We are proud to be a
Green Gold Enviro School

and
A Locally Curriculum Inquiry whanau
that is REACHing for Greatness.

Hedgehope School is a full rural primary school with a passion to inspire students from Years 1-8. We are located in Central Southland on the Winton-Hedgehope Highway, a 20-minute drive from Mataura, Winton or Invercargill. Our beautiful rural setting is located not far from the Community Hall, Rural Fire Brigade and Golf Course. We have three dynamic teachers and classrooms, a library, vast grounds and a school garden with shade house. We offer quality modern teaching and learning programmes while maintaining strong traditional and community values.

Our school vision of ‘Reaching for Greatness’ is guided by our values of Respectful, Enduring, Adventurous, Compassionate and Happy. Our goal is to provide the children of Hedgehope School with the values and life skills necessary to lead full and rewarding lives through high quality learning opportunities, effective teaching and community support.

We offer quality modern teaching and learning practice to engage and excite our inquisitive learners.

Our students are curious and innovative. They engage with real life community opportunities and learning challenges. Also they enjoy a range of play areas including an adventure playground, sandpit, court area, rugby field and a landscaped ‘Treemendous’ area which has a fort, ropes, swings and picnic tables nestled amongst the trees and plantings. We encourage and support our students to be active.

What's happening at Hedgehope School?

Upcoming Events in August

Mon 18

Year 7&8 Tech at Winton School

18 Aug 2025 - 21 Aug 2025

Fri 22

Kereru Assembly @ 2h30pm

22 Aug 2025

Fri 29

Tui Assembly @ 2h30pm

29 Aug 2025

Latest Notices

Heart Words- on rings in pouches

20 Aug 2025

Dear Parents,

Our children are making great progress in their learning, and it’s wonderful to see their confidence growing.

One part of our Liz Kane Literacy programme is teaching Heart Words. Each child has a little metal ring with words on it—some are already familiar, while others are new.
Heart Words are words where most of the sounds can be sounded out, but one part is a little “tricky” and needs to be remembered by heart (for example, the ai in said).

You can support your child with Heart Words at home by:

Spotting them together in favourite books.
Making fun flashcards to practise for a few minutes each day.
Writing them in chalk outside or in sand to make it hands-on.
Playing quick games like “find the Heart Word” on the fridge or whiteboard.
Or simply practicing writing them out on scrap paper.

As your child becomes confident with their current words, we will swap them out for new tricky ones. This way, children steadily build up a bank of words they can read and write with ease.

Thankyou for your support,
Tab

Student Information Updates

19 Aug 2025

Good Afternoon Parents / Caregivers,

We will be sending a form home today to update student details.

We just want to confirm that the information we currently have for each student is correct and also a few other details which are quite important and we would like to confirm and make note of.

If you could please complete these forms and send them back as soon as possible, that would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you all and have a great day!

Kind Regards

Piwakawaka Speech Presentations- 22nd August

15 Aug 2025