• Lower Moutere School - To be The Best That We Can Be

  • Lower Moutere School - Respect for Self, Respect for Others, Respect for the Environment

  • At Lower Moutere School we have a wonderful learning environment providing a first class education for children from Years 1 - 8.

Nau mai, haere mai!

Welcome to our Lower Moutere School website.

A very warm welcome to our present and prospective parents and caregivers. At Lower Moutere School we have a wonderful learning environment providing a first class education for children from Years 1 - 8. Lower Moutere School draws its student population from the closely populated rural Moutere Valley and Mariri coastal region, the Lower Moutere settlement as well as from some families in the Motueka Township.

We welcome your interest and participation in your child's education and provide a variety of opportunities for you to be involved in our school life.

Whats going on?

Thursday 7th November - Board Meeting

Friday 8th November - School Athletics

Monday 11th November - TEACHER ONLY DAY

Tuesday 19th & Wednesday 20th November - 

Interschools Athletics Day 1 - 8-10 year olds then, Day 2, 11-13 year olds.

Friday 22nd - Mufti Day - Dogs for the Blind

Thursday 28th November - Board Meeting

Friday 29th November - Pet Day

Tuesday 3rd December - Year 8 Leaving Dinner

Wednesday 11th December - End of year concert and Year 8 farewells

Friday 13th December - Last day of school finish at 12pm

2025 Term Dates

Term 1: Tuesday 4th February – Friday 11th April
(Nelson Anniversary Monday 3rd February
Waitangi Day Thursday 6th February
Teacher Only Day Friday 7th February)
Easter: Good Friday 18th April, Easter Monday 21st April)
ANZAC Day Friday 25th April

Term 2: Monday 28th April – Friday 27th June
(King’s Birthday Monday 2nd June
Matariki Friday 20th June)

Term 3 - Monday 14th July – Friday 19th September

Term 4 - Monday 6th October - Friday 18th December
(Labour Day Monday 27th October)

Our Values

The New Zealand Curriculum states that values are deeply held beliefs about what is important or desirable. They are expressed through the ways in which people think and act and as such are an integral part of the Lower Moutere School Curriculum. Values are specifically modelled then explored as part of school life. It is who we are and who we aspire to be at Lower Moutere Primary School. This applies to everyone in our community – students, their families, staff and the wider surrounding community.

Our core value is one of RESPECT…

Respect for Self
Respect for Others
Respect for the Environment 

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Getting in touch

Absentee Messages: 027 339 8801

office@lowermoutere.school.nz

principal@lowermoutere.school.nz

03 526 7775

8 School Road RD2,
Upper Moutere, Nelson, 7175