Dargaville Primary School

State coed primary, years 1–6 school
35°56′21″S 173°52′00″E / 35.93917°S 173.86667°E / -35.93917; 173.86667InformationTypeState coed primary, years 1–6MottoEach for allEstablished1877Ministry of Education Institution no.1009PrincipalCurtis Gaylor [1]School roll383[2] (February 2024)Socio-economic decile4Websitedargavilleprimary.school.nz

Dargaville Primary School is the largest primary school in the town of Dargaville, New Zealand. It is situated in the Dargaville Central Business District (CBD). The school takes students from the age of five up to eleven.

It was the original school in Dargaville established by 1877. In 1879, it had a roll of 16, which grew to 155 in 1899,[3] and by 2008 reached just over 400 each year.

The pupils attending the school come from the town and the surrounding rural area. Rural students travel by bus each day. Baylys Beach is a small settlement about 15 kilometres from Dargaville. A bus load of children travel to and from Dargaville Primary School each day.

Dargaville Primary School is the Lead school for the Northern Wairoa Information and Communication Technologies Professional Development Cluster. It is also Lead school for the Northern Wairoa Resource Teachers for Learning and Behaviour cluster.

Notes

  1. ^ "Principal's Korero". Dargaville Primary School.
  2. ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  3. ^ Ryburn, Wayne (1999). Tall Spars, Steamers & Gum. p. 222. ISBN 0-473-06176-7.
  • Dargaville Primary School Website
  • Education Review Office 2006 report[permanent dead link]


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