Waitaria Bay School
Waitaria BaySchool is a decile 10 primary school catering for years 1-8. The current student roll is 10. Principal is Brenda Sutton with second teacher Odette Roper.
Despite the school's remote location, Brenda endeavours to get the children involved in as many different activities as possible, including joining in with the other Pelorus cluster schools for events like winter sports, athletics, swimming and the annual speech competition.
They also travel out to town for events like the Science Fair and Music Festival.
Being in the Sounds means many unique opportunities for education, such as the Kereru Kitchen - an area across the road from school which, with the help of local residents, parents and teachers, the children are landscaping and planting with native trees and plants.
The school has also been "donated" a mussel line as a fund-raiser; the children have been out in boats monitoring the seeding of "their" line and are now watching its progress towards harvest.
