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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 June

Tue 16

Skating

16 Jun 2026

Wed 17

Dunstan Zone Swimming Sports - TBC

17 Jun 2026

Tue 23

Skating

23 Jun 2026

Thu 25

Skating

25 Jun 2026

Fri 26

CO Swimming Sports - Qtwn?

26 Jun 2026

Latest Notices

Cheese roll update

14 Jun 2026

A huge thanks for all those who helped make cheese rolls yesterday. It was a huge day and a real team effort. A special thanks to Joey Passmore and Carmen Monaghan for spending your Sunday helping too.

For those orders that were not picked up they will be at the school office at 8.30 am tomorrow. They will need to be collected tomorrow.

Thanks to all those who also brought cheese rolls. Enjoy them!

Thanks to everyone involved.

Kate Donaldson

Mata-Au Term 2 Week 9

14 Jun 2026

Mata-Au-Term-2-week-9.pdf

Kawarau Week 9

14 Jun 2026

Kawarau-W9-4.pdf

Kopuwai - Term 2, Week 9

14 Jun 2026

Good afternoon,

I hope everyone is looking forward to ice skating on Tuesday and that you all have your gear ready. All children will need a warm jacket, waterproof trousers, knee-length socks, a woolly hat (no pompoms) and gloves. Helmets are provided at the rink. We welcome parent help for these sessions too, especially for putting boots on.

Please write your child's shoe size on their hand on Tuesday morning.

Our lesson times are-

Tuesday 16th, Tuesday 23rd and Thursday 25th - 11.45am -12.30pm

We will bus to and from the rink, leaving school at 11.20 am and returning at 12:45 pm.

Remember next week, on Monday and Tuesday afternoon, we are listening to our Poetry Eisteddfods, so have a few practices this week, please.

This week:-

Monday-School Prayer, all welcome.

Tuesday - Ice-skating

Wednesday - Town Library

Thursday -PMP

Friday - School Assembly and House Groups, Mrs Stratford teaching.

Homework- Practise your poem, roll and reads, spelling list and reading books.