New Student Information 2025
From the Principal Ms Charlotte Avery
My vision for a St Cuthbert’s education is to enable every girl to succeed and thrive – through developing her individual strengths, expanding her thinking, and building her inner confidence. Girls are at the centre of everything we do, and our dedicated teachers ignite our students’ curiosity, creativity and passion for learning.
At St Cuthbert’s your daughter will have every opportunity to discover her unique strengths and what she loves doing. Whether she loves art, music, sport, science, dancing, our girls are individuals, and we give each girl the support she needs to grow into a well-rounded young woman.
Together with you, we will prepare her for the world, socially, academically, physically and emotionally.
From the Head of Admissions
Mrs Stacey Paterson
I am thrilled to be the new Head of Admissions, having joined St Cuthbert’s in September. We trust that this booklet will introduce you to some important aspects of St Cuthbert’s and help you with the process of becoming part of the school family.
You will have the opportunity on your Orientation day to learn more about life at St Cuthbert’s, but in the meantime please use our website to keep up-to-date.
The Admissions and Scholarships Office is always happy to assist with any queries that you may have, so please do not hesitate to email or telephone us on 09 520 4159.
Absences
To report an absence there is an Absences form accessible from the school parent portal, myCollege, or on the school app which you can download by searching “myCollege” in the App Store or Google Play store. You can also email the absence emails below, preferably before 8.30am on the day of the absence.
Years 0 – 6 juniorschoolabsences@stcuthberts.school.nz
Years 7–13 seniorschoolabsences@stcuthberts.school.nz
After School Care - Club Evergreen
Club Evergreen is available every afternoon between 3.00pm – 5.30pm of the school year for Junior School students. The programme is taken by qualified teachers and children may attend on a regular or casual basis.
Please contact Club Evergreen by emailing clubevergreen@stcuthberts.school.nz
Chapel Services
Students attend Chapel services as part of the Christian focus of the school. It is expected that for family Chapel services, parents attend with their daughters whenever possible. Junior Chapel services are compulsory. Junior School students have one Sunday service a year while Senior School students have two a year. The date for your daughter’s service will be emailed and notified in the school newsletter.
You are welcome to contact the school Chaplain, Rev’d Dr François Joubert, at any time on francois.joubert@stcuthberts.school.nz
Centennial Centre for Wellbeing
The Centennial Centre for Wellbeing offers support and programmes in pastoral care, sport, health, nutrition and fitness training.
Beattie Centre
The Beattie Centre offers a wrap-around approach to pastoral care for Senior School students. Deans and counsellors are available to assist.
AFG Fitness Centre
Activities in the Fitness Centre form part of the Physcial Education programme in the Senior School sports conditioning and training programmes. The Centre is available before and after school for students to use. Contact: sport@stcuthberts.school.nz
Margaret Beale Swimming Pool
Programmes in the swimming pool form part of Physical Education for students to develop swimming and water safety skills. Swimming, Flippaball and Water Polo are also part of the co-curricular sports programme. The pool is available after school several days each week for students to swim.
A Swim School operates from the pool complex. Click here for details of classes for pre-schoolers, students, squad training and swim-fit programmes.
Co-curricular Activities
Music
Musical ensembles offered at St Cuthbert’s include choirs, orchestras, bands and small groups. These groups range from all-comers groups to premier, auditioned ensembles. If you’re interested in joining a premier group such as Sebastian Squad or Saints Alive, we may require an audition from you this year. For more information, email Mike Young, Head of Co-Curricular Music mike.young@stcuthberts.school.nz
Itinerant Music Lessons:
A variety of musical instruments and voice lessons are taught through the College’s Music Itinerant Programme. We also offer Suzuki Lessons. Information is available through our website or email Samantha Meagher, Performing Arts Centre Coordinator, for more details samantha.meagher@stcuthberts.school.nz
Itinerant Speech and Drama Lessons:
The College offers Speech and Drama lessons on an individual and shared basis. Tuition is offered for Trinity College and NZ Speech Board Examinations in a variety of syllabus options including Speech and Drama, Public Speaking, Acting and Performance. Contact Julie Coleman, TIC Speech and Drama, for more details julie.coleman@stcuthberts.school.nz
Dance:
We offer a number of Dance Troupes for students to join. Some are all-comers groups and some are auditioned. For more information, contact Geordan Wilcox, Head of Dance Geordan.wilcox@stcuthberts.school.nz
Drama:
The Drama Department offers a range of Co-Curricular Drama opportunities including Theatre Club, Theatresports, Year 9-13 Production, Year 7-8 Production, One Act Play Festival, Shakespeare Festival and Rising Stars Club. For more information, contact Oliver Gilmour, Head of Faculty oliver.gilmour@stcuthberts.school.nz
Sport
Information about the wide range of sports opportunities offered at St Cuthbert’s is detailed on the myCollege pages. Please contact Director of Sport, Liz Howard, liz.howard@stcuthberts.school.nz with sporting enquiries, especially for upcoming summer codes. For students in Years 7–13 it is important they check their emails regularly for upcoming sports opportunities, once they have started but please reach out to Liz if your daughter is interested in Summer codes.
