Kia ora, welcome
Hororata Primary School is a small contributing school catering for students in Years 1 to 6 in rural Canterbury. It is sited in attractive, well-developed grounds. The growing roll reflects the growth of the population in this area and the quality of the education the school provides. Since first opening in 1870, our school has maintained a strong emphasis on family, community, academic and sporting excellence. The Board, staff and school community are committed to providing quality education to enable the young people of Hororata to be competent, confident and connected lifelong learners. Read more
Latest news

Kia ora Koutou
We are looking forward to seeing you all on Monday 2 May 2022, when school returns.
This term we will be operating under the ORANGE COVID Protection Framework settings. The settings have been reviewed by the Board of Trustees and based on public health advice, the following protocols have been applied.
- The wearing of face masks is optional and no longer a requirement of school staff and children.
- Visitors to the school, including parents and whānau, are still required to wear a mask whenever they are indoors on the school grounds.
- Face masks will be available for tamariki in Year 4+, to be worn on occasions when mask wearing is desirable e.g. large gatherings, school trips or if we experience an increase in the number of COVID cases in our school or community.
- Students under the age of 12 are no longer required to wear face masks on school or public transport.
- Where there is an expectation for tamariki to wear face masks, the same will apply to staff.
- The rights of staff and children to wear a face mask is to be respected at all times.
- All health measures in place at school that we know slow the spread of COVID-19, will continue. These include ensuring our indoor spaces are well-ventilated, maintaining good hand hygiene and cough and sneeze etiquette, appropriate physical distancing whenever we can and, most importantly, staying home if we are sick.
- Outdoor capacity limits for curriculum or non-curriculum events or activities have been removed.
- Indoor capacity limits for curriculum related events have been removed. However, for non-curriculum related events and activities we will still adhere to public health advice regarding seating and capacity limits.
- The New Beginnings Programme (4yrs old) will return on Friday mornings.
- Parents/Caregivers (masked) are welcomed back to Friday Assemblies.
- Parent helpers (masked) in school are welcome back.
- School Lunches will recommence on Thursdays, this term.
- FINGERS CROSSED... Inter-school events and activities will recommence this term
Nga mihi nui Marty Gameson Principal | Hororata Primary School Ph +64 3 318 0803 | Mob +64 27 229 11 | E principal@hororata.school.nz
Principal's Blog March 2020
Kia ora Koutou Quote of the week… ‘Resilience only come from having been given the c...
Wanted
Although the school is always full of helpers, experience tells us that it is often the same smal...
Spotlight: Piwakawaka
Piwi are a bunch of super star children. We are learning all about each other at the moment. ...