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Kiaora, welcome to Sherwood School

Sherwood School is an Enviroschool, we aim to create a healthy, happy, peaceful and sustainable environment by learning and working together. A student-led Enviro group make decisions about, and plan and implement actions at school to help us achieve this aim.

Vision – “Passion for Learning in a Rural Environment”

Sherwood School is located three kilometres along Makaretu Road which turns off State Highway 50 about eight kilometres from where it meets State Highway 2. The school is tucked in at the base of the Ruahine Ranges which create a stunning backdrop, it is the most beautifully situated school in Central Hawkes Bay! Students at Sherwood recognise the highest point of the Ruahine Ranges, Tiraha as their maunga/mountain and the local stream, Tukipo as their awa.

Sherwood School was opened in 1963, hence it has been providing a wonderfully rich education for Year 1 Year 8 students living in the Ashley Clinton and Makaretu districts for over 50 years. We currently have two classes; Mrs Paulton teaches the Years 1-3 in Room 2 and Mrs Kuklinski and myself share the teaching of the Years 4-8 in Room 1. Our small class sizes means we have a fantastic pupil to teacher ratio.

All students and staff at Sherwood School enjoy the friendly, nurturing, family-like atmosphere. Students are proud of who they are and where they come from. With many students living rurally, country values are a strong feature of Sherwood School, respect for self, each other and property are modelled and expected.

The school is supported by enthusiastic and willing community members, not only the families of students but members of the wider community also. We get tremendous support from a huge group of people for annual fundraising events.

A’Deane’s Bush is on our doorstep (.8 of a kilometre along the road) and students and staff at Sherwood School are privileged to be able to use it as a wonderful context for learning. We have an A’Deane’s learning focus each year and students from both classes visit twice a term.

Please give me a call if you would like more information about Sherwood School, or, better still pay us a visit and see for yourself what we have to offer.

Kind Regards
Christine Morrison, Principal

What's happening at Sherwood School Hawke's Bay?

Upcoming Events in August

Wed 5

Learning Conversations

5 Aug 2026 - 6 Aug 2026

Thu 6

A’Deane’s Bush Visit

6 Aug 2026

Tue 11

BOT Meeting

11 Aug 2026

Wed 12

CHB College Open Evening

12 Aug 2026

Thu 13

Swimming Lessons

13 Aug 2026

Fri 21

SH50 Cross Country (Postponement Monday 24th August)

21 Aug 2026

Thu 27

Inter-school Cross Country

27 Aug 2026

Fri 28

“Daffodil Day”

28 Aug 2026

Latest Notices

A'Deane's Bush tomorrow!! Thursday 6 August

5 Aug 2026

Reminder for A'Deane's Bush tomorrow.

We are going to A'Deane's Bush tomorrow - we will be planting from 10am onwards. Parents are welcome to come and join us.

Warm clothes / jackets and waterproof footwear is essential !!

If it is really cold we may take the juniors back to school after an hour or so but we will gauge this on the day.

Please send your child with a good lunch and a water bottle.

A hat, warm coat, scarf and gloves may be helpful to stay warm!

Activity/ Discovery/ Creative Learning in Room 2.

5 Aug 2026

Dear Sherwood School families,

The juniors in Room 2 love to design, create and make projects.

This is part of our playbased learning model that we work with in the Junior School.

The creative and inventive ideas that come out of this model along with the conversations and social learning that takes place is invaluable.

Jam jar lids become wheels, icecream sticks are arranged into frisbies, gardens, calf pens and model houses for play are created.

Unfortunately Mr Poulton and I don't ear enough jam to keep up with the lid demand and I don't buy enough shoes to supply boxes.

This is where you come in.....

If you have any sturdy boxes, small or large that can be used for construction, we would love to take them off your hands and the students will turn them into a creation and bring them back home with another purpose.

Other items are lids of varying sizes;

Sticks, driftwood, anything that is clean and safe for children to explore with;

Any art and craft supplies around the house that you are no longer using;

All is welcome.

The children have such a great imagination if you are not sure whether it might be of use, they will let you know.

We're also keen on wood offcuts for the woodwork table, if anyone has these or a contact at Mitre 10 or Carters, we are in need of more workable wood, soft type of wood is the best but they will give sawing and screwing a go with any type of off cut, as long as it is not sharp or splinters.

Thank you so much.

Please bring any supplies to Room 2.

Kind regards,

The students and Mrs Poulton, Room 2, Sherwood School.

ps. If you are unsure of an item, please don't hesitate to send me an email.

Reminder - Learning Conversations

29 Jul 2026

Learning Conversations - Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th, 2026

Please complete the form that was sent home, thank you to those who have already done so.

Learning-conversations-from-26.pdf