School Donations

At Tamahere Model Country School there are donations and fees that help support learning. The school depends on school donations to fund operations, facilities and learning to the high standard expected by our families. Many additional facilities and opportunities are only provided to students, due to the extra funding generously paid through the school donations.

Your School Donation is added to the School’s budget to support our learning programmes. In the past year school donations have allowed us to fund additional teacher hours, provide additional teacher aides in classrooms, and maintain school buildings and grounds. As well, sports equipment, books, musical instruments and extra materials for artwork are all school items paid for by your school donation.

The 2026 School Donations are:

$300.00 per child for the school year

This is just $75.00 per child per term (or pro-rata depending on enrolment date) Whaanau with three children or more can ask about a capped amount. We really appreciate any donation that you can afford to give us. Please see the information below about getting a tax rebate and setting up an automatic payment.

Activity Fees

Activity Fees are the second contribution and cover specific costs related to cultural, academic, and sporting activities we undertake throughout the year, e.g., bus costs, visiting acts, and entry fees.

The activity fee does not include camp costs or end of year trips.
This fee alleviates the need to constantly ask parents for small amounts of money during the year.

To ensure our students can enjoy the various activities throughout the year that extend and support their learning, we kindly request that all Activity Fees are paid by the end of Term 2, please:

$65.00 – Taupiri Junior Syndicate (Year 0, 1 & 2)
$80.00 – Pirongia Middle Syndicate (Year 3 & 4)
$90.00 – Maungatautari Senior Syndicate (Year 5 & 6)
(or Pro-rata depending on enrolment date)

Swimming Pool Levy:

The Swimming Pool Levy for 2026 is $28.00 per child per year. This money contributes to the ongoing maintenance of our wonderful pool facilities.