
2011 Term dates
Term 4
Wednesday 14 December : Last Day of school year : 12 noon - sausage
sizzle : 1pm - Prizegiving @ school if fine / St Johns Hall if wet
Friday 9 December : Fun Triathlon : End of Year Reports
Thursday 8 December : Junior Beach Day - 9am - 12noon sausage sizzle at
school
Wednesday 7 December : Room 6 Golf & lunch
Friday 2 December : Celebration Assembly - Room 2 to host : National Jandal
Day
Saturday 26 November : Christmas in the Park - 12.00 noon
Friday 18 November : Athletic Finals - Kaitaia
Sunday 13 - Saturday 19 November : Sunsmart Week
Friday 11 November : Celebration Assembly
Thursday 10 November Athletics : Yr 4 - 8 @ Taipa - 9am - 12noon
Thursday 10 November : Meningococcal C immunisation
Monday 25 October : First day of Term 4
Term 3
Friday 7 October : Celebration Assembly & END OF TERM 1.50pm
Tuesday 4 October : Vision & Hearing testing
Friday 30 September : Funkey Friday
Thursday 29 September : Rm 3 trip - Kindy/Daycare 8.45am
Tuesday 27 September : Taipa Area School Principal visit to Year 6 - 9.30am.
Students intending to enrol for 2012. ALL parents/caregivers of these
students are welcome to attend.
Friday 23 September : Celebration Assembly 1.50pm - Northland Cross Country
Final - Whangarei. Good luck to the students competing.
Tuesday 20 September : Duffy Role Model Assembly - 9.30am :
Adrian Kirk - Juggler extraordinaire!
Monday 19 September : Teacher Only Day
Friday 16 September : Cross Country - Finals @ Peria School : Funkey Friday
- Science students please bring an old t-shirt for messy experiments)
Tuesday 13 September : Cross Country - Eastern Zone @ Peria School
Friday 9 September : Black Out Day - Dress in black for the start of the
Rugby World Cup - Go the All Blacks!
Friday 2 September : Funkey Friday - Science students please bring an
old t-shirt for messy experiments)
Monday 29 August : 7.30pm Kotahitanga meeting (Xmas in the Park)
Friday 26 August : Book Week Assembly 11.30am - Book Week Visitor Day
9 - 12pm (Mums, Dads, Grandparent, all volunteers come along to read a
favourite book and join us for morning tea) - Scholastic Book orders due
-
Mathex 2011 @ Kamo High School, Whangarei (Selected senior students)
Tuesday 23 August : Clean and Read
Monday 22 - Friday 26 August : Library Week
Friday 19 August : Funkey Friday
Friday 12 August : Duffy / Celebration Assembly
Monday 1 August : First day of Term 3
Term 2
Last day of Term 2 : Friday 15 July : Shared lunch
Friday 15 July : Kapa Haka Festival at Taipa 10am; Matariki Assembly (after
lunch)
Thursday 14 July : Ki-o-Rahi at Taipa
Wednesday 13 July : Senior Marae visit
Tuesday 12 July: Junior Marae visit
11 - 15 July : Matariki week
Friday 8 July : Senior Soccer - Taipa; School Disco
Friday 1 July : Funkey Friday
Friday 24 June : Celebration Assembly
Tuesday 21 June : School Photos
Friday 17 June : Funkey Friday
Friday 17 June : Bake Day - morning tea
Friday 10 June : Celebration Assembly
Monday 6 June - Friday 15 July : Matariki
Monday 6 June : Queens Birthday (No school)
Friday 3 June : Funkey Friday
Friday 27 May : Celebration Assembly
First day of Term 2 : Monday 2 May
Term 1
Last day of Term 1 : Friday 15 April
Friday 15 April: Funky Friday
Tuesday 12 April: Room 6 - Class trip
Friday 8 April: Celebration assembly
Thursday 7 April: Open Day 9am - 12 noon
Tuesday 5 April: Duffy Book Assembly at 9.30am
Friday 1 April: Funky Friday
Friday 25 March: Celebration assembly
Thursday 24 March: Rippa Rugby
Wednesday 23 March: Kaitaia Swimming
Friday 18 March: Funky Friday; Kotahitanga group Community Evening - 6pm
at Mangonui School
Friday 11 March: Beach Day at Coopers Beach
Wednesday 9 - Friday 11 March: Life Education Caravan
Tuesday 8 March: Eastern Zone Swimming at Taipa School
Friday 4 March: Funky Friday
Thursday 3 – Friday 4 March: school camp - Rooms 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 at school
Wednesday 2 - Friday 4 March: school camp - Room 3 at Paradise Bay
Friday 25 February: Celebration assembly
Thursday 24 – Friday 25 February: school camp - Room 2 at Hihi
Friday 18 February: Funky Friday; Bake Day – Rooms 1, 3, 5, 7
First day of School Year : Wednesday 2 February
2011 Holidays
Schools must be closed on Saturdays and Sundays and on the following days:
- New Years Day - 1 January (Saturday)
- Day after New Years Day - 3 January (Monday)
- Auckland Anniversary - 25 January (Tuesday)
- Waitangi Day - 6 February (Sunday)
- Good Friday - 22 April (Friday)
- Easter Monday - 25 April (Monday)
- Day after Easter Monday - 26 April (Tuesday)
- Anzac Day - 25 April (Monday)
- Queen's Birthday - 6 June (Monday)
- Labour Day - 24 October (Monday)
- Christmas Day - 25 December (Sunday)
- Boxing Day - 26 December (Monday)
