Choir
The Marist Catholic School Choir participate each year in a range of performancesfrom assemblies or local community events.
Chess Club:
This is a programme run by ‘NZ Chess’ on a Wednesday morning before school. The students explore the game of chess and perfect their skills in the art of playing chess.
Code Club
This is an afterschool programme for students from Year 2-6. There is a limit of 20 students per session. The students learn about coding through ‘Scratch’ and also look at robotics.
Sacramental Programme
We have a school based programme for students under the age of 8 who are wanting to be baptised. These sessions are done during school time and then a special ceremony is held with Fr Rory at our parish church for the baptism.
Our Sacramental programme is run by Father Rory and his team at Sacred Heart Parish, Vermont Street. It takes place after Sunday mass and takes our students on a journey through the Catholic faith. The programme (which has limited places) is open to students aged 9-plus who are already baptised but looking to celebrate the Sacraments.
Music Education Centre
We understand families lead busy lives. Marist Catholic School, Herne Bay works alongside Lewis Eady so children can learn an instrument with group or individual lessons during school hours. There are many musical options to choose from including guitar, piano, ukulele, strings and brass.
Irish Dancing
Irish Dancing is a group of students from Year 1-6 who learn and perform irish dancing. They perform each year on St Patrick’s day and any school events that occur. They are trained by Katherine Kelly each week.
Gardening Club
This is a group for students from across the school to nurture our school gardens as well as our school orchard. They learn about planting, sustainability through nature as well as the importance of God’s creatures who help our environment.
Kapahaka
Kapahaka is compulsary across the school, with each team performing throughout the year at any school events that occur.
Ukulele Group:
This is during morning tea times for a group of students who want to learn to play the ukulele. We are blessed to have one of our very talented grandfathers leading this wonderful group.
Sports Teams:
Our sports teams are continuous throughtout the year and across the school. We participate in many of the Inner-City Zone competitions as well as other events that occur, e.g. Netball, Miniball, Basketball and Touch.
Soccer Clinic:
This is a programme run before school each week with Billy Harris. It is open for students from across the school supporting students to work on their soccer skills.
SPLAT Drama:
This is a programme run by ‘SPLAT!’ on a Friday morning before school. The students explore drama skills and public speaking and then have a performance of a piece of drama at the end of the term for all the parents.
Extention Programmes:
- Kids Lit Quiz = Teams entered to participate in this across school, international competition
- EPro8 Challenge = Focused on problem solving and engineering skills. Students participate in a within school competition and then teams are entered into the inter-school comp.
- National Young Leaders Conference = Students attend this conference to hear inspiring speakers and build their understanding what leadership is.