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Tēnā koutou, tenei te mihi atu ki a koutou katoa. Nau mai, haere mai, ki te kura nei. Greetings and a very warm welcome to Dargaville Primary School. My name is Curtis Gaylor and I am the principal of this fantastic school.

It is a tremendous privilege to lead such a wonderful school with fantastic tamariki, talented and hardworking staff and a very supportive community.

Children are at the heart of everything we do at Dargaville Primary School.

We provide high-quality teaching and learning programmes that are built on strong foundations in numeracy and literacy as well as offering a broad range of opportunities for our tamariki to experience and excel in sporting, cultural and artistic endeavours. We encourage our tamariki to take risks, to go out of their comfort zones and to embrace new experiences.

We regularly celebrate effort, success and achievement. We also make sure that our children’s wellbeing is a priority to ensure that all needs are met within a physically safe and emotionally secure environment. Dargaville Primary School is a place where everyone is important and respected for who they are.

We believe that education is a partnership between home and school and welcome and encourage parents and caregivers into our kura. I look forward to meeting you and showing you around our very special school.

Ngā mihi nui

Curtis Gaylor

Tumuaki / Principal

What's happening at Dargaville Primary School?

Upcoming Events in June

Thu 12

Little Theatre Mufti Day/Dress Up

12 Jun 2025

Mon 16

Week 8

16 Jun 2025

Mon 23

Vision and Hearing

23 Jun 2025

Mon 23

Week 9

23 Jun 2025

Latest Notices

School Lunches Week 8

10 Jun 2025

School Lunches Week 8

Mon - Mixed Lunch Pack

Tue - Chicken Burger

Wed - Hangi

Thu - Spaghetti Bolognaise

Mufti Day Thursday 12th June

6 Jun 2025

DPS Matariki Celebrations

5 Jun 2025

Kia ora Parents & Caregivers,

Thank you so much to everyone who has made such generous donations to our school hāngi so far. We have been blown away by our community's kindness! If you have been in touch with Jaime and have offered to donate some meat, can we please have this dropped off no later than this coming Monday morning, the 9th of June. This will allow us to calculate how much more meat we need to purchase. If it's something you can no longer help with, that's not a problem at all.

And in case you missed the Facebook event about our Matariki Stargazing Morning, here are the details:

You and your whānau are invited to join us for our Matariki Stargazing Morning! This event will be held on our school astroturf from 6am-7am on Wednesday the 18th June. We suggest you rug up warm, bring along some camp chairs, or perhaps a picnic blanket/tarpaulin for your whānau to sit together, and enjoy gazing at our early morning sky together.

We will open our morning with a shared waiata - Whakataka Te Hau - and then we will hear stories of Matariki.

There will be telescopes set up for you to peer through, and iPads available to help find the constellations in the sky.

The Hāngi pit fire will be lit around 6am behind the school by our caretakers shed in case you wanted to check that out too.

The PTA will be selling delicious breakfast options to warm your tummy. There will be cash sales for this only. Options available are:

Bacon butties $4
Milos, coffees, or tea $2

Please note, to allow our teachers time to prepare for the school day, you will need to take your child/children home again around 7am, and drop them back at school from 8.15am onwards.

This event will be weather dependent and will be cancelled if it is raining - we will post on FaceBook and on SkoolLoop if it is cancelled.

We look forward to seeing our DPS school whānau there, bright and early to kick off our Matariki Celebrations!