St Mary's Catholic School Putaruru
Term Dates 2026
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Our Catholic School was formed by the Marist Sisters and was opened on the 2nd of February 1944. The school was built by a local farmer and the parish men. Most of the materials for the school were donated by local farmers. There were only 3 teachers, 3 classrooms and only 38 students. Up until 1959 all the teachers were nuns. The teachers that joined after that were lay teachers. Our principal became a lay teacher in 1991. The school pool first opened in 1974 at the annual school gala day. All the money was fund raised for and the pool took ten weeks to build.
Our Beliefs:
Our school believes in the Marist tradition as we strive for excellence. As a Catholic School we believe in the Holy Bible and follow the Ten Commandments. We believe in the one and only God, the creator of all things big and small. As St. Mary's Catholic School, we follow in the footsteps of Mary.
23 Apr 2026
28 Apr 2026
I apologise - I completely forgot to add a message from Jenny on our newsletter
Welcome back to Term 2 - our busy sporting term
Thank you to all the parents and teachers who are coaching and managing the sports teams this term
We also have the Bishop visiting this term with First Holy Communion and Confirmation Mass and Show Quest in June
A very busy term for our students and families
Sports teams and draws will also be on the board in the admin area
Good afternoon
If you can - can you please provide your child with a photograph of a family member who served for their country - this is for our Anzac Liturgy on Tuesday at 12pm. You are very welcome to join us.
Photos can be brought in or emailed to karen@stmarysput.school.nz
Welcome to the last day of schools cricket this term. It looks like the weather is going to cooperate.
Remember, all games are at DAVID FOOTE PARK in TOKOROA today.
There will also be free sausages for the kids after and a short presentation.
That likely means we go a bit later, closer to 6.30 or 7pm finish, though we'll try and keep the games quicker today.
On the West pitch we will have BEGS vs St Marys.
On the middle pitch we will have Te Waotu vs Amisfield
On the east pitch we will have Cargill vs Lichfield
As usual we may have to mix the teams up a bit to juggle numbers.
See you this afternoon.
Regards
Corbon
Good morning
Parents are invited to a Parent meeting on Wednesday 1 April.
There are two options:
9.00am - 9.30am - Staff Room
3.05am - 3.30pm - Parish Centre
Focus: St Mary's Excellence in Behaviour - informing parents about our Behaviour Curriculum.
We look forward to seeing you
Thank you
Karen
Good morning
Has anyone accidentally picked up Sienna Horn's school jacket - it's clearly named - we would be grateful if you could check your children's jackets
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