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He wahi tutaki mo nga tamariki o te ao

A meeting place for the children of the world.

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.

KIA ORA, TALOFA LAVA, FAKAALOFA LAHI ATU, MALO E LELEI, KIA ORANA, BULA VINAKA, NAMASTE, HAO HA, GREETINGS...

....and welcome to Otahuhu Primary School.

Otahuhu Primary's H.E.A.R.T.

Otahuhu Primary is a Positive Behaviour 4 Learning School. Our school Values are "H.E.A.R.T"... Honesty, Excellence, Attitude, Respect, Tolerance.

About Our School

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.

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Bell Times

We 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

What's happening at Otahuhu Primary School?

Upcoming Events in May

Mon 18

Book Week

18 May 2026 - 22 May 2026

Mon 18

Term 2 - Week 5

18 May 2026 - 22 May 2026

Tue 19

MOSA Rugby League Tournament

19 May 2026

Wed 20

Read Together Workshops in the Library!

20 May 2026

Mon 25

Term 2 - Week 6

25 May 2026 - 29 May 2026

Wed 27

Read Together Workshops in the Library!

27 May 2026

Fri 29

TOD

29 May 2026

Latest Notices

Chill Out Programme

18 May 2026

Kia ora OPS Whānau,

We have been informed that many students are spending time at the Ōtāhuhu Leisure Centre after school without supervision. It is very important that students are not wandering around the facilities - library or pools - without adult supervision. This creates risks for the staff at the centre and can also cause disruptions to the programmes taking place.

If you are unable to supervise your children after school due to work commitments, then we highly recommend checking out the Chill Out programme. There are lots of subsidies available for the after school programme, which you can check out on the attached flyer.

Please take time to look through the details and see if this is the right option for your whānau.

Thank you!

Chill-Out-Flyer.pdf

Week 5 Notices!

18 May 2026

Kia ora OPS Whānau!

We have A LOT going on at school this week!

It's Book Week! This year's theme is "Our Stories, Our Ancestors". Check out the flyer below for event details, including our costume parade and shared lunches on Friday.
Our Year 6 classes are taking part in the Bike Ready programme with Auckland Council all week.
Students from McCauley are working with us on some physical activity programmes as part of their PE Programme.
On Tuesday we have some students representing us at the MOSA Rugby League tournament (at Norana Park).
On Wednesday and Thursday our Year 4-5 classes are continuing their programme with Basketball Auckland.
After school on Wednesday we also have our Reading Together workshops in the library - what a great week to come along and join in with the programme! We will have students from King's College reading with our tamariki again.
We also begin our Whakapuāwai Inquiry - Healthy HEART Edition. Students will begin learning about what we need to do to keep our bodies fit and strong!
- You will also be receiving a notice about our refreshed HEART Values. There will be lots of information coming out across the term about these.