Academic calendar
Quarter 2 runs Oct 16, 2026 – Jan 7, 2027. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
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Campus language
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Showing 9 of 9 terms
C
- Carrington
- Carrington House, the boarding hostel for senior boys (Years 12 and 13).
D
- Day boy
- A student who lives at home and attends school daily, as opposed to a boarder.
N
- Niger
- Niger House, the boarding hostel for junior boys (Years 9 and 10).
- NPBHS
- New Plymouth Boys' High School.
- NPGHS
- New Plymouth Girls' High School.
P
- Pridham
- Pridham House, the boarding hostel for intermediate boys (Year 11).
S
- Scotlands
- Scotlands Hostel, the boarding house for students at New Plymouth Girls' High School.
T
- The Gully
- Common shorthand for the Gully Ground, the school's primary rugby field.
- The Refectory
- The central dining hall where boarding students eat their meals.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Exeat
- Official permission granted to a boarding student to leave the school for a weekend.
- Late Start
- A scheduling convention where classes begin later than usual, typically for staff professional development.
- nphs_cafeteria
- NPHS Cafeteria
- Prep
- Mandatory supervised evening study sessions for boarding students.
- Pridham Hall
- The historic main building of the school, housing administrative offices and classrooms.
- Ryder Hall
- The school's main assembly hall used for ceremonies, performances, and large gatherings.
- The Gully
- The iconic and historic rugby ground located on the school campus.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Quarter 2 runs Oct 16, 2026 – Jan 7, 2027.
- How much campus context is included?
- 9 approved campus terms and 7 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.