Pāpāmoa Primary

Attendance Matters: Every Day Counts!

As shared in our previous communications, attendance is a major priority for schools nationwide. The Government has set a target for 80% of students to be at school for at least 90% of the time. In practical terms, this means having fewer than five days away from school per term.

While this is an aspirational national target, we recognise that "life happens"—children get sick, and there are times when being away is unavoidable.

To keep you informed, we will provide regular updates throughout the year on our school-wide attendance trends. We will also contact you at specific points to update you on your child’s individual attendance percentage.

How you can help: As parents and caregivers, it is essential that you notify us whenever your child is absent and provide a reason. This ensures our records are accurate and that absences are coded correctly.

The Image Below: This shows you how we are tracking at the end of Term 3 2026.

We are officially transitioning to Hero, and our new platform will be fully up and running for Day 1 of Term 4. Hero will be your one stop shop for all important updates, school communications, attendance and learning tracking, ensuring you stay connected with everything happening in our community.

To make sure you don't miss out on any important announcements, please follow the simple sign up steps below to get your account set up today!

If you run into any issues signing up or need to update your contact email address, please reach out to Emma in the office.

As we move into Term 4, please remember that hats are a compulsory part of all outdoor activities, including morning tea and lunchtime.

Please ensure your child brings their hat on Day 1 of next term. If you need to purchase a new school hat, you are welcome to pop into the school office before or at the start of the term to buy one or jump onto KINDO & order it through there & have it delivered straight to your child's class for day 1.

Thank you for helping us keep our students sun safe!

We love seeing our tamariki embracing technology, but