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780
STUDENTS
93
STAFF
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Tēnā koutou katoa We began the year by welcoming 780 students, an increase of 120 from 2021, and were lucky enough to welcome 20 new sta . Our college has a predicted school roll of 850 students in 2023 up from 770 this year. As the school year shifts towards the summer holidays, there is a lot to be thankful for. We remain true to our vision of nurturing, inspiring and preparing students for the real world and the community continues to have con dence in our wonderful, dedicated sta as evidenced by the continuing high enrolments. We are really proud of each and every student in our college. Each student is unique and brings their own strengths and passions that weaves the fabric of Kuranui College. We are continually amazed about what our students achieve at college and in their lives. Good luck to our ‘Class of 2022’, we wish you all the very best for the future. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”. Go well.
Simon Fuller
Our college continues to punch above our weight in all areas. Our 2021 NCEA results were awesome and well above the national averages across all NCEA Levels 1-3. Our 2021 NCEA Level 1 and 2 results were the best overall Level 1 and 2 results the college has ever achieved and all results compared very favourably with schools across the country and Wairarapa. This is an amazing achievement and a credit to the commitment and hard work of our students, sta and whānau. The success of our innovative Ignite Curriculum and Inspire Time programme has helped to improve engagement and therefore achievement in all areas of the school.
Inspire is now in its third year and aims to give students an opportunity to have a go at something that they may never have thought of before, such as CrossFit, Aviation Studies, Spanish, Small Bore Ri e Shooting or Minecraft. The student-lead Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori was very successful in bringing sta and students together to celebrate and embed Te Reo even more rmly into the daily life of the college. Once again our students and sta have worked hard to excel in the opportunities presented to them, whether they are sporting, cultural or academic.
We were the 2022 Wellington region ShowQuest winners and Team “TimeWarp” were rst runners up and winner of the choreography award for scoring a perfect 10 in DanceNZmade Palmerston North regional competition. Our drama students celebrated coming third nationally in the Theatrefest Olga E Harding Playwrighting award in the One Act Play competition. We reached the nals in Boys 1st XI cricket, Girls and Boys T20, Girls Hockey, Girls Football, Netball, and our Boys Hockey team won the NZ Secondary School Lower North Island Hockey Tournament. Our chess team also claimed the top three placings in the Wairarapa Chess Championships. This year we added an inaugural sports exchange with Upper Hutt to our exchanges with Tararua, Queen Elizabeth and Opunake, and introduced a ‘Colour Run’ to our annual CrossCountry event. As a college we celebrated Matariki with a wonderful Pōwhiri at Papawai Marae for our entire sta and around 60 students. Students participated in a noho marae, where they prepared and cooked a hangi for the entire college. It was a wonderful occasion with amazing food and demonstrated what is so special about our school and that is the people that make up our community.
Our team claimed top three placings in Wairarapa Chess Champs. Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori an inspired student-lead celebration.
The school celebrated Matariki with a noho marae at Papawai. Our Kuranui Ball was the largest we’ve ever had!.
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