Term Dates and Holidays for 2023
Term 1: Begins: Monday 30 January
First full day for all students is Friday 3 February
Ends: Thursday 6 April
Term 2: Wednesday 26 April - Friday 30 June
Term 3: Monday 17 July - Friday 22 September
Term 4: Monday 9 October - Tuesday 12 December
Daily times
Day | Start Time | Finish Time |
Monday | 8:30 am | 3:00 pm |
Tuesday | 8:30 am | 3:00 pm |
Wednesday | 8:50 am | 2:30 pm (for sport) |
Thursday | 8:30 am | 3:00 pm |
Friday | 8:30 am | 2:40 pm |
Coming up...
Term 4 2023:
Sunday 8 October - Rowing Information afternoon, 4pm
Monday 9 October
- Term 4 starts at Barbadoes Street site
- Volleyball begins
Tuesday 10 October - Whānau Hui for Sacramental Programme, 7-8pm
Thursday 12 October - Year 12 Leadership Day
Friday 13 October - Kapa Haka wānanga
Sunday 15 October - Tūhono competition
Monday 16 October - All Year 12 Leadership applications are due
Tuesday 17 October
- Junior cricket tournament
- Marian College Board of Trustees Meeting, 5.30pm
Wednesday 18 October - Stress Free Day activities
Thursday 19 October
- New Zealand ShakeOut
- Rite of Preparation and Reconciliation, 10.30am-12.45pm
Friday 20 October - Pink Day
Monday 23 October - LABOUR DAY – no school
Wednesday 25 October - Year 12 and 13 Production
Thursday 26 October
- Thanksgiving Mass, 9.30am, Xavier Hall, Barbadoes Street
- Zonta Awards Night
Saturday 28 October – ‘A Rolling Stone Music Performance’, 1-3pm
Monday 30 October - Leavers assembly
Tuesday 31 October
- Final Wā Whānau, 12noon
- Last Day for seniors
Wednesday 1 to Friday 3 November
- Literacy and Numeracy Assessment - Year 10
Friday 3 November - Year 9 2024 student Orientation Day
Monday 6 November
- NCEA exams begin at Barbadoes Street site
- Special Character Staff Only Day – no classes
Thursday 16 November
- NCEA Teacher Only Day – no classes
- Aukaha Tau – to be confirmed
Friday 17 November - CANTERBURY SHOW DAY – no school
Monday 20 to Wednesday 22 November
- Move to Lydia Street, school closed, details to be confirmed
Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 November
- Canterbury Junior Tennis Championships
Thursday 23 November on-site - Junior students on site at new school
Friday 24 November - Official Blessing of the New School for invited guests, 9am
Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 November - Lake Hood Rowing Regatta
Tuesday 28 November - Marian College Board of Trustees Meeting, 5.30pm
Wednesday 29 November - Mass of Initiation practice, 3.30pm
Thursday 30 November - Cultural and Sport evening, 5pm
Friday 1 December - Sacramental Mass at St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, 9.30am
Saturday 2 December - Year 13 Leavers Ball, 7pm
Tuesday 5 December - Consecration of the Chapel, 9am
Wednesday 6 December - Leavers Breakfast, 8am
Thursday 7 December
- Peer Support Training Day
-Year 9/10 Big Day out
- Senior and Junior Prize Giving, 7-9pm
Friday 8 December
- Ferrymead
- Orana Park
- NZSS Athletics - Christchurch
Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 December - NZSS Athletics - Christchurch
Tuesday 12 December - Last day of school for juniors
Postal Address
P O Box 27-064
Shirley, Christchurch 8640, New Zealand
School office
122 Barbadoes St
Christchurch Central 8011
(Last entrance on left going south on Barbadoes St)