Weekly notices

Start of the year notices and reminders

Nau mai hoki mai ki ngā whānau o Clevedon 

Ngā mihi o te tau hou - happy new year! We hope you’ve had a wonderful summer so far. 

We are looking forward to having all our tamariki and whānau back in school on Wednesday, 29 January, and we extend a special warm welcome to any new whānau who will be joining us for the first time this year. We look forward to working alongside you.  

Below you will find some information for the first couple of weeks in preparation for the term ahead. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us once the office reopens on Wednesday. 

Enjoy your last few days and see you all soon.

Ngā mihi

Edeh Sullivan 

Principal 

School office opening hours this week 

The school office will be open on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week from 9am-2pm, should you have any questions or need anything prior to school opening. Otherwise feel free to call our friendly office staff, Donna or Susanna and they will be happy to help you. 

Once school opens for children, our school hours of 8:30am-3:30pm will resume. 

Open afternoon in January 

On Friday, 24 January our teachers will be at school working and setting up their classrooms. You are welcome to pop in casually with your child between the hours of 1:30pm-3:00pm to meet their teacher. You do not have to do this, but some children find it helpful with their transition. You will have had a letter from the class teacher by then, letting you know which class they will be in. 

Second hand uniform shop

• Our lovely volunteers will have the shop open during the open afternoon on Friday, 24 Jan from 1:30-3pm.

• During the term, it will be open every second Friday (odd weeks) - see the school calendar. 

• Please donate any old items as it will help other families tremendously. 

• You can purchase items for $5 or swap for items in a similar condition. 

Uniform 2025 

Kindly visit our school website for information on uniforms, including where to purchase. 

School stationery

As per our school organisation, we have bulk purchasing power and have all school stationery packs ready to go for the first day of school. All paid stationery will be in classrooms ready for children on the first day. There is no need to cover the exercise books in duraseal or the like. 

We ask that you help us by kindly paying for the stationery through KINDO by the end of the summer holidays. If you have any issues regarding stationery please do not hesitate to call us. 

This letter explains the stationery requirements for 2025. Stationery packs will be available for you to pay on your Kindo account from tomorrow.

Letter from your child’s new teacher 

Your child’s new teacher will email them (using your email address) to introduce themselves and to let your child know which room they are in. Please note that our class lists are not finalised until you get this letter from your child’s teacher. The letters are due to come out to you by Thursday. If you have not received an email by Thursday, please contact our school office to find out which class your child will be in. 

First day of school - Wednesday 29 January 

• Please arrive at school between 8:30am-8:40am

• Make your way to your child’s room, where the teacher will be ready to greet you

• Your child needs to have: 

  • summer uniform

  • a good packed lunch and a large water bottle 

  • a hat (named)

  • sunscreen (applied in the morning and some in their bag to re-apply during the day)

  • additional stationery as per the stationery list (see the stationery letter for details) 

• The school gates open at 2:50pm - please ensure you know where to pick your child up from 

  • Our year 1-3 children will be with their teacher until someone comes to the class to pick them up 

• Our school buses will operate as per normal 

If you are new to our school, we welcome you to join us for a pōwhiri in our hall at 10:30am. Feel free to bring along any whānau with you. 

Pōwhiri for new whānau on the first day

We welcome all our new families to join us for a pōwhiri (welcoming ceremony) at 10:30am on the first day of school. Please gather outside the hall, where you will be called/welcomed in with our new students. After the pōwhiri, new whānau are welcome to the staffroom to share some kai and meet the staff. 

Please note that children will be looked after by class teachers and brought to the hall for the pōwhiri. 

School App

Our school app is our main mechanism for getting comms out to you. Please check that you are still signed into the app if you have used it before, and if not, ensure you are set up before school starts. For assistance, contact the school office. 

This message, and others for the next couple of weeks will be emailed to you (in case our new families do not have the app set up) and also sent out on the app. If you did not get an app notification, please check that you are still logged in and your app notifications are on and enabled on your phone. From week 3, only the app will be used. 

How we communicate with you

If you are new to us you may not know our mechanisms for communicating with you. Some will require a bit of set up and getting used to on your part, but will hopefully soon become normal.

• School App - most of our notices and letters are shared via the @school App. You will need to download the App and talk to our office to sort out your login and password. This is a pretty crucial tool to get set up sooner, rather than later. It also has other helpful features that you can navigate. 

• Weekly Notices - these are sent out on Fridays and have important notices about the week ahead. These are on our website and sent to you each week via the App. 

• Seesaw - Teachers will be in touch to connect you to this App. Seesaw can be used for learning for children in the classroom, but is also used as a closed format ‘social media’ for teachers to give you a window into the classroom. New classes will get rolled out in the first week or two. Contact your child’s teacher for help with Seesaw. 

• Website - our website has quite a lot of information you may find useful. 

• School Facebook page - You can follow us on Facebook by searching for our school. This is purely a social media platform used to celebrate our children and events - and not usually used to inform. It is not a place for questions or queries. 

• Text messages - We will use this if we need to get urgent information out to you or if there is an emergency. You may sometimes get a text if we haven’t heard from you regarding a child’s absence.  

The above is a list of the mechanisms we use. You, of course, are always welcome to call into the office, email or make an appointment to meet with relevant personnel. 

Waste free weekdays 

We would like to encourage all our families to ensure lunch boxes are waste free. This will help us greatly at school and help reduce waste. Teachers may share some lunchbox ideas with you on Seesaw over the next few weeks.  

Term dates and teacher only days 

School structure and staffing 

Please see below for this year’s school structure and the teaching team staff.

Year 4-8 BYOD iPads 

Please click here for information on BYOD iPads for years 4-8. 

Year 4-6 EOTC event 2025

Year 4-6 (Kauri team) parents, click here for the information letter about EOTC (Education Outside the Classroom) days coming up in February. 

Community notices 

Items of interest are at times posted on the community notices page on our website. You may like to keep an eye on this page.