• Term 1 :  Tuesday 2nd Feb -  Thursday 1st April
• Term 2 : Monday 29 th Aril – Friday 2nd July
• Term 3 : Monday 19th July – Friday 24th September
• Term 4 : Monday 11th October – Friday 17th December* (to be confirmed)

• Auckland Aniversary : Monday 1st February
• Waitangi Day : Saturday 6th February
  
• Good Friday : Friday 2nd April
  
• Easter Monday : Monday 5th April
  
• ANZAC : Sunday 25 April
• Queens Birthday : Monday 7th June
• Labour Day : Monday 25th October

Click on the parts of our whare to explore what is Owhata School

VISION

Students educated at Owhata Primary will go on to be proud and confident adults who have acquired an education that enables them to ultimately choose professions that give them a high quality of life and standard of living.

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The name “Owhata” has two meanings:

1. O – place of Whata – Elevated stage for food or other purposes
2. O – food or provision for a journey Whata – Elevated stage or platform

Therefore, both translations are appropriate, that the school is a storehouse of knowledge, where in food or sustenance is acquired by young children for the long journey ahead through life.

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