St Anne's Catholic School -Whanganui East

Welcome to our learning community!

Guided by Service • Excellence • Courage • Aroha

As we step into 2026, we look forward to another year of learning, faith, and connection,

where every child is supported to grow, dream, and succeed within our caring St Anne’s whānau.

06 343 8389 office@stannes.school.nz

NAU MAI, HAERE MAI, WELCOME TO ST ANNE'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL

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A Message from the Principal...

We welcome you and your family to St Anne’s Catholic School and thank you for considering our School as ‘the choice ’for your child’s education.

Selecting the right school for your child is one of the most challenging and important decisions you will make for your child. School must be a rewarding, stimulating and positive place for your child to be. We want our School to be a great place to learn and a fun place to be.

Academic, physical, social and spiritual development form the foundation for your child’s education. We believe in a quality, balanced education that meets each of these needs, developing life-long learners, accentuating the abilities and special talents of your child in a framework of Catholic belief and practice.

Ngā manaakitanga

Ann-Maree Manson-Petherick
Principal

Mind ... Body ... Spirit ... Heart

Excellence in Learning

Our School has a strong emphasis in not only creating excellence in the learning programmes but also in the positive relationships and classroom environments we have.

Our priority is towards creating very sound reading, writing and mathematics programmes that are focused on ensuring high expectations are encouraged and modelled.

We work as a team across the School, moderating and enhancing good practice, and professionally evaluating our practice to ensure we deliver programmes that can assist teachers to assess with confidence and accuracy.

WHAT'S HAPPENING

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TERM DATES 2023

Term 1

Teacher only days - Monday 26-27th Jan

First day - Wednesday 28 Jan -Thursday 2nd April

Teacher only day - Thursday 5th Feb

Waitangi Day– Friday 6 February.

Term 2

Recommence - Monday 20 April - Friday 3 July

Public holidays: Anzac Day Sat 25 April (observed on Mon 27 April)

King’s Birthday – Mon 1 June

Teacher Only Day - Fri May 29th

Term 3

Recommence - Monday 20 July - Friday 25 September 2026

Teacher Only day TBC

Term 4

Recommence - Monday 12 October to no later than Friday 18 December 2026

Public holiday: Labour Day – Monday 26 October.

Teacher Only Days

Fri 23rd October

Friday 11 December

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

Waitangi Day
Friday 6th February

Good Friday
Friday 3rd April

Easter Monday
Monday 6th April

Anzac Day
Saturday 25th April

King's Birthday
Monday 1st June

Matariki
Friday 10th July

Labour Day
Monday 26th October

SCHOOL HOURS

There is no supervision of children at school until 8:30 a.m. This is to allow teachers time to attend meetings, prepare programmes etc.

08.45 am Children in class to prepare for day

08.55 am Classes commence

10.50 am Supervised morning tea

11.00 am Release for interval

11.15 am Classes resume

12.30 pm Lunch break

1.15 pm Return to class

1.20 pm Classes resume

3.00 pm End of day

OFFICE HOURS

The school office is open 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. each school day.

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