Key Start Dates

Thursday, 4th December 2025 at 11:55am

KEY START UP DATES 2026

• Thursday 29 January 2026: Senior Course Confirmation (11am - 2pm) Note: Snr students are advised to check their school emails closer to the date for the schedule and any updates

• Thursday 29 January 2026: YEAR 9 ORIENTATION DAY 1 - including Pōwhiri (9am - 3.15pm)

• Friday 30 January 2026: YEAR 9 ORIENTATION DAY 2 (8.40am - 3.15pm)

• Monday 2 February 2026: Full School Day (all students) (8.40am - 3.15pm)

• Friday 6 February 2026: WAITANGI DAY (public holiday/school closed)

All Year 9 students will be placed into their form classes during their first orientation day on Thursday 29 January, 2026. For most students, this will be their class for both Year 9 and 10 where they will do all of their core subjects (i.e. English, Maths, Science, Social Studies and PE with Health). Our form classes are carefully created with all decisions being determined holistically, using a broad range of data and information. This includes test scores for English/Literacy and Mathematics/Numeracy, as well as overall teacher judgements (OTJs) of a student’s level in different aspects of the curriculum from their intermediate school. We also use the non-verbal reasoning test score from the transition visits. Further to this, we have information collected during enrolment interviews and a transition profile completed by current Year 8 teachers about each student.

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