PARENTS INFO

Click here to go our HERO app school enrolment form Download the information booklet here.

All student’s exercise books are now provided at school and charged on your student’s account as needed during the year. Please provide the following additional stationery items for each student. NB: Please name all of the items as they will be stored in their class until needed. NAMED 1 12 Pack Colouring pencils 1 Pencil Case 1 Book Bag– Large 1 Red Pen 6 HB Staedtler Pencils 4 Glue Sticks 35-40g 1 Highlighter, not yellow. 2 Rubbers 3 Black ‘white board’ marker 1 Ruler 1 Pencil Sharpener 1 Large Box of Tissues Book bags can be purchased from the school office if you don’t have one from previous years. PaperPlus Back to School information can be found here.

ASSEMBLIES Whole School assemblies that celebrate learning are held twice a term. Dates are advertised through the HERO app. Most weeks we also hold “Sing and Celebrate” on Friday afternoon where the school gathers to do exactly that - sing and celebrate values and achievements. HERO APP • HERO is our student management system and we use the HERO app as our main form for updates and communication through the week. Please download this app: Android https://app.linc-ed.com/ Apple https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/hero-by-linc-ed/id1470011260 • view a school calendar of events, • notify the school if your child is absent or late • read and comment on posts relating to your child’s learning, • read and comment on school notices sent to the class or groups your child is part of, • respond to school notices and trip permission requests, • view school term dates, • view your child’s account, (eg; exercise books, school camp, out of school sports activities NB: The app is free for our school community and we can also promote your business on this medium. If you are interested in advertising on our app, please contact Robyn at the school office. NEWSLETTERS Regular newsletters are shared with our community. They showcase learning at school and provide information about school and community activities relevant to our children. The newsletter is published in the HERO app, put on Facebook and the school website www.tapanui.school.nz. FACEBOOK This medium will be used to increase our profile in the community. https://www.facebook.com/TapanuiSchool/ Tapanui School will only ever publish an image online, within our own communications, with the child’s first name. To assist privacy and according to parental permissions signed at enrolment, surnames will not accompany a child’s picture online.

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Our Policy on Concerns and Complaints

If you child will be away from school, including sickness, please contact the Office by: Phone - 03 2048614 Using the HERO App Email - office@tapanui.school.nz

Schools have no control over bus routes or conveyancing. Students who live further than 3.2km from the school and who live inside the Transport Entitlement Zone (TEZ) may get a bus to school providing there is a route close by. Sometimes parents may need to take children to the nearest route to catch the bus. Students who choose Tapanui School but live outside the TEZ must get permission from the closest school before transport can take place. Go Bus usually charge students who travel from outside the TEZ. For matters centred around operations, routes or student behaviour on buses, contact the Principal. If you want to discuss transport arrangements or get further information about a conveyancing allowance contact the MOE. You can contact the MOE Otago Southland Regional Transport Advisor on email: st.southern@education.govt.nz. DOWNLOAD BUS ROUTES Crookston Dusky Edievale Glenkenich Merino Downs Moa Flat Park Hill Waipahi Wilden

If your child is required to take medication while at school and you require our staff to administer it, please complete this form.

We employ a blended approach to learning so ICT is a vital tool and is integrated in all teaching and learning programmes. The school provides iPads and Chromebooks for classroom use and we use Google Apps for Education. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) BYOD is optional for Year 4-6 students. The preferred device is a Chromebook. No support will be provided for other devices. If you have a device, please complete the BYOD form.

When weather is hazardous (ice / snow) in the morning, please listen to Hokonui Gold Radio for school cancellations / late starts or late bus run notices. A text alert will also be sent to all caregivers we hold cell phone numbers for. If snowing in the morning, exercise your discretion about sending your child to school especially if getting them home could be a problem. Please ring in during the day if snow conditions in your area are of concern. If you are to be away from home on a suspected snow day please have an alternative arrangement with a neighbour / friend which your child knows about, and send a note or ring the school with these arrangements. If conditions deteriorate during the day, again please listen to the radio. All bus children parents will be rung before buses can leave. If parents cannot be reached (and we have not been informed of an alternative arrangement) those children will be kept at school. Town parents will be asked (via radio) to collect their children. Town families are only rung after buses are away.