Pāpāmoa Primary

Stationery Packs are available to purchase on our school shop

Please read the pack names carefully to ensure you are buying the correct pack for your child.

We have four packs available:

Karewa Room 1-6

Matakana Room 1-5

Tūhua Room 1-7 & Te Manawanui Room 3

Mōtītī Room 1-5 & Te Manawanui Room 1-2

Order by 11pm on Thursday 23rd January 2025 to receive free delivery to the school.

Any orders received from Friday 24th January 2025 will be delivered to your home and a freight charge will apply.

Please Note - Packs will NO LONGER be available to purchase from the school office.

If you prefer to shop in store, all stationery requirements will be ready for purchase from the 10th January 2025 at Bay Office Products Depot, 20 Christopher Street, Tauranga.

Winz payment cards are accepted instore.

If you are still unsure what pack to buy or you do not know your child's team or room number for 2025 please email admin@papamoa.school.nz and we will reply as soon as we can.

Monday 3rd February 2025

Term 1 2025 starts with a Learning Partnership Day, allowing you to meet one-on-one with your child's teacher.

The purpose of this hui is for you to talk about your child so that your child’s teacher has a better understanding of who they are and can design learning based on this information, e.g their interests, strengths, needs, passions, how they best learn, their life beyond school and any family matters that we need to be aware of.

It is also a great opportunity for you to develop an all-important partnership with your child's teacher by being on the same page right from day one of the new school year.

Booking a Learning Partnership Day Time

You can book a time to meet with your child’s class teacher by:

Step 1 - Go to www.schoolinterviews.co.nz

Step 2 - Enter the code fhe8e

Step 3 - Enter personal details

Step 4 - Select 1 x time per child per teacher

Step 5 - Submit and you will receive a confirmation email

Each booking is for a 10-minute meeting; for multiple bookings, we suggest you leave a gap between each child.

Before and after the Learning Partnership Meeting you can take your child/children home. School is not open for instruction on this day.

Please note that tamariki do not need to wear their uniform on this day!

School Starts 8:40am Tuesday 4th February.

Summer Sport Registration Now Open!

We’re excited to announce that registrations for summer sports in Term 1 are now open on our school shop

We understand that this time of year can be financially challenging for families. That’s why we’ve extended the registration period until the last week of January, giving you plenty of time to sign up.

To make it easier, we recommend adding a small amount to your Kindo account each week. By late January, you’ll be ready to register without facing a large payment all at once.

We’d hate for any child to miss out on the chance to play. If money is an issue, please don’t hesitate to contact Kirsten to arrange an ongoing payment plan.

Thank you for supporting our school sports program—we look forward to another active and fun year of sport in 2025.

Registrations close on Monday 27th January 2025

Any late registrations will incur a late fee.

Term 1: 03 February – 11 April

Term 2: 28 April – 27 July

Term 3: 14 July – 19 September

Term 4: 06 October – 16 December

School Starts 8:40am

Morning Interval 10:30am - 11:00am

Lunch 12:40pm - 1.30pm

School Finishes 2:35pm Karewa and Matakana 2:40pm Tūhua and Mōtītī

Please contact the office if your child is going to be absent from school on :

Phone: 542 3261 (absentee message service)

or

Email: papamoaprimary@papamoa.school.nz

or

Website: http://www.papamoa.school.nz/report_an_absentee

Please include your child’s name, team and room number and reason for absence.

If your child arrives at school after 8.40am they are late. Please ensure they sign in at the office before going to class. Thank you.

As part of our School-Links communication system, an automated text message will go out to all unexplained absences. This number is a reply once only.

While we understand that families sometimes need to take time away from school, it is essential that we as a school are notified.

Any absence longer than 20 school days will need to be approved in advance by the school principal. You can do this by sending an email to papamoaprimary@papamoa.school.nz explaining the reason for your child's absence and the dates they will be away. If your child is absent for longer than 20 school days the MOE instructs us to remove a child from our school roll. If you live outside of our school zone there is no guarantee that your child will be able to re-enrol at Pāpāmoa Primary School. It's important to keep communication open between us. If you have any questions or concerns about this process, please feel free to reach out to us.

Thank you for your cooperation and support in your child's education.

School lunches are available everyday. Orders can be made via the School Shop by clicking here! Just one login for every school payment. Simple and easy!

You can order (or cancel) any time before 9am on the day or schedule in advance.

Lunch will be delivered to the school in time for lunch.

Get started now… Click here or go to www.mykindo.co.nz and click ‘create account’.

Help? Visit support.mykindo.co.nz or tel. 0800 EZLUNCH (0800 395 8624) week days 8am-4pm.

It would greatly assist us if you could please advise the office if you have any changes of address, phone numbers or emergency caregiver details.

In the event of an emergency, sickness or injury we need to be able to contact someone who can collect your child.

All students are required to hand in prescribed medications to the office.

Office staff will only administer medicines to students once a form has been completed and signed by a parent or caregiver.

Would you like to know more about our School Policies and Procedures?

We invite you to visit the site at https://papamoa.schooldocs.co.nz
(note that there's no "www.").

Our username is "papamoa" and password "3118".

Phone: 07 542 0865

Location: 312 Dickson Road, Pāpāmoa

Email: admin@papamoa.school.nz
Website: www.papamoa.school.nz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PapamoaPrimarySchool/