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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 October

Fri 23

Grandparent/Flower Show

23 Oct 2026

Latest Notices

No game for BigSticks year 7-8 team

16 Oct 2026

Please see email received below:

Hi Sandra,

Unfortunately, Putāruru College is unable to field a team for the year 7-8 + round of hockey as the hockey team play Lacrosse and this is played on Tuesday after school too. The good news is the hockey players are keen so we may be able to find a solution. Rob is going to catch up with the Lacrosse teams to find out some more information and then we will see what we can work out.

In the interim, we thought it would be best to pause the year 7-8 + round at 3:45 pm - so there will be no game for your Big Sticks next week. If year 7-8 players are still keen to come with siblings and have a hit around in the 5:15 pm slot, the middle blue tennis court is free for this. Are you please able to let the Big Sticks team know?

I also would like to take the opportunity to say how awesome the Big Sticks kids were last week as they ended up playing a game with a few year 0-3 players as the other team didn't turn up. The older players were thoughtful, encouraging and kind and it was lovely for the year 0-3 players to still feel comfortable to play. Tino pai koutou!

We will keep in touch to let you know what we have worked out.

Thanks heaps,

Sonja

Sonja Rennie | Hockey Development Team

Flower Show and Grandparents’ Day

13 Oct 2026

Please find attached

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Sports Uniform to school tomorrow

12 Oct 2026

Please send ALL students to school tomorrow in sports uniform

Sports Team Photos