Term Dates & School Hours

Term	Start	Finish	Public Holidays
Term 1	Wednesday 29 January	Friday 11 April	Waitangi Day - Thursday 6 February Otago Anniversary - Monday 24 March Easter: (in school holidays) Good Friday - 18 April Easter Monday - 21 April Easter Tuesday - 22 April ANZAC Day - Friday 25 April (in school holidays)
Term 2	Monday 28 April	Friday 27 June	King's Birthday - Monday 2 June Matariki - Friday 20 June
Term 3	Monday 14 July	Friday 19 September	None
Term 4	Monday 6 October	TBC	Labour Day - Monday 27 October

The school day starts at 8.55am. Children can arrive from 8.30am.

Morning tea is at 10:40am, allowing 20 minutes for a small snack, fresh air and some play.

Lunches
Lunch is at 12.30pm and the children are asked to sit for 15 minutes so they can eat.

Lunch time finishes at 1.30pm.

Every Friday, the children can purchase lunch from Gold's Bakery or Subway.

On the last Friday of each term there is also the option of fish and chips.

In terms 2 and 3 the pie warmer is turned on for packed lunches to be heated up e.g. cheese rolls, mini pizzas, pies etc.

The school day finishes at 2.55pm and a school bus picks up some children for connections with the High School.

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