Welcome to the Our Lady Star of the Sea website

My name is Louise Campbell, the Principal of our school.

We are a school with a rich history, providing excellent educational outcomes and the growth of the whole child for over 175 years, making us one of the oldest schools in Auckland.

We are the Parish School connected to Our Lady Star of the Sea Church located in the heart of the main street of Howick. We benefit from close ties to our parish and the local community and are a feeder school to Sancta Maria College.

As a school community we draw inspiration from the example of Mary, Our Lady Star of the Sea, who leads us to Jesus.

We are led by our school vision, mission, and values.
Learning dispositions, alongside our values underpin our strong academic outcomes, supporting learners for life.

Our school values permeate our school curriculum and all that we do. Our students stand tall and are proud of who they are, their faith and what they can achieve.

If you are interested in enrolling your child in our school, I recommend you do so well in advance. We hope that all the information you require is here on our website, if you cannot find something please contact the school.

We are driven by Our Mission:

A Catholic School that is Christ centered, living the Gospel values and our Mission is to;

  • Nurture faith

  • Build community

  • Strive for excellence

  • Promote the practices of service and justice

Our school Values of:

  • Justice/Tika  – Showing fairness and equality

  • Resilience/ Ngawari –  Having the ability to bounce back and show determination

  • Courage/Maia  –  Having inner strength and being a risk taker

  • Respect/Manaaki – Valuing others, the environment and ourselves

  • Service/Awhina – Seeing a need and responding