Term Dates
Motto: Know God, Grow Character, Achieve Potential, Make a Difference
2025 Term Dates
Term 1: Wed 29 Jan – Fri 11 Apr 2025
Term 2: Mon 28 Apr – Wed 25 Jun 2025
Term 3: Mon 14 Jul – Fri 19 Sep 2025
Term 4: Mon 6 Oct – Wed 10 Dec 2025
2025 Event Calendar
- First Day: Wednesday, 29 January
- Waitangi Day - Public Holiday: Thursday, 6 February
- PAT Maths Testing: Monday, 10 February, to Wednesday, 12 February
- PAT Maths Testing Catchups: Thursday, 13 February, Friday, 14 February, and Monday, 17 February
- Y12-13 PE Sailing Trip: Friday, 14 February
- Community Eat-and-Greet: Monday, 17 February
- School Photos: Wednesday, 19 February
- Secondary Rākau Day at Adrenalin Park: Friday, 21 February
- Senior Boys Futsal (Y11-13): Tuesday, 25 February
- Duke of Edinburgh Hike (Bronze, Y10): Friday, 28 February
- Junior Boys Futsal (Y9-10): Monday, 3 March
- Vision and Hearing Tests (Y0-7): Friday, 7 March
- PAT English Testing: Monday, 10 March, to Wednesday, 12 March
- PAT English Testing Catchups: Thursday, 13 March, Friday, 14 March, and Monday, 17 March
- Senior Girls Volleyball: Tuesday, 11 March
- EPro 8 Challenge Internal (Y8 and Y10): Thursday, 13 March
- Senior Boys Volleyball: Thursday, 13 March
- EPro 8 Challenge Internal (Y7 and Y9): Friday, 14 March
- L1 PE Snorkelling Day: Monday, 17 March
- Job Explore (Y12-13) at Te Ora Hou Centre: 12 pm on Tuesday, 18 March
- L1 PE Hike: Friday, 21 March
- Duke of Edinburgh Hike (Silver, Y11-12): Friday, 4 April
- Excellere College and Renew School Sports Exchange - Secondary Basketball: Tuesday, 8 April
- Secondary Rākau Day: Thursday, 10 April
- Secondary Pickleball (Y9-13): Friday, 11 April
- Term 1 Ends: Friday, 11 April
Important note: Please check here often as dates of events can change due to unforeseen circumstances.
First Day of Term 2: Monday, 28 April
Secondary 3-Way Conferences: Monday, 5 May
Squash Tournament (Y9-13): Thursday, 8 May
Excellere, SDAS & Renew Futsal Exchange (Y5-8): Friday, 9 May
Y7-8 Winter Sports Day: Wednesday, 14 May
Y12-13 R Tucker Thompson Sailing: Wednesday, 14 May
Duke of Edinburgh Adventurous Journey - Silver Qualification: Thursday, 15 May, to Sunday, 18 May
Year 3-6 e-asTTle Reading Testing: Tuesday, 20 May, to Wednesday, 21 May
CAA Numeracy Exam (Y9-11): Wednesday, 21 May
Year 3-6 easTTle English Testing Catchups: Thursday, 22 May, to Friday, 23 May
CAA Reading Literacy Exam (Y10-11): Thursday, 22 May
Mixed Volleyball Day 1: Thursday, 22 May
CAA Writing Literacy Exam (Y10-11): Friday, 23 May
Y9-11 Exam Week: Monday, 26 May, to Friday, 30 May
Y5-6 Winter Sports Day: Wednesday, 28 May
Table Tennis Novice Tournament (Y9-10): Thursday, 29 May
King's Birthday - Public Holiday: Monday, 2 June
Mixed Volleyball Day 2: Tuesday, 3 June
Table Tennis Championships (Y9-13): Thursday, 5 June
All School Rākau / Outdoor Education Day: Friday, 6 June (Postponement Day: Friday, 13 June)
e-asTTle Maths Assessment (Y4-10): Monday, 9 June, to Wednesday, 11 June
Social Science Field Trip - Auckland Museum (Y11-13): Thursday, 12 June
World Vision Event (Y7-8): Friday, 13 June
Primary Parent/Teacher Hui: Monday, 16 June, to Tuesday, 17 June - 3 pm to 6 pm
Primary (Y7-8 only) Parent/Teacher Hui: Wednesday, 18 June - 3 pm to 6 pm
Matariki - Public Holiday: Friday, 20 June
Excellere College Renew School Sports Exchange - Secondary Badminton: Tuesday, 24 June
Last Day of Term 2: Wednesday, 25 June
Teacher Only Days - NZACS Teachers' Conference: Thursday, 26 June, and Friday, 27 June
First Day of Term 3: Monday, 14 July
3x3 Basketball Tournament (Y9-10): Friday, 18 July
3x3 Basketball Tournament (Y11-13): Tuesday, 22 July
Senior Boys Basketball Tournament (Y11-13): Tuesday, 29 July
Badminton Cup (Y9-13): Thursday, 31 July
Netball Tournament (Y9-10): Tuesday, 5 August
Secondary Rākau Day: Friday, 8 August
Netball Championship and Cup (Y11-13): Tuesday, 12 August
Futsal Tournament (Y7-8): Wednesday, 13 August
Netball Tournament (Y7-8): Tuesday, 19 August
WPSSA Primary Cross Country: Wednesday, 27 August
Y12-13 Practice Exams: Monday, 1 September, to Friday, 5 September
CAA Numeracy Exam (Y9-11): Wednesday, 3 September
CAA Reading Literacy Exam (Y10-11): Thursday, 4 September
CAA Writing Literacy Exam (Y10-11): Friday, 5 September
Primary School Concert Preparations: Monday, 8 September to Thursday, 11 September
Primary School Concert: Friday, 12 September, at 7 pm
Excellere College Renew School Sports Exchange - Secondary Netball: Tuesday, 16 September
Secondary Rākau Day - Moviemaking Challenge: Wednesday, 17 September
Last Day of Term 3: Friday, 19 September
First Day of Term 4: Monday, 6 October
Duke of Edinburgh Qualifying Hike: Friday, 10 October
All School Rākau Day - Athletics: Friday, 17 October (Postponement date: Friday, 24 October)
Market Day: Wednesday, 22 October
Labour Day - Public Holiday: Monday, 27 October
Primary Camp (Y4-8): Wednesday, 29 October, to Friday, 31 October
Last Day for Y12-13 Students: Friday, 31 October
Y9-11 Exam Week: Monday, 3 November, to Friday, 7 November
Y3-8 easTTle Reading Testing: Monday, 3 November
NCEA Exams begin: Tuesday, 4 November
Y3-8 easTTle Writing Testing: Tuesday, 4 November
Y3-8 easTTle Testing Catchups: Wednesday, 5 November to Friday, 7 November
Y9 Outdoor Education Day: Thursday, 13 November (Postponement date: Thursday, 20 November)
Y10 Outdoor Education Day: Friday, 14 November (Postponement date: Friday, 21 November)
Excellere College Renew School Sports Exchange - Futsal (Y7-8): Tuesday, 18 November
Y9-11 Secondary Rākau Day - Community Service: Friday, 28 November
Secondary Prizegiving at 7 pm: Monday, 8 December
Primary Prizegiving at 2 pm: Wednesday, 10 December
Last Day of Term 4: Wednesday, 10 December
