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Term 2 Commences Monday 28th April – Friday 27th June
Monday 28th April 8.45 am – Friday 27th June 3.00pm
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Fluro Friday Non-Uniform Day – Friday 27 June 2025

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Term 3 Commences Monday 14th July – Friday 19th September
Monday 14th July 8.45am – Friday 19th September 3.00pm
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Year 2 – Stardome Visit
Thursday 24th July All Classes
EARTH, HOME
Connect with our awesome planet and discover our connections to the stars.
Suitable for Y0-8
In this programme we explore the precious place that we call home and look at the unique conditions that have allowed life to flourish here on Earth.
Together we explore what we are made of, the connections that we have with the stars and the moon, and how these connections have helped us to thrive.
Earth, Home is a programme that celebrates our unique life giving systems. We consider our impact on earth, and the ways that we can contribute to a thriving future.
Learning Outcomes Y0-4
- Understand that Earth is unique, special, and our only home
- Understand that human beings are part of something bigger
- Describe our ‘cosmic’ address in the solar system
- Explain some of the cycles we observe on Earth e.g. day/night, tides, gravity, light/heat
- Explain how rotation and orbit are different
- Describe a planet, moon, and star and how they are different
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Year 6 Takahē – Te Whare Wananga O Wairoa Marae Visit
13th & 20th August
Postponed until further notice
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Term 4 Commences Monday 6th October – Thursday 18th December
Monday 6th October 8.45am – Thursday 18th December 12.30pm
School finishes at 12.30 pm on the last day of the year.
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Year 1 Kea – Howick Historical Village
Tuesday 14th & Wednesday 15th October
Howick Historical Village is a living history museum on 7 acres of grounds and heritage gardens.
The museum depicts a settlement in the period from 1840 to 1880 and offers visitors an immersive historical experience.
Explore heritage buildings filled with authentic furniture and textiles and see how people lived in early Auckland.
As part of our ‘Homes and Journeys’ theme this term, the Year 1 students are planning a visit to the Howick Historical Village.
The children will be participating in a variety of workshops to learn about and experience what life was like for those living in New Zealand in the 1800s.
The purpose of the trip is to encourage active exploration of our community’s heritage, material culture and landscape, with a focus on the period from 1840 to 1880.
As part of our visit the children will be participating in two workshops:
- Toy Time – students are encouraged to think about the differences between their toys and those from the 19th century.
- Butter Churning – students take turns to churn cream into butter and observe the process if butter-making.
https://www.historicalvillage.org.nz/
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Year 4 Kōtūkū – Willow Park Camp
Wednesday 22nd October 2025 1:30 pm – Thursday 23rd October 2025 2:00 pm
Willow Park Camp
1 Hostel Access Road, Auckland, 2012 New Zealand (map)
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Year 4 Kōtūkū – Top Town Outdoor Experience at Willow Park
Thursday 23rd October 2025
8:30 am – 12:30 pm
At Willow Park Camp
1 Hostel Access Road, Auckland, 2012 New Zealand (map)
Top Town programme
This half-day programme caters for 100 to 250 students.
Participants work cooperatively in teams as they rotate around 10 to 12 quick-fire activity stations set up across the school field.
It is suitable for all abilities with the focus on fun and participation.
Our staff work with teachers and parent helpers to facilitate the activities. We set up and pack down all the equipment.
We also provide scorecards and prizes.
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Y3 Weka – Outdoor Challenge
Wednesday 5th November & Thursday 6th November
Auckland Botanical Gardens
102 Hill Road, Manurewa, Auckland, 2102 (map)
Big ideas
Big experiences
Outdoor Challenge
This programme is a brilliant way to introduce your class to the great outdoors, Kiwi-style!
Students learn about keeping safe and having fun through practical hands-on activities.
They have a go at pitching tents and cooking sausages, get the low-down on tramping, orienteering,
and what to do if things go wrong. Team building opportunities a plenty!
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Y0 Kiwi – Ambury Regional Park Visit
Wednesday 19th November All classes
9.45 – 2.30pm
Big ideas
Meet the farm animals and see how we farm and care for them.
Big experiences
We’ve got pigs to pat, goats to feed, sheep to feel and hens to cluck over!
Children learn about shearing and crutching in the wool shed, before exiting as a sheep would – down the sheep chute! Wheeee!
Then it’s off to the cowshed for a milking demonstration before exploring the farm.
Through observation and interaction with Ambury’s loveable menagerie, children learn bucket-loads about animals – what they eat, how they’re cared for and why we farm them.
This programme is particularly suitable for ESOL students as an introduction to New Zealand farming life.