Methven Primary School will start the 2023 school year with approx 240 students and will rise to approx 290 by the end of the year. Modern flexible learning blocks ensure the school has the capacity to meet the needs of a growing school and a rapidly changing world.
Classrooms / School Grounds
We operate three teams across the school, each with a team leader:
- Mahuri (Year NE – Year 2) is housed within our newly refurbished (2023) new entrant hub (three classrooms with dividable walls providing opportunities for classes to collaborate), and an adjacent modern learning environment space (completed late 2017).
- Piwakawaka (Year 2 – Year 4) is located with our other new modern learning environment space (completed late 2017).
- Opuke (Year 4 – Year 6) is spread across five newly updated classrooms (early 2020).
Other spaces onsite include a library, teacher resource area, learning support rooms, art & e-learning rooms, music suites, and an admin block housing our Principal, deputy principal and our admin team.
The school site is located on an attractive and extensive 2.8ha of land, and features a sports fields, scooter track, adventure playground, hard court areas, a shared community pool, school vege gardens and an impressive war memorial arch at the entrance to the school.
School Community
The school community is based within a zone bounded by the Mt Hutt Range and the Rakaia River with 50% of the students being rural based and traveling to school via bus. Half of the families have relatives who live within 10 kilometres of the township and 60% of the locals’ occupations are rural based with a number being associated with the ski industry and seasonal tourist activities.
During Mt Hutt Ski Area’s season the population of the community is significantly increased with a variety of different cultures and an influx of overseas workers brought in to the Methven area to satisfy the growing demand for farm labour associated with the Dairy industry is reflected in the variety of ethnic groups and cultures now attending Methven Primary School.
Methven Primary School is a member of the Opuke Community of Learning which consists of 9 schools, largely based around the foothills of Mid Canterbury.
Methven Primary School adjoins Mount Hutt College and is situated towards the eastern end of Methven township.
