Term dates 2025

Term 1

Monday 3 February - Friday 11 April

Public holiday Waitangi day Thursday 6 February

Term 2

Monday 28 April - Friday 27 June

Public holiday King’s birthday Monday 2 June

Public holiday Matariki Friday 20 June

Term 3

Monday 14 July - Friday 19 September

Term 4

Monday 6 October - Tuesday 16 December

Public holiday Labour Day Monday 27 October

School board elections - 2025

The boards of all state and state integrated schools are required to hold elections every three years, and this will be happening again in 2025. The School Board is an important part of our kura as they set the strategic direction for our school, consult with our school community about our kura, ensure the schools funding is spent wisely and ensure that we are giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi within our kura. 

Our board is made up of 6 parent vacancies, the Principal and a staff rep elected by the staff. The current board has made the decision to appoint Election Pilot as the Returning Officer for our election and for the election to be provided online. They have been assisting schools with elections for over 20 years and have been the only election provider accredited by the Ministry of Education to provide online election services since online elections started in 2022.

Nomination and voting forms will be sent to all eligible voters by email directly from Election Pilot. If we don’t have an email address for you, nomination and voting papers will be sent by post so no one will miss out. School Board Elections must be held in accordance with the provisions in the Education and Training Act 2020 and the Education (Board Elections) Regulations 2022. Your name and contact details have been provided to Schooled Election Pilot to enable the provision of elections services for our kura as required by legislation. They will use your contact details for the provision of election services for Arohanui Special School only and your details will be deleted 60 days after the election date as required by legislation. 

If you have any questions about the election process, please contact the Returning Officer directly on 0800 VOTENZ (0800 868 369) or election@electionpilot.nz. We will continue to keep you updated through the various stages of the election process, and our election date is Wednesday 10 September.

Reporting a student absence

Arohanui Special School has a responsibility every day to account for all students who are enrolled.

If your child is unwell or will not be at school for another reason, there are a number of ways to let us know.

If you have a smartphone or Ipad/tablet, you can download the Skool Loop app.  You can report your child's absence via the app.  The app is free to download and use.

You can phone the school office on 838-6696 or text on 021 0255 6789 to advise of an absence.  All you need to tell us is your child's name and reason for being away and we will inform the classroom teacher. 

Please do not text your child's classroom teacher directly as the teacher might not be in the classroom that day so your child's absence (and the reason) might not get recorded.

If your child is absent but the school is not advised, you will receive a text message asking you to contact the school office.  For safety reasons it is important that both parents and teachers know where children are.