Cultural Activities
There are a number of cultural groups that students may join. The annual Po Fiafia night showcases performances from Korean, Chinese, Samoan, Indian, Cook Island, Thai, Mongolian, Kapa Haka and other groups. These groups are open to students from Year 9 up.
Email david.howard@stcuthberts.school.nz
Auditions for:
Sebastian Squad (Auditioned String Orchestra) and Saints Alive (Auditioned Choir)
Most of the opportunities you will have to participate in St Cuthbert’s co-curricular activities – sports, music, drama, etc. will be advertised to you next year when you join the school.
• Saints Alive, a senior auditioned choir for Years 9 –13 students.
• Sebastian Squad, an auditioned string orchestra for Years 9 –13 students. We particularly welcome interest from violin, viola, cello and especially, double bass players
If you would like to be considered for either/both of these groups, please email mike.young@stcuthberts.school.nz with details of your experience and we will arrange for you to meet Music Department staff.
If you are in Auckland, we can find a time to audition, or if you are offshore we can liaise with you to send a video.
Communications
How we keep in touch with you
• Email – direct personal communication.
• Evergreen Newsletter – via email every Friday during term time. We encourage you to read this each week.
• Evergreen Ties – our school magazine.
• myCollege – myCollege is a password protected online platform with access to information relevant to your daughter. Instructions to register will be emailed prior to entry and access to myCollege will be provided from your daughter’s first day at school. The website address is mycollege.stcuthberts.school.nz
How you keep in touch with us
• Email – direct contact with staff and to make appointments. Please use this format: firstname.lastname@stcuthberts.school.nz
• myCollege – for any queries email mycollege@stcuthberts.school.nz
• IT Helpdesk – for any technical queries email helpdesk@stcuthberts.school.nz
St Cuthbert’s App – available free
The app is available free of charge and is a convenient way to access information from a range of devices. Search “mycollege” in the App store or Google Play store.
Photocopying with ID Card
Senior school students are able to use their ID card to print on machines around campus for a small cost. To top up their ID card, students can find this tile on the homepage of myCollege.
School Day
Start Times
Students should be at school by 8.15am to allow time to prepare for Period 1 which begins at 8.30am.
Finish Times
• Years 0 – 6 finish at 3.00pm.
• Years 7–13 finish at 3.25pm.
Horizon Hour
Please note that every Wednesday the Senior School finishes earlier for Horizon Hour. This is time set aside for staff professional development.
• Years 7–13 finish at 3.10pm.
Flexi-Boarding
In addition to full and weekly boarding options, there are a number of ‘flexi beds’ available for short-term stays.
Please contact Ms Joanna Meikleham, Administrator at joanna.meikleham@stcuthberts.school.nz to discuss flexi-boarding.
Houses
Students are placed in one of our eight Houses. Students with a family connection to a particular House may nominate this on the option form. House badges are available from Black Watch House.
HOUSE COLOUR
Dunblane Yellow
Durham Pink
Elgin Green
Iona Purple
Kelso Blue
Lindisfarne White
Melrose Red
York Orange
Mobile Phone
Students are not permitted to use their mobile phones during school hours.
If you need to contact your daughter during the school day please ring Senior reception on 09 520 4159 or Junior reception on 09 520 8371.
Old Girls’ Association
The St Cuthbert’s Old Girls’ Association provides support through programmes and events and links past students to the school. All students become members and this ensures a lifelong relationship with the friends and connections of the St Cuthbert’s community.
To find out more click oldgirls.stcuthberts.school.nz
Parents and Friends’ Association
The Parents and Friends’ Association supports St Cuthbert’s in a variety of ways. It has two primary aims:
• To welcome families and friends to the school community through a variety of social events.
• To harness the goodwill of parents and provide financial and practical support to the school from fundraising and social events.
If you would like to contact the Parents and Friends’ Association, please email p&f@stcuthberts.school.nz
St Cuthbert’s Café
Students are able to order and purchase reasonably priced, healthy food from the Atrium Café and Tuckshop. Students in Years 0 – 6 may order lunch online to be delivered to the Junior School. Please register online to use this service through the Time2Eat app powered by Compass.
Parents in Years 7 –10 can order their daughter’s lunch through theTime2Eat app powered by compass. These lunches are collected by your daughter at the Tuckshop.
Girls in Years 7–13 can purchase lunch at the Tuckshop or Atrium Café.
Day girls may join Boarders for breakfast and/or dinner. Bookings may be made in advance with the Director of Boarding and will be charged to your school account.
