The school is made up of three syndicates - the Junior School (New Entrants, Years 1 and 2), the Middle School (Years 3 and 4) and the Senior School (Years 5 and 6). The school is also divided into four sports houses that regularly compete for points and the overall sports championship of the school for year. These sport houses are named after native trees and each house are proudly supported by the staff and children: Regular inter-house competitions take place that allow children to participate in cricket, netball, cross country, tabloids and other sporting activities within a fun environment. Senior and middle
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