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LOVE - aroha ai... LEARN - ako ai... GROW - tipu ai

Principal's Welcome

I warmly welcome you to St Gerard's school in Alexandra, Central Otago.

St Gerard's is a state integrated school for girls and boys up to Year 8 offering an education with special Catholic Character. The special Catholic Character of our school follows the education philosophy of Catherine McAuley as gifted to us by the Sisters of Mercy.
As a school community we are committed to educating our students through our vision of Love (aroha ai), Learn (ako ai) and Grow (tipu ai).
Our greatest asset is our people - He waka eke noa - a canoe which we are all in together - no exception.

Julie Flannery
Principal

What's happening at St Gerard's School?

Upcoming Events in July

Fri 31

Teacher only day school closed

31 Jul 2026

Latest Notices

Kawaraua Week 2

24 Jul 2026

Kawarau-W2.pdf

Mata-Au Term 3 Week 2

24 Jul 2026

Term-3-Week-2.pdf

Kopuwai - Term 2, Week 2

24 Jul 2026

Good afternoon everybody,

We've had a wonderful start to the term, and yesterday we welcomed 12 fertilised eggs to our classroom! A big thank you to the Bencks for kindly loaning us their incubator. Over the next 21 days, we will carefully observe the eggs each day as the chicks develop inside. We are all very excited to watch this amazing life cycle unfold and can't wait to welcome some fluffy new arrivals to Kopuwai!

We have a few exciting activities coming up next week. On Tuesday afternoon, we'll celebrate our 100th Day of School with some fun classroom activities. On Wednesday afternoon, we look forward to a visit from a local firefighter, who will share important fire safety messages with the children. This visit will be the beginning of our Firewise learning, which will continue over the next couple of weeks.

Mrs Flannery will be teaching Kopuwai on Thursday, and Friday is our Teacher Only Day, so there will be no school for students.

I really enjoyed catching up with those of you who were able to attend our parent interviews on Wednesday. Please remember that I am always happy to chat before or after school if you have any questions or concerns, or you are very welcome to email me at any time.

Thanks for your support

Neroli

PS We need a few more helpers for PMP this term. Please pop your name on the roster inside my door. Thank you

No basketball today

24 Jul 2026

No basketball today - it will be busy enough at Molyneux Park today and lots of players will be at the rugby!!!!

Oteake Rm 4 Yrs 3 & 4

22 Jul 2026

Sports uniform is optional tomorrow for our class. We need cardboard toilet rolls for Art over the next 2 weeks please.