The School Day
First Session 9.00am - 10.30am
Second Session 10.50am - 12.30pm
Third Session 1.30pm - 3.00pm
The school grounds open from 8.30am when the bell rings. Children are not permitted on school grounds before this time. Parents are asked to help by ensuring children are at school in time to be seated in their classrooms at 9.00am when the bell to start the day will be rung.
Children going home for lunch must be back at school and seated in their classrooms by 1.30pm. Teachers must be notified by note or conversation if children are going home for lunch.
Children will be dismissed from their classrooms by their class teachers at 3.00pm. Because this is a very busy time for teachers, parents are asked to wait outside the classrooms until the children are dismissed. Children are expected to go home after school, returning to use the school grounds only under caregiver supervision.
TERM DATES 2025
TERM 3 Monday 14thJuly - Friday 19th September
TERM 4 Monday 6th October - Wednesday 17th December (school closes 12.30pm)
Public Holidays/Additional Days 2025
Labour Day – Monday 27th October
TERM DATES 2026
First Day Back Term 1 - Tuesday 3rd February 2026
TERM 1 Tuesday 3rd February - Thursday 2nd April
TERM 2 Monday 20th April - Friday 3rd July
TERM 3 Monday 20th July - Friday 25th September
TERM 4 Monday 12th October - Tuesday 15th December (school closes 12.30pm)
Public Holidays/Additional Days 2026
Nelson Anniversary Day - Monday 2nd February
Waitangi Day – Friday 6th February
Good Friday - Friday 3rd April (in holidays)
King’s Birthday – Monday 1st June
ANZAC Day (Observed) - Monday 27th April
Matariki - Friday 10th July (in holidays)
Labour Day – Monday 26th October
Easter and Matariki fall during the school holidays in 2026