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TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER | Open Day: Sumner School in Action ticket
Tue, 13 Oct, 11am - 1pm NZDTSumner School in Action: 150 Years of Learning Come inside and see the school at work. Experience learning as it happens today, and how teaching has changed across 150 years. Walk the grounds, find your old classroom, and see what has changed and what has not. Some of it will be exactly as you left it. Some of it will not be there at all. Teaching has moved a long way in 150 years, and the best way to see that is to stand in a classroom and watch it happen. Around an hour. Free, but please book.
Sumner School in Action: 150 Years of Learning Come inside and see the school at work. Experience learning as it happens today, and how teaching has changed across 150 years. Walk the grounds, find your old classroom, and see what has changed and what has not. Some of it will be exactly as you left it. Some of it will not be there at all. Teaching has moved a long way in 150 years, and the best way to see that is to stand in a classroom and watch it happen. Around an hour. Free, but please book.
FreeUse arrow keys to change quantityTHURSDAY 15 OCTOBER | An Afternoon at the Laz, St Leonards Square ticket
Thu, 15 Oct, 3:30pm - 7pm NZDTThe same surnames turn up on the school roll and the rugby club roll, generation after generation. Sign up a team, or just come down for a beer and a catch up on the sideline. Mixed teams, all ages and abilities, more social than serious, done before sunset. Bar open. Run with the Sumner Sports Pavilion. Free. Playing or watching, just let us know you are coming. Team entry details to follow.
The same surnames turn up on the school roll and the rugby club roll, generation after generation. Sign up a team, or just come down for a beer and a catch up on the sideline. Mixed teams, all ages and abilities, more social than serious, done before sunset. Bar open. Run with the Sumner Sports Pavilion. Free. Playing or watching, just let us know you are coming. Team entry details to follow.
FreeUse arrow keys to change quantityFRIDAY 16 OCTOBER | 150 Stories: Official Welcome and Start of the Celebrations - Ka Mua, Ka Muri ticket
Fri, 16 Oct, 1pm - 5pm NZDTThe official welcome, and the start of the 150th. You do not need to have gone to Sumner School to come to this. Whether you are back after thirty years away or you just live down the road, this afternoon is yours. The school has been part of this village for 150 years, and plenty of the story belongs to people who never sat in a classroom here. The official welcome. If you are coming back for the 150th, this is where it starts. 1.00pm. The welcome back. We open with a mihi whakatau, a formal welcome onto the school grounds, and we welcome you home properly. Ka mua, ka muri: we look to the past to guide what comes next. Nothing is asked of you except to be there. Arrive by 12.45pm so we can start together. From 1.30pm. The living museum. The school becomes an exhibition for the afternoon. Photographs, class lists, uniforms, objects and the stories behind them, room by room, across 150 years. Alongside it all, the work our tamariki have made this term. Walk through at your own pace, find your year, find your class, find yourself. If you have a memory worth keeping, someone will be there to write it down. 3.00pm to 5.00pm. He kōrero, he kai. Afternoon tea. Stay as long as you like and talk to people you have not seen in thirty years. Free. Book one ticket per person. Tamariki welcome.
The official welcome, and the start of the 150th. You do not need to have gone to Sumner School to come to this. Whether you are back after thirty years away or you just live down the road, this afternoon is yours. The school has been part of this village for 150 years, and plenty of the story belongs to people who never sat in a classroom here. The official welcome. If you are coming back for the 150th, this is where it starts. 1.00pm. The welcome back. We open with a mihi whakatau, a formal welcome onto the school grounds, and we welcome you home properly. Ka mua, ka muri: we look to the past to guide what comes next. Nothing is asked of you except to be there. Arrive by 12.45pm so we can start together. From 1.30pm. The living museum. The school becomes an exhibition for the afternoon. Photographs, class lists, uniforms, objects and the stories behind them, room by room, across 150 years. Alongside it all, the work our tamariki have made this term. Walk through at your own pace, find your year, find your class, find yourself. If you have a memory worth keeping, someone will be there to write it down. 3.00pm to 5.00pm. He kōrero, he kai. Afternoon tea. Stay as long as you like and talk to people you have not seen in thirty years. Free. Book one ticket per person. Tamariki welcome.
FreeUse arrow keys to change quantitySATURDAY 17 OCTOBER AM | The Homecoming Morning: He Huihuinga ticket
Sat, 17 Oct, 10am - 1pm NZDTThe Homecoming: He Huihuinga The reunion morning. Past students, staff, whānau, PTA and board members, and anyone who has been part of this school. 10.00am. Welcome. A short welcome to open the morning. Then the school is yours for three hours. From 10.30am. Morning tea. Tea, coffee and something to eat, and a couple of hours to find people. Name tags include the years you were here, so nobody has to do the "sorry, remind me" dance. Walk the Story. The school laid out across 150 years, room by room. Follow it from 1876 to now, or go straight to your own decade and start there. Era and whānau photographs. Group photos by era, so everyone who was here in the 1960s stands together, then the 1970s, the 1980s and on. If your family has two or three generations who went to Sumner, we want that photo too. All photographs shared afterwards. Free, and bring the kids. We finish at 1.00pm, which leaves the afternoon clear before the gala.
The Homecoming: He Huihuinga The reunion morning. Past students, staff, whānau, PTA and board members, and anyone who has been part of this school. 10.00am. Welcome. A short welcome to open the morning. Then the school is yours for three hours. From 10.30am. Morning tea. Tea, coffee and something to eat, and a couple of hours to find people. Name tags include the years you were here, so nobody has to do the "sorry, remind me" dance. Walk the Story. The school laid out across 150 years, room by room. Follow it from 1876 to now, or go straight to your own decade and start there. Era and whānau photographs. Group photos by era, so everyone who was here in the 1960s stands together, then the 1970s, the 1980s and on. If your family has two or three generations who went to Sumner, we want that photo too. All photographs shared afterwards. Free, and bring the kids. We finish at 1.00pm, which leaves the afternoon clear before the gala.
FreeUse arrow keys to change quantitySATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 6PM - 11PM | 150th Anniversary Gala: Early Bird ticket
Sat, 17 Oct, 6pm - 11pm NZDTOne room, 150 years of Sumner connection. The night the whole week has been building to. Doors at 6.00pm with a welcome drink on arrival. Hearty finger food throughout the evening, a cash bar, speeches kept short, and music you can dance to without having to shout over the top of it. It is a standing event with plenty of seating for anyone who wants it, so wear something you can move in. Around you: the people who were taught here, the families who raised them, the teachers who taught them, and the people who kept the school running behind the scenes. Some of them you will not have seen since primary school. Some you will see at pick-up on Monday. R18. Early bird tickets from $99 available until 5 September. Tickets are priced to break even, and any surplus goes to the PTA.
One room, 150 years of Sumner connection. The night the whole week has been building to. Doors at 6.00pm with a welcome drink on arrival. Hearty finger food throughout the evening, a cash bar, speeches kept short, and music you can dance to without having to shout over the top of it. It is a standing event with plenty of seating for anyone who wants it, so wear something you can move in. Around you: the people who were taught here, the families who raised them, the teachers who taught them, and the people who kept the school running behind the scenes. Some of them you will not have seen since primary school. Some you will see at pick-up on Monday. R18. Early bird tickets from $99 available until 5 September. Tickets are priced to break even, and any surplus goes to the PTA.
Sales ended Sun 6th Sep 2026, 12:00 am NZST$99.00+ $3.27 feeSATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 6PM - 11PM | 150th Anniversary Gala ticket
Sat, 17 Oct, 6pm - 11pm NZDTOur 150th Anniversary Gala One room, 150 years of Sumner kids. The night the whole week has been building to. Doors at 6.00pm with a welcome drink on arrival. Grazing stations through the evening, a bar, speeches kept short, and music you can dance to without having to shout over the top of it. It is a standing event with plenty of seating for anyone who wants it, so wear something you can move in. Around you: the people who were taught here, the families who raised them, the teachers who taught them, and the people who kept the school running behind the scenes. Some of them you will not have seen since primary school. Some you will see at pick-up on Monday. R18. Tickets are priced to break even, and any surplus goes to the PTA.
Our 150th Anniversary Gala One room, 150 years of Sumner kids. The night the whole week has been building to. Doors at 6.00pm with a welcome drink on arrival. Grazing stations through the evening, a bar, speeches kept short, and music you can dance to without having to shout over the top of it. It is a standing event with plenty of seating for anyone who wants it, so wear something you can move in. Around you: the people who were taught here, the families who raised them, the teachers who taught them, and the people who kept the school running behind the scenes. Some of them you will not have seen since primary school. Some you will see at pick-up on Monday. R18. Tickets are priced to break even, and any surplus goes to the PTA.
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The Next 150
Sumner School has been here 150 years. It has never been fully funded to do everything it does. The Ministry covers the basics. Teachers, the power bill, keeping the roof on. It does not cover the things that make this school the one you remember. That has always come from parents, grandparents and the wider village putting in what they could. That is not a new problem, and it is not a complaint. It is how it works. The Next 150 Fund is how this generation does the same. Every dollar goes to the school through the Sumner School PTA, and straight into what our tamariki use every day. 150 for the next 150.
Sumner School has been here 150 years. It has never been fully funded to do everything it does. The Ministry covers the basics. Teachers, the power bill, keeping the roof on. It does not cover the things that make this school the one you remember. That has always come from parents, grandparents and the wider village putting in what they could. That is not a new problem, and it is not a complaint. It is how it works. The Next 150 Fund is how this generation does the same. Every dollar goes to the school through the Sumner School PTA, and straight into what our tamariki use every day. 150 for the next 150.