St Mary’s Catholic School is dedicated to ensuring that all students live and learn Christian moral values and spirituality in the Catholic tradition, develop full academic potential while being exposed to a diversity of cultural experiences in a caring environment.

A very warm welcome to all the new families who have their first contact with our school.  We aim to work in partnership with you.  Your feeling of belonging is important to us.  Please let yourself be known to others and assimilate smoothly into our community. 

At St Mary’s School we will be a place where we live by the teachings and values of Jesus Christ.  Here you will develop a passion for learning through quality teaching and a balanced yet diverse range of learning experiences.  Within our caring and nurturing atmosphere, values are taught and lived, and a concern for others is expected.  We encourage and foster a love of learning and strive for excellence within a quality learning environment.  

Education is a lifetime journey that you will begin at St Mary's School.  We are dedicated to preparing your children for their journey of learning.  We welcome your interest and warmly invite you to visit or call for further information.

“The National Standards provide a nationally consistent means for considering, explaining, and responding to students’ progress and achievement in Years 1 to 8. They provide reference points or signposts that describe the achievement in reading, writing and mathematics that will enable the students to meet the demands of the New Zealand Curriculum. They will help teachers to make judgements about the students’ progress, so that the students and their teachers, parents, families and whanau can agree on the next learning goals.

Students start at different points and progress at different rates that is why when interpreting achievement, it is important to consider both the student’s rate of progress and the expected standard. Because students start school on their fifth birthday, the first three standards need to be used after one, two and three years at school.”

Pg. 4 “The New Zealand Curriculum Reading and Writing Standards” MOE 2009

On Tuesday June 22nd, St Mary’s School hosted a Parent Information Evening on National Standards, Assessment and Reporting. Parents were given the opportunity to pose questions prior to the meeting on issues or queries relating to the theme of the Information Evening. While a number of the questions were answered during the addresses, time constraints put a limit on addressing all the questions submitted.

The questions not answered during the address have been answered in our Frequently Asked Questions section on National Standards. If you have further questions in relation to the National Standards, Assessment and Reporting at St Mary’s school, the Leadership Team are very happy to respond to your queries. Please submit any further questions via email.