General Information

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Stationery

New Entrant packs can be purchased from Qizzle online. Teachers will supply students with a list of stationery requirements at the end of the year, and new students will receive a list on enrolment.

Stationery requirements are also listed on our website here and can be ordered through Qizzle - www.schoolpacks.co.nz. Copies of stationery lists are always available from the school office on request.

Bicycles / Scooters

We accept Police advice that only children ten and over should ride to school unaccompanied. Safety helmets are essential protection for your child and we require any child riding to or from school to wear one. This is still the responsibility of parents even though they are at school. Bike racks are provided at school. We encourage all bikes to be locked and secured at school.

Trentham School also has a bike track which may be used at break times. The same protection and safety rules apply. Bikes must be walked through the school grounds.

School Patrols

Our school patrollers supervise the crossings on Fergusson Drive and Moonshine Road before and after school. Students and parents are asked to cooperate with the school patrol and road wardens and use the crossings. We ask that you meet the requirements of the NZ Road Code by parking well clear of the crossing area, bus stops and yellow lines.

School Trips

Traditionally parents and caregivers have been asked to sign a permission form prior to students going on each visit or activity out of the school grounds. In order to streamline processes we ask that on enrolment parents give permission for students to participate in the wide range of opportunities our students are offered outside of the school. The blanket permission would cover trips in the Hutt Valley area only. The blanket parental permission would not cover trips out of the Hutt Valley area and school camps. A separate permission form will be required for these trips.

Parents will still be informed of each coming activity, i.e. date, time, venue, clothing required, purpose and cost of the visit. If you wish to withdraw your child from the activity you need to send a note to your child’s teacher advising him/her.

All activities will comply with the school’s Risk Management requirements and your child will be supervised at all times. When travelling in private cars all students will be in a warranted and registered car, with a fully licensed driver and wearing a seat belt. This permission will be valid for the entire time your child attends Trentham School.

It is important that any money required is returned by the deadline so children do not miss out. Please be aware that we are unable to give refunds due to a budgeted cost for trips.

Cell Phones / Valuable Items

Children are not encouraged to bring cell phones or any other valuable objects to school. The school takes no responsibility for them. If, with your permission, your child has to have a cell phone with them, then like any valuable item it must be given to the class teacher during the day.

Sunsmart School

Trentham School has a Shady School Policy of “no hat, no play” for Terms 1 and 4. This restricts unprotected children to designated shade areas only. Parents are asked to ensure their children come to school everyday with a sun hat during these two terms.

Cultural Events

Children are not only encouraged to participate in the various arts but also to attend professional and other performances of the arts that take place here from time to time.

Parental Involvement in Classrooms

While parent help is welcomed in classrooms / programmes it does not suit everyone. For those it does, it brings with it certain obligations including confidentiality and a sensitivity to what teachers and their class are involved in by making sure there are no distractions.

The bottom line, that is sometimes forgotten, is that a classroom is a teacher’s work place. Any visits or help in the classroom is after prior arrangement with the teacher concerned, just like any other work place.

The very busy 2.30 – 3.00 pm time slot when teachers are finishing off the day’s programme as well as getting the children ready to go home is the least appropriate time to visit.

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