About Us

INFORMATION  FOR  OUR WHĀNAU


ENROLMENTS

We have enrolment forms in the office. Please provide us with either a valid passport or a birth certificate, that we can make a copy of. We ask that you complete and sign the School Enrolment form, Te Whatu Ora Dental form and Online Digital Agreement.


BUS SERVICE

Pāmapūria School offers a bus service from Kaitaia Township out to Pāmapūria for FREE.  The pick up and drop off points are at:

We also have bus services that run to the following roads and drop off and pick up on the way FREE.

To find out the approximate time for pick ups and drop offs and to organise the closest bus stop, please organise with Tina in the school office and she will contact the bus drivers to get you further information.

If your child is not catching their regular bus or someone else is picking them up, we require written confirmation (letter sent to school or a message sent to the school or class messenger chat groups) or a phone call to the office.  If the school does not hear from an adult, than the children are required to catch their usual bus.

In the afternoons each child is marked off on a bus roll as they get onto the bus.


TIMETABLE & BUS TIMES

Buses Arrive

Fairburns 0745

Victoria Valley 0755

Takahue 0800

Diggers Valley ` 0805

Town 0840


Daily Timetable

1st Block 0845-1045

Morning Tea Kai 1045-1055

Morning Tea Pla 1055-1120

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2nd Block 1120-1230

Lunch in the Hall 1230-1240 Years 3/4, Years 5/6, Years 7/8

Lunch in the hHall 1240-1250 Years 1/2, Years 2/3

Lunch Play 1240-120

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3rd Block   120-235 School finishes


Buses Depart

Town   245

Takahue   330

Fairburns   332

Victoria Valley   335

Diggers Valley   338



STATIONERY

All school books and materials needed to complete students work are FREE from the office. Teachers will supply these as they are needed.


UNIFORMS

Our office has school polo shirts (quick dry) $28 and school polofleece sweatshirts with zip pockets and complete zip front $50. Tamariki can wear their own plain black trousers/shorts/skirt (down to the knee)/skort (all with no logos) and their own shoes. We also have free Kidscan black jackets in the office. Please also ask about our 2nd hand uniforms for sale


LUNCHES IN SCHOOL, KIDSCAN AND FRUIT IN SCHOOLS PROGRAMME

All tamariki need are snacks for morning tea and after school, if they catch one of the 4 late buses.

We have the FREE lunches in school programme that operates from our hall and all cooked onsite by our amazing team. Our Year 3/4, Y5/6 and Y7/8 classes eat in the hall first at 1230. They sit down at the tables with their own individual lunch and often ask for seconds. Our Y1/2 and Y2/3 class eat in the hall at 1240.

At Pāmapūria we offer FREE Kidscan breakfast in the hall every morning that includes cereal, tinned fruit, toast and baked beans.  We are also part of the Fruit in Schools programme, which meants every student receives a piece of fruit or raw vegetable FREE every school day from week 2 through to week 10.

We get donations from KidsCan to provide healthy snacks and lunch for those who need it for FREE.


MANA CARDS

Here at Pāmapūria School we use a reward system called "Mana Cards." Your child may receive a Mana Card for displaying our school values of: Respect for Myself, Respect for Others, Respect for the Environment. Also for being on task and simply giving things a go. You don't have the be the best at everything, but you do need to learn to try and attempt tasks, even when they are a little difficult.

A small blue piece of paper is filled in with your child's name and the reason they are being rewarded. Your child deposits their Mana Card into their whānau house group container in the office.

During our school assembly on Fridays, five random Mana Cards are drawn and those children get to pick a prize. Their whānau house group also get one point for each Mana Card. All Mana Cards are kept for a big final draw on the last day of term, where we have 10 more substantial prizes drawn.


WHĀNAU HOUSE GROUPS

All students across the school are divided into five whānau groups. Each group has a colour associated with it. During the week the students can earn points for their whānau house group by displaying our school values, being on task and mana enhancing behaviour.

At assembly the winning whānau house group is announced and that group of children are rewarded (extra swim at lunchtime etc.). At the end of the term, the whānau house group that has won the most times for that term, get rewarded with a special lunch at school.

During the school year we have events (cross country etc) where the children are encouraged to dress in their whānau house group colours.

Kotipū (our Maunga) is green

Māmaru (our Waka) is red

Mangataiore (our Awa) is blue

Te Paatū (our Marae) is yellow

Ngāti Kahu (our Iwi) is orange


ABSENCES

If your child is going to be away from school please either ring the school office or leave a message in the Pāmapūria School Messenger app.

We do need to know the reason why your child is not at school so that it can be coded correctly on the school roll (this is a legal document that is required to be filled in correctly.)

Each morning we take the class roll and then it is sent to the office.  Tina will contact any parents of children who are not present at school if we have not heard directly from you.  This is a safety measure to ensure that all children who are sent to school make it here safely.


LOST PROPERTY

Any items that are not named and left on the school grounds are kept for a short time on the pegs outside the sports shed (next to the pool.)  They are then put in the lost property box that is locked inside the sports shed.  Several times a term all lost property items are put out for the students to look through.  At the end of the term all remaining items are disposed of.

Please ensure all of your child's personal items are clearly named so that they can be promptly returned.

We try to encourage the students to leave all their belongings that they may take off in breaks, in the classroom  to prevent things being misplaced.  We endeavour to return all lost items.