Picton School is a co-educational primary school on Buller Street in Picton, Marlborough, taking children from Years 1 to 6. The school opened in 1861 and sits on a sunny, open site with spacious grounds for play and physical activity, built around a strong partnership between whānau, staff and the wider community. It holds Positive Behaviour For Learning (PB4L) and Enviroschool status, and is actively growing its bicultural capability through Poutama Pounamu. Three school values, Rangatiratanga, Te Tautuhi and Manaakitanga, run through the curriculum and are taught through the story of Kupe chasing Te Wheke o Muturangi, the octopus, across the Pacific. Classroom programmes are designed to be challenging and success-orientated, with an explicit focus on effort, positive attitudes and each child's own uniqueness. In Picton, Marlborough, this long-established school on Buller Street has been part of the town since 1861.