Meeanee School is a small school on the fringe of Napier city.   We cater for children from Years 1 to 8.   Children transition from us to a range of High Schools in Napier and Hastings.

The school is set just off Meeanee Road in Gavin Black Street, 5 minutes from Taradale and central Napier. There is a community hall, playgroup and sports stadium adjoining the school property.

Children enjoy the use of extensive grounds which include:  swimming pool, playing fields, hard court area, adventure playground, sandpit, bike track, edible orchard and gardening area.

Currently we have 4 classrooms which have all been modernised to meet the current standards. The school can accommodate 100 children and roll numbers are just below that, allowing smaller numbers in our new entrant class.

The Board of Trustees has invested in an extra portable classroom for visiting professionals to use and for small group teaching. 

The school is a member of the Whirinaki Community of Learning (Kahui Ako). This geographically spread but pedagogically close community includes the following schools: Maraekakaho, Twyford, St Josephs, Mayfair, Karamu HS, Clive, Pakowhai and ourselves.

The school has a strong focus on core curriculum and outdoor education. Staff are involved in Digital and Cultural Responsiveness professional development opportunities.

In 2020 additional space will be added to the school which will provide for a larger library, staffroom, resource storage and multi purpose space which will allow the whole school to meet in one space. A new adventure playground is being installed at the end of this year at the front of the school.

Two after school care options are available- both provide transport to and from their bases in Taradale and Tamatea.  Registration forms and contact details are available from the school office.

ENROLMENT ZONE

The Meeanee School Enrolment Zone is bounded by and includes properties encompassed within:

·         From the Meeanee Road Southbound interchange with the Napier-Hastings Expressway (Expressway) travel south to Tutaekuri River.

·         Follow the southern Tutaekuri Riverbank towards the coast until Brookfields Road

·         From Brookfields Road travel across land in a south-easterly direction until 46 Farndon Road, Clive

·         Travel along Farndon Road to intersection with SH2. Turn right into SH2 until the bridge.

·         Follow Karamu Stream to the coast, then travel north up the coast until 96A Te Awa Ave.

·         From 96A Te Awa Ave the boundary heads across to Chambers Street (incl all of Eriksen Road).

·         The boundary then travels along Chambers Street into Willowbank Ave to the intersection with Kenny Road.

·         From the intersection with Kenny Road/Willowbank Ave the boundary heads in a north-westerly direction to Riverbend Road

·         Up Riverbend Road to Venables Ave into Dinwiddie Ave.

·         From Dinwiddie Ave into Waterworth Ave and then left into Harold Holt Ave.

·         Follow Harold Holt Ave to the intersection with Ulyatt Road.

·         From this intersection head west across to the Expressway and then follow it south to the Meeanee interchange. 

Both sides of the road are included within the Meeanee School home zone boundary, unless otherwise specified above.

Parents need to complete a pre-enrolment form for pre-schoolers. This provides the Board with more accurate information regarding future in-zone enrolments and from which they can estimate the number of out of zone places to allocate for the following year.

Contact the school office for a form or an appointment to meet with the Principal to discuss your child's enrolment