Please refer to the website's online calendar for other important dates and the most up-to-date information.

• 6 February - Waitangi Day
• 6 February - All boarders return from 5.00 pm
• 7 February. All students return and report to form time by 8.30 am
• 7 February: Poowhiri for new students, staff and whaanau, 8.30 am, All Saints Chapel (see event details in this issue to RSVP)
• 7 February  - 10 March - Year 13 Camp
• 13 February - Investiture of Student Leaders, 1.50 pm, All Saints Chapel
• 14 February - Valentine's Day
• 16 February - School Swimming Sports, School Pool. Click here for the Schedule
• 17 February - Photolife Class photos, Nancy Light Hall
• 17 February - Year 9 Meet the Teacher event, 3.45 pm, All Saints Chapel
• 17 February - School Association Year 9 Parents Mix & Mingle, 5.00 - 6.00 pm, Cherrington Lawn (Nancy Light Hall if wet)
• 17 February - Year 9 Boarding Whaanau Dinner, 6.15 pm, Selwyn Dining Room. (See event details in this issue to RSVP) 
• 17 February - NCEA Information Workshop, 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm, All Saints Chapel (See event details in this issue to RSVP)
• 21 February - Shrove Tuesday and Pancake Races
• 22 February - Ash Wednesday
• 23 February - School Athletics Day, all day, Porritt Stadium. Click here for the Schedule

Bus Information for Athletics Day

The Te Awamutu, Cambridge/Matangi and Morrinsville bus students will be dropped off at and collected from Porritt Stadium.

Huntly, Ngaruawahia, Raglan, Templeview/Whatawhata/Pirongia and Rototuna students will come to school on their respective bus runs as normal. They will board a Turley Motors chartered bus that will depart outside the Dio gym at 8.20 am. This bus will transport the girls to the stadium and return them to school in the afternoon to catch their buses home. This bus will depart Porritt Stadium at approximately 3.10 pm. *There will be a school van waiting in case any buses run late.

• 24/25/26 February - Boarder compulsory In-Weekend
• 1 March - Attitude Talks
• 5 March - House Chapel Service (Blake, Hillary, Ross), 7.00 pm, All Saints Chapel 
• 6 March - The University of Waikato student liaison visit, 1.00 pm, Lecture Theatre
• 7 March - Cuppa at the Kura & Whaanau Hui, 5.00 pm, Piki Mahuta Centre
• 8 March - International Women's Day
• 8 March - WINTEC liaison visit, 1.00 pm, Lecture Theatre
• 9 March - University of Auckland liaison visit, 1.00 pm, Lecture Theatre
• 10 March - DIO OPEN DAY 
• 10, 11, 12 March - North Island Rowing Regatta, Lake Karapiro
• 12 March - Boarders Chapel with St Paul's Collegiate, St Paul's Collegiate Chapel
• 13 - 17 March - Year 9 Camp
• 21 March - University of Canterbury liaison visit, 1.00 pm, Lecture Theatre
• 22 March - Massey University liaison visit, 1.00 pm, Lecture Theatre
• 23 March - Otago University liaison visit, 1.00 pm, Lecture Theatre
• 27 - 2 April - Summer Sports Tournament Week
• 27 March - 1 April - New Zealand Secondary School Rowing Championships (Aon Maadi Regatta), Lake Karāpiro 
  
• 1, 2, 3, 4 April - School Production, 7.00 pm, Nancy Light Hall
• 3 April - Lincoln University liaison visit, 1.00 pm, Lecture Theatre
• 6 April - End of Term 1
• 7 April - Good Friday. 
• 8 April - Holy Saturday
• 9 April - Easter Sunday

Term Dates 2023
Term 1: 1 February - 6 April
Term 2: 26 April - 30 June
Term 3: 17 July - 22 September
Term 4: 9 October - 8 December (TBC) 

Teacher Only Days 2023

• 24th April  - ACCORD TOD
• 2 June - Te pae here TOD
• 16 June - School TOD (timed with National Fieldays)
• 15 September - Moderation and marking TOD following senior-derived grade exams

Uniform Shop Hours for Term One

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