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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 March

Tue 17

PTA Meeting – staffroom @ 7pm

17 Mar 2026

Tue 17

St Patricks Day – Liturgy @ 12pm

17 Mar 2026

Wed 18

Year 7 & 8 Camp Meeting – Room 7 & 8 @ 5:15pm

18 Mar 2026

Latest Notices

SWCA Schools cricket this afternoon

17 Mar 2026

Hi All,

Looks like a nice day for the kids to run around in the sun again this afternoon.

We have 4 games this afternoon.

Amisfield vs BEGS 1 at David Foote Park (west artificial) - Game Facilitator: Izaak Grant

Cargill vs BEGS 2 at David Foote Park (east artificial) - Game Facilitator: Grant Hall

Lichfield vs Te Waotu and Glenshea Park (in front of carpark) - Game Facilitator: Emily Loughnan

St Mary's vs Combined yr7/8 (in front of grandstand) - Game Facilitator: James Loughnan

Also, looks like I didn't include the schools in my followup result email

Glenshea Park results from last week...

St Marys 105 vs Te Waoutu 54. Umpires Choice Nico Farrel for great all round play (40 rns with the bat, 5 wickets with the ball)

Te Waoto 62 vs Lichfield 42. Umpires Choice award to Lydia for sportsmanship, character and skill.

Regards

Corbon

Ripper Rugby - 19th March

16 Mar 2026

Please see below, and attached - information for Thursday ripper

Few things to remember:

*Take your rubbish home

*Leave the tags by the fields

*Coaches are to ref your fields please.

*If you have kids keen to join Rippa for under 7s please come and see us or sign up for our tackle grades!

Putaruru-Rippa-Draw-19-March-2026.pdf

Notice to all parents

16 Mar 2026

Dear Parents & Caregivers

For Health & Safety reasons, in case of a fire or emergency, if you are coming into the school and entering classrooms or walking around the site, can you please ensure that you pop to the office and sign in.

When collecting your child at the end of the day, please ensure you wait outside the classrooms or outside the admin area.

We need to ensure our school is a safe place, so we need to minimise "wandering around" our school. Of course you are welcome to come in, but please sign in first.

Thank you for your attention to this

St Patrick's Day Liturgy

13 Mar 2026

Please note - error in newsletter - the St Patrick's Day Liturgy is at 12:00pm

Hot Cross Buns

11 Mar 2026

Please ensure that ALL hot cross bun orders are returned to school by Friday - and please ensure they are all paid for

Thank you