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Striving for Excellence in the Marist Tradition

Saint Mary's Catholic School History

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.

What's happening at St Mary's Catholic School Putaruru?

Upcoming Events in April

Mon 20

Start of Term 2 – Winter uniform

20 Apr 2026

Thu 23

Year 5 & 6 EPRO8 Interschool Final

23 Apr 2026

Latest Notices

SWCA Schools cricket this afternoon

31 Mar 2026

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

Parent Meeting

30 Mar 2026

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

School Jacket

25 Mar 2026

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

Help with Friday Sausage Sizzle in term 2

23 Mar 2026

Afternoon

Are you available to help with Friday Sausage Sizzle in term 2 - can you please let me know asap if you are free on the following Fridays?

Friday 24th April

Friday 1st May

Friday 8th May

Friday 15th May

Friday 22nd May

Friday 29th May

Friday 5th June

Friday 12th June

Friday 19th June

Friday 26th June

Friday 3rd July

Netball 2026

23 Mar 2026

Good morning

Please see below the names of students who have already registered for netball this season, if your child is wanting to play and hasn't returned their form, can you please ensure that the form is returned by tomorrow (Tuesday 24th March) 3pm

Please note - these are names only - not teams, teams have not been sorted at this moment.

Lylah Anderson

Albie Andrews

Arlo Andrews

Lola Andrews

Hunter Annan

Isla Barry

Ella Birks

Willow Boyd

Olive Brolly

Mila Brolly

Prisha Buckley