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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 February

Tue 10

Year 7 & 8 Immunisation Education

10 Feb 2026

Tue 10

Vision & Hearing visiting school for testing

10 Feb 2026

Mon 16

Welcoming Liturgy @ 2:30pm

16 Feb 2026

Wed 18

Ash Wednesday – 9:30am School/Parish Mass

18 Feb 2026

Thu 26

Year 7 & 8 Marae Trip (27th Whole School Trip)

26 Feb 2026 - 27 Feb 2026

Latest Notices

2026 - Class & Stationery Lists

16 Jan 2026

Dear All

First of all - we hope you are enjoying your holidays and had a good Christmas and New Year.

Please find attached our 2026 class and stationery lists.

We will be holding a "Meet the Teacher" morning on Friday 30th January from 09:00-12:30 if you want to pop in and say hello.

We look forward to welcoming you back on our first official school day - Monday 2nd February. Please ensure your child/ren are in the correct full summer uniform and that they bring their togs and a towel.

Please ensure that school uniform and stationery items are all named as we end up with a lot of lost property that isn't named.

2026-CLASS-LIST.pdf

2026-STATIONERY-LIST.pdf

Sausage Sizzle

16 Jan 2026

Good afternoon

If you are available to help with sausage sizzle this term can you please let me know which Friday you are available.

For new parents - if you are available, this entails collecting the sausages and bread from Putaruru Fruit & Veg (around 11:30-11:45) and cooking them here at school (with them being ready by 12:25) senior students hand them out to classrooms

Friday dates are

Friday 13th February

Friday 20th February

Friday 27th February

Friday 6th March

Friday 13th March

Friday 20th March

Friday 27th March

Kind regards

Sandra Louch

Office Manager

St Mary's Catholic School