Email joanna.meikleham@stcuthberts.school.nz
Software
There is an annual charge for school software and upgrades. This is added to the school account.
Stationery
Years 0– 6
Stationery packs are provided and charged to your school account.
Years 7–13
Stationery is purchased online from OfficeMax. Lists will be available here on our website from early November.
Technology
St Cuthbert’s is a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) school from Years 5 –13.
Years 5 – 9 students use iPads. We will send you more information soon about this programme.
Years 10 –13 students use laptops. Apple MacBooks are the preferred option. Windows laptops can be used. Please email notebook@stcuthberts.school.nz if you are wanting to use a Windows laptop or have queries about devices. We do not have any preferred suppliers for the purchase of Apple Macbooks however we have listed some possible suppliers below.
• Apple Direct www.apple.com
• PbTech www.pbtech.co.nz
• ImageText www.imagetext.co.nz
• Cyclone Computers www.cyclone.co.nz
• Any other reseller
Term Dates for 2025
Term 1 begins
Thursday 30 January
Waitangi Day
Thursday 6 February (school closed)
Term 1 ends
Friday 11 April
Term 2 begins Monday 28 April
King’s Birthday
Monday 2 June (school closed)
Matariki
Friday 20 June (Public holiday, school closed)
Term 2 ends
Friday 27 June
Term 3 begins
Monday 21 July
Term 3 ends
Thursday 18 September
Term 4 begins Monday 6 October
Labour Day
Monday 27 October (school closed)
Term 4 ends
Thursday 4 December Years 0 –10
Friday 5 December Years 11–13
Staff only days will be advised via our usual communications channels to parents.
MARKETROAD
Getting to St Cuthbert’s has never been easier
Drop-Off and Pick-Up Points for St Cuthbert’s
There is no vehicle access to the campus during school hours.
Puriri Drive
Students may be dropped off or picked up on Puriri Drive and can enter the school via the Carlton Gate. Parents should not drive into the Carlton car park.
A Short Walk
Students may be dropped off and picked up further away from the school giving them the added advantage of a short walk to and from the school.
Manukau Road
From Manukau Road, it is a very short walk along Campbell Crescent.
Ranfurly Road
From Ranfurly Road, it is also a very short walk along Market Road with a pedestrian crossing outside the school.
Great South Road
From the intersection of Great South Rd and Market Road, it is a 10 minute walk.
Griffin Avenue
From Griffin Avenue there is pedestrian access which takes you to the crossing opposite the Wells Gate.
Walking School Bus
Departs from Repco on Great South Road on Wednesdays during Term time at 8.10am.
Pedestrians
Pedestrian access during term time is via:
Willoughby Wilson Gate 8.00am – 8.30am, 2.45 – 5.30pm.
Wells Gate At all times.
Chapel Gate 6.00am – 11.00pm.
Carlton Gate 7.45am – 8.35am, 2.40pm – 3.30pm.
Performing Arts Centre Gate 6.30am – 9.00am, 2.45pm – 8.00pm.
The Wapiti Avenue car park is closed to vehicles and pedestrians. This is a secure gate with swipe card only access. This access is for staff and Boarder parents. There is no pedestrian access.
Bus
We offer a comprehensive network of designated school buses that service East Auckland, Central Auckland, Inner and Outer West Auckland and the North Shore.
We are also on major public bus routes including the Outer Link.
Visit our website page for more information stcuthberts.school.nz/transport or email transportenquiries@stcuthberts.school.nz.
Train Travel
The Remuera Railway Station is a 10 minute walk from the school on Market Road. Train timetables to and from this station are available on at.govt.nz/bus-train-ferry/train-services
Uniform
The uniform is available exclusively from Black Watch House, the on-campus uniform shop, located on the lower ground floor of the Robertson Building. Twice a year, there is a pre-loved uniform sale. Please check here for details.
Please note that no jewellery, except a watch, may be worn for Years 0 –10. This includes earrings. Year 11–13 students are allowed to wear one gold, silver or pearl stud in each ear.
Black Watch House (uniform shop)
Opening Hours
Monday 12.30pm – 4.30pm
Tuesday 12.30pm – 4.30pm
Wednesday 12.30pm – 4.30pm
Thursday 12.30pm – 4.30pm
Friday 12.50pm – 1.45pm
Black Watch House will be open varying hours in the holidays. Refer to uniform page here for times. stcuthberts.school.nz/uniform
New students require a full fitting for their uniform. Please book an appointment here or phone or email.
Contact Details
P +64 9 520 9389
E blackwatch@stcuthberts.school.nz
Visitors
In the interests of safety for students and staff, all visitors to the school must sign in at Reception in the Robertson Building or Junior School. If you are visiting for any reason during the school day please ensure that you do sign in.
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E Stacey.Paterson@stcuthberts.school.nz
