Dear Parents/Caregivers,

We’d like to gently remind our community that from the beginning of 2026, Hedgehope School will have a compulsory uniform. 

Our uniform is designed to be simple, practical, and comfortable:

2024 Sports Top (with embroidery from Selector Uniforms)
Maroon Polar Fleece – full or half zip (with embroidery from Selector Uniforms)
Black bottoms of your choice
Shoes of your choice
Winter jacket of your choice

Thank you for supporting us in making sure every child feels a sense of belonging and pride in their school uniform.

https://www.selectoruniforms.co.nz/product-category/club-or-school/school-club-or-school/hedgehope-school-school-club-or-school/

Kind regards,

Hedgehope School Board of Trustees

School Camp Planning – Edenview Camp (2nd-4th December)

We are in the early stages of planning our Junior & Middle School Camp at Edenview Camp, which will take place during the week of Monday, 1st December.

We have loaded a form in the forms area which we need you to fill out please!

To help with our planning, we’d like to gauge your preferences regarding the length of the camp. We are considering either a one-night or two-night stay, and would appreciate your feedback on what would work best for your whānau.

For the overnight component, we’re offering flexible options to support all learners:

Children who feel confident are very welcome to attend camp without parent support.
Parents who would like to are also welcome to stay overnight at camp with their child.
Alternatively, you may choose to take your child home overnight and return them the next morning.
We’ll share more details about the programme closer to the time, but activities will include time around the Gore area, and we may also take a trip to Invercargill.

Please let us know your preference regarding the overnight stay and any other information that would support your child to have a positive and enjoyable camp experience.

Kind Regards, 

Tab, Rosanne and Daniel

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

We look forward to welcoming back all the students tomorrow for our final term of learning for 2025. Term 4 is action-packed and exciting with camps, pet days, prize giving, touch rugby, science workshops, swimming, kio-rahi tournaments, golf tournaments, book fairs and dressups, Sherwood Forest suppresion and advocacy, Mitre10  Tough Kids, and school photos to name a few.......

However, on a more sombre note, please see below a message regarding measles from the Ministry of Education.

Kind regards,

Daniel

There have been recent measles cases linked to overseas travel that have been reported in Te Tai Tokerau and Queenstown. Cases were active in the community while infectious, and there is a risk of measles circulating there, and more widely in Aotearoa.

• Measles is very contagious and can make people of any age very sick.
• Watch for measles symptoms – fever, cough, runny nose, sore eyes, and a blotchy rash
• If anyone in your whānau has measles symptoms keep them home and contact a doctor or Healthline urgently on 0800 611 116.
• Vaccination is the best protection from measles. Check that all whānau are immunised.
• Anyone closely exposed to measles who has not received two MMR vaccinations cannot attend their school | kura for at least eight days