2026

12 Nov

Staff Only Day: MoE Curriculum & Assessment Day

13 Nov

Canterbury Show Day (school closed)

4 Dec

Last day of NCEA exams

7 Dec

Peer Support Training Day

10 Dec

Last day for all Year 9-10 students

11 Dec

Year 9-10 Prizegiving in Hall (9.00am - prizewinners only)

2027

18 Jan

School office re-opens (telephone 03 3118888)

20 Jan

PTA Second-hand Uniform Sale (9.30am-12.00pm & 4.00pm-6.00pm)

26-27 Jan

Student Leadership Camp (Hanmer Springs)

28-29 Jan

Staff Only Days

1 Feb

Orientation Day for new Year 9-13 students (First day for all new Year 9)

2 Feb

First day of Year 9-13 classes (Wānanga at 9.00am)

4-5 Feb

Individual Portrait Photos in the Hall (to be confirmed)

8 Feb

Waitangi Day observance (school closed)

12 Feb

House Sports Day

18 Feb

Year 9 'Meet & Greet' (meet the teaching teams, 6.00pm)

2 Mar

Year 12 RYDA Road Safety Programme (all Year 12, all day)

8 Mar

Attitude Workshops (each year level)

9 Mar

Academic Counselling Evening (Interviews from 4.00pm - 7.30pm)

11 Mar

Academic Counselling Evening (Interviews from 4.00pm - 7.30pm)

17-19 Mar

Year 9 Camp - Ngata House

15-19 Mar

Summer Sports' Tournament Week

15-17 Mar

Year 9 Camp - Lydiard House

24-26 Mar

Year 9 Camp - Rutherford House

26 Mar

Good Friday (school closed)

29 Mar

Easter Monday (school closed)

30 Mar

Easter Tuesday (school closed)

31 Mar - 2 Apr

Year 9 Camp - Mansfield House

5-7 Apr

Year 9 Camp - Sheppard House

7-9 Apr

Year 9 Camp - Hillary House

9 Apr

Last day of Term 1

TERM BREAK

26 Apr

ANZAC Day Observance (school closed)

27 Apr

First day of Term 2

13 May

Ashburton Sports' Exchange

18-20 May

Year 8 Open Days

24-28 May

Literacy/Numeracy Exams

3-4 Jun

Wānanga Class Photos in the Hall (to be confirmed)

7 Jun

King’s Birthday (school closed)

11 Jun

Year 12-13 Ball (Te Pae Convention Centre, Christchurch)

25 Jun

Matariki (school closed)

2 Jul

Last day of Term 2

TERM BREAK

19 Jul

First day of Term 3

10 Aug

Academic Counselling Evening (Interviews from 4.00pm - 7.30pm)

12 Aug

Academic Counselling Evening (Interviews from 4.00pm - 7.30pm)

16 Aug

2027 Subject Selection process begins

17 Aug

North Canterbury Youth Futures Expo

20 Aug

RHS Mid-term Break (school closed)

23 Aug

Staff Only Day: MoE Curriculum & Assessment Day

26 Aug

Senior Subject Information Evening (4.30pm - 7.00pm)

30 Aug - 3 Sep

Winter Sports Tournament Week

2 Sep

Year 8 Information Evening (6.00pm - 7.30pm)

6 Sep

2027 subject selections due

6-10 Sep

Literacy/Numeracy Exams

13-17 Sep

Derived Grade Exam Week (Year 11-13 on five days’ study leave)

24 Sep

Last day of Term 3

TERM BREAK

11 Oct

First day of Term 4

11-15 Oct

Year 13 Wacky Week

19 Oct

Māori and Pasifika Prizegiving in Hall (6.00pm) 

21 Oct

Sport & Culture Prizegiving in Hall (7.00pm)

22 Oct

Year 8 Orientation Day

25 Oct

Labour Day (school closed)

27 Oct

Last Day for Years 12-13 (no Year 13 classes)

27 Oct

Year 11-13 Prizegiving at Christchurch Town Hall (7.00pm)

3 Nov

Last Day for Year 11

9 Nov

First day of NCEA exams

11 Nov

Staff Only Day: MoE Curriculum & Assessment Day

12 Nov

Canterbury Show Day (school closed)

3 Dec

Last day of NCEA exams

6 Dec

Peer Support Training Day

9 Dec

Last day for all Years 9-10

10 Dec

Year 9-10 Prizegiving in Hall (9.00am - prizewinners only)