About Us

Templeton is a rural suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, approximately 20 minutes south of the Christchurch City Centre, 5 minutes south of Hornby.

Te Kura o Rātā Templeton School serves a community of approximately 1000 families locally, as well as some families from nearby suburbs who prefer the rural environment.

School History

Te Kura o Rātā Templeton School was originally situated on the corner of what is now Kirk Rd (formerly Church Rd) and Railway Tce behind Mr Kissel's store, now a saddle shop. It is believed that this school was first established around 1861.

The second school, built on the present site, was built in 1874 on property owned by Mr Bailey. The school was a two-room wooden building with stables for the children's horses. This building was reshaped and added to over the years, until in 1961 it was demolished and replaced by the present school.

The present primary school was officially opened in Templeton's centennial year of 1962. In 2012, we celebrated our 150th sesquicentennial. We are one of the oldest Primary Schools in Christchurch.

The school's roll in 1866 was 25, in 1986 it was 234 and in 2026 it is 296 (enrolled and pre-enrolled).

In the early 1800's Templeton School serviced a very big rural farming community area.

Te Kura o Rātā Templeton School 40 Kirk RoadTempletonChristchurch 8042
Phone: 03 349 7045Email: office@templeton.school.nz

1862-2019

Our previous school logo was the St Georgie's cross on a shield. We were also referred to as Templeton Primary School.

2019-present

In 2019 Te Taumutu Runanga gifted us with our new name Te Kura o Rātā Templeton School. See the official letter with the explanation below.

2019-10-31 LTR Name confirmation, Te Kura o Rātā Templeton School.pdf

WISE Learners pre 2021

At Templeton School we were WISE learners as they related to the New Zealand Curriculum's Key Competencies:

Thinking
Relating to others.
Using languages, symbols, and texts.
Managing self.
Participating and contributing.

RATA values 2021 - present

In 2021 we became a Postive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L) school. We consulted the community and aligned our values to our school name. Tenacity was very important to add due need to build up our resilience and tenacity muscles!

SCHOOL VISION and Strategic plan

'Empowering Learners for Life'

MISSION STATEMENT

'In Partnership we Educate'

Our school mission statement has been developed in consultation with our staff, students, Board of Trustees and parent community. the purpose of this consultation was to ensure that the vision represented the views of the entire school community. It describes the future the school community envisages for all stake holders and the vision for students as confident, connected, actively involved, lifelong learners.

SCHOOL VALUES

At Te Kura o Rātā Templeton School we have four school values. These have three statements that are deliberately taught and acknowledged across our school. The above posters are displayed around our kura/school. We proudly use NZSL to help us reinforce these values in all settings.

Tamariki/students and kaimahi/staff are encouraged to incorporate our RATA values into our day. The values are central to everything we do in our school hapori/community.