Information Pānui

2025 school term dates

Term 1 – Friday 31 Jan – 11 April

  • Friday 31 and Monday 3 Feb = Whānau connect meetings
  • Please note there will be two staff only days in term one – dates TBC

Term 2 – 28 April – 27 June

Term 3 – 14 July – 19 Sept

Term 4 – 6 Oct – Thursday 18 Dec (Last day of year we will finish at 12.30pm)

Whānau Connect sessions – Welcome to the school year

Whānau connect sessions are a 20 minute kōrero held over the first two days of term 1, where families are able to share and discuss some of the following:

  • Tamariki and whānau – your story
  • Interests, likes, dislikes, learning styles
  • Sharing/checking information

Booking for the whānau connect sessions are shared with families via the Hero app.

School communication

To make sure that families have all the information they need about upcoming events and what the children are working on in class, St Martins School uses a variety of communication methods:

  • This website holds a vast array of information about our school and is regularly updated.
  • The school Calendar will give you a good idea of what is planned for the year and is continually being updated. By scrolling over any calendar entries you can find out more details relating to each entry. Click and you’ll get any further information that is available.
  • Our Syndicate teams and class teachers use many platforms to communicate information to parents and students. Some of these include Dojo, Seesaw and the HERO student management system.

In emergencies, or when we need to contact parents in a hurry, St Martins School uses ‘text messaging’ to send bulk messages. Each text sent is a cost to the school, so most often the school will email ‘alert messages’ to keep parents informed. The HERO email message system also allows information to be shared in-between newsletters, which are sent out fortnightly on a Thursday.

Reporting your child’s absence

If you know your child will be absent from school please call the office and leave a message, log it via the HERO app or complete an absence here

It is important that absences are recorded with the school as soon as possible, either the night before or before 9am the day of the absence.

Updating contact information

St Martins is intending to make most forms of communications digital over time, and we do need your contact information kept up to date if you wish to receive emergency texts or other digitally communicated information. So please make sure that the school office has your latest contact details.