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Drawing strength from our cultural diversity, and sharing responsibility with the community for the well-being of our children, Otahuhu School has high expectations that all children will achieve to the best of their abilities and develop the attitudes and skills to grow as lifelong learners and successful members of New Zealand society.
Otahuhu Primary is a Positive Behaviour 4 Learning School. Our school Values are "H.E.A.R.T"... Honesty, Excellence, Attitude, Respect, Tolerance.
Otahuhu Primary School is the oldest school in the Otahuhu district and celebrated its 150th Jubilee in 2008. We have a proud history of serving our students and community well.
Today we have over 600 students who attend our school and more than 50 adults working on our staff.
The school has a history, which extends back to 9 August 1858 when classes were conducted for the first time in a building belonging to the Church of England. Since that time there have been many changes which have seen the school change from a District High School catering for both primary and secondary school students to the primary contributing school it is today catering for Y0-6 students only. Today we have over 500 students who attend our school and more than 50 adults working on our staff. The school continues to serve a diverse community and students attending are mainly drawn from Pacific, Māori, and Indian cultural backgrounds. Students are offered bilingual programmes in the Māori, Samoan and Tongan languages.
Bell TimesWe ask parents and caregivers to please make every effort to ensure your children attend school everyday. School starts at 8:45am and finishes at 2:45pm. It is very important that unless your child is sick or has a very good reason to be absent from school that they attend during these hours. Students who arrive late and leave early can disrupt learning time for the whole class. 8:45am - School Begins 8.55am - Fitness 9:10am - Learning Block 1 10:15am - Brain Break 10:20 - Learning Block 2 11:20am - Morning Tea Eating 11:25am - 11.40am - Morning Tea Play 11:40am - Learning Block 3 12:45pm - 1:20pm - Lunch Play 1:20pm - 1:30pm - Lunch Eating 1:30 - Learning Block 4 2:45pm - School Ends |
29 Jun 2026 - 3 Jul 2026
Kia ora OPS Whānau!
We're heading into Week 11 and our last 5 days of school before the midwinter break.
Check out the following events taking place as part of our 10-day countdown attendance challenges. There are plenty of prizes yet to be won, including more brand new bikes! Well done to all of those students who have reached 90% or better attendance this term. It is a longer term than normal, but we are so proud of the resilience you are showing to turn up to school daily and make the most of your learning opportunities. There are also 101 students with 100% attendance this term - amazing!!!
We also have our School Discos taking place on Wednesday evening - 4-5pm for Juniors, 5:30-7pm for Seniors.
On Friday there is a whole school assembly. We will be awarding students for Tolerance - this is also the last assembly with our current HEART values, and our refreshed HEART values will be launched next term! How exciting! We will also have our new covered turf to look forward to, which we are VERY excited about.
Ngā mihi
Kia Ora,
Our first buses have left town and are headed back to school.
The estimated trip time is 30-35 minutes at this stage.
Please keep vehicles and pedestrians clear of the entrance and path on Station Rd so that buses have plenty of space to unload passengers.
Thank you!
Kia ora,
Thank you to all whānau members who joined our Reporting to Parents workshops today!
If you would like to see what we discussed, you can open the attachment on this post.
On the last page there are links to different Ministry of Education pages, including the Parent Portal for maths activities.
Kia Ora whānau,
Please see the following reminder regarding our Little Mermaid trip this Thursday. A notice was also sent home on Monday.
Kia ora koutou!
We've got two more weeks until the mid-winter school holidays - let's keep up our attendance and finish strong!!
On Monday we begin our 10-day countdown. There are lots of fun events - beginning with Pajama-Glama on Monday - and prizes to win for students and their classes.
We also have construction starting on our new covered court!!! This will be completed over the next couple of weeks and will be ready to go for the start of Term 3. We are so excited to have this space as it will allow us to keep PE, fitness and lunchtime activities going strong no matter the weather!
We want to commend you all for keeping your effort high as we fight off these winter bugs. Check out our Week 9 attendance below.
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