Home

Term Dates 2025

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 November

Mon 10

Teacher Only Day – school closed

10 Nov 2025

Latest Notices

Athletics Tomorrow

5 Nov 2025

Just a little reminder about athletics tomorrow

Students can wear their sports uniform to school
Sneakers and socks ... NO CROCS
Sun hat
Sun block
Morning tea / Lunch / big water bottle (not glass)

Important - please read - thank you

31 Oct 2025

Good afternoon

As you may be aware, measles is making it’s way around New Zealand – this is a particularly contagious disease and can be quite nasty.

Can you please send a copy of your child’s immunisation record so that we are aware that they are covered.

If your child is not vaccinated – that is completely your choice of course – but can you please let us know so that we are aware. If measles does hit our school we will need to ensure that those students who are not vaccinated are kept home for 7 days.

This is really important and we thank you for your prompt attention to this.

We are not asking you to go and get your child/ren vaccinated, we just need to ensure our records are up to date.

NZEI Te Riu Roa Union Members Stike Notification - 23 October

21 Oct 2025

Kia Ora St Mary's School parents & caregivers

We have received formal notification that NZEI Te Riu Roa Union Members will be taking strike action from 7:00am to 7:00pm on Thursday 23rd October 2025.

Our school will be closed for instruction on that day so please make arrangements for the care and supervision of your children for that day.

Thank you for supporting our teachers & support staff.