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2026 Start-Up
26-27 JANUARY - Student Leadership Camp
28-29 JANUARY - Staff Only Days
FRIDAY 30 JANUARY - Welcome to all new students
FIRST DAY FOR YEAR 9 STUDENTS (and first day buses run)
| 9.00am | Pōwhiri (on the Wales Street lawn and outside our whare, Te Ao Mārama) All new students and new staff are welcomed to the school. The Pōwhiri will be held on the Wales Street lawn and outside our whare, Te Ao Mārama. New students will gather on the Wales Street lawn near the Court of Memories on the corner of East Belt and Wales Street. Parents, caregivers and whānau are welcome to attend. |
| About 10.00am | Year 9 Wānanga & Orientation New Year 9 students are walked to their wānanga room and will meet their Wānanga kaiako. New Year 10-13 Orientation New Year 10-13 students meet in M3 (the Drama Room, next to the whare) for a morning of orientation activities. They will be released at about 1.20pm. |
| 10.55am | Interval |
| 11.25am | Year 9 Peer Support (orientation activities with senior student leaders) |
| 1.20pm | Lunch |
| 1.50pm | Year 9 Assembly Year 9 students who do NOT use the school buses will be released at about 2.15pm. |
| 2.15pm | Year 9 Bus Students' Assembly Year 9 students who do use the school buses will be provided with some important bus information before boarding their buses at about 2.45pm. |
MONDAY 2 FEBRUARY - First day of Year 9-13 classes
| 9.00am | Period 1 Wānanga for all students Year 13 Assembly in the Hall (9.00am-9.20am) Year 12 Assembly in the Hall (9.35am-9.55am) |
| 10.00am | Period 2 class Year 11 Assembly in the Hall (10.00am-10.20am) Year 10 Assembly in the Hall (10.35am-10.55am) |
| 10.55am | Interval |
| 11.25am | Period 3 class |
| 12.25pm | Period 4 class |
| 1.20pm | Lunch |
| 1.50pm | Period 5 class The school day ends at 2.45pm on Mondays. |
TUESDAY 3 FEBRUARY
| 9.00am | Period 1 class |
| 9.55am | Period 2 class |
| 10.45am | Interval |
| 11.15am | Period 3 class |
| 12,10pm | Wānanga |
| 12.45pm | Period 4 class |
| 1.35pm | Lunch |
| 2.05pm | Period 5 class The school day ends at 2.55pm on Tuesdays. |
WEDNESDAY 4 FEBRUARY
| 9.00am | Period 1 class |
| 10.00am | Period 2 class |
| 10.55am | Interval |
| 11.25am | Period 3 class |
| 12.25pm | Period 4 class |
| 1.20pm | Lunch |
| 1.50pm | Period 5 class The school day ends at 2.45pm on Wednesdays. |
THURSDAY 5 FEBRUARY - House Sports Day (9.00am-2.55pm)
FRIDAY 6 FEBRUARY - Waitangi Day (school closed)
