ST PATRICK'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL, TAUMARUNUI
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Our Students

In 2025, we are operating a 3 class model :
  • Room 1 - For New Entrants to Year 2
  • Room 2 - For Years 3 to 5
  • Room 3 - For Years 6 to 8 (Core Curriculum - Reading, Writing, Mathematics)
Students at our school follow the NZ Curriculum framework which has been reinterpreted into a local school curriculum.

Our Core Curriculum is taught in the morning blocks
  • Religious Education.   
  • Literacy - Reading & Writing
  • Numeracy - Mathematics

The rich curriculum is both woven into our core curriculum and/or taught using the 'inquiry' process as it can be used.
  • Learning languages - Te Reo Maori : including opportunities for Noho Marae and Kapa Haka.
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Social Sciences
  • Health & Physical Education (including Swimming in Term One)
  • The Arts - Visual Arts, Music & Drama

Careers Education : In 2023, the school held a Career's week for the whole school. The focus being :
  • For the Junior School - Visits by Fire Brigade, Police, Ambulance
  • For the Senior School - Visits by the above to explain what they do.
                                                     Zoom with various workplaces to see people in their work. 

Careers weeks will now be an annual fixture at our school to be held in the fourth term.


Transition to College
At Year 9, some of our students move through to our local High School, Taumarunui High School, while some students attend boarding institutions in Auckland, Taranaki or Whanganui.  As a Catholic School, we promote continuing a Catholic Education through to secondary school and we have regular contact with Francis Douglas Memorial College and Sacred Heart College in New Plymouth, Sacred Heart College in Auckland, St John's College and Sacred Heart College in Hamilton and Hato Paora College in Fielding and Hato Hohepa College in Taradale, Napier.

Sport
Our Sports Coordinator in 2025 is Samantha Vermeulen
Notifications for sporting opportunities are:
1. Discussed with students to gain interest
2. Are outlined in the fortnightly newsletter
3. Are outlined on the school's Facebook page
4. Students who are interested, take home a letter that has full details as to when, where, how, and usually a call for adult support and associated costs
5. Teams can only can be made up when all have paid and we have parent support.  Without this the sporting opportunity can not proceed. In short, no pay, no play.

Interschool Sports
Interschool sporting opportunities are sorted through the Taumarunui Youth and Community Trust (TYCT). 
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  • Enrolments
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  • Our Special Character
  • Meet our Staff
  • Who we are
  • Our Students
  • Board of Trustees and Reports
  • Teaching and Learning @St Patrick's
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