Nau Mai ki te Kura ō Marco
Welcome to Marco School

Marco School is a full primary located in the small rural community of Whangamomona, an hour from Stratford in Eastern Taranaki. There are 17 children on the roll.

Leaders and teachers regularly report to the board, schoolwide information about outcomes for students in the following areas: reading, writing and mathematics.

Board of trustees’ membership has been consistent.

The school is part of the Enviroschools network. It is also part of the Central Taranaki Kāhui Ako|Community of Learning. 

Close relationships are maintained with other schools in the wider area, including cross-school sporting and cultural events. 

Marco, is a small rural school set halfway along State Highway 43 - the Forgotten World Highway.

We offer a family atmosphere with 17 delightful ākonga ranging  across years 0-8.  Our ākonga love to get involved in community and sporting events, and they achieve a high standard of academic achievement.

We are a well resourced school.  We currently teach all of the ākonga in one classroom, with our second classroom being a quiet learning space and library.  We have a dedicated art room and are in the process of designing a science/technology suite.  Our salt-water swimming pool is heated by solar which usually means we can swim from Labour weekend to Easter.

We employ a wonderful teacher assistant every day until lunchtime to work in the classroom offering support where needed.

Our school is a green-gold Enviroschool and has tranquil wooded areas for play and a very productive orchard and vege garden where we grow produce to share with the wider community.

For sport and some other cultural experiences, we combine with other schools along the Forgotten World Highway to form the Taranaki Eastern Districts Cluster.

The ākonga are warm and inviting, they love our school and are always happy to talk with visitors and show them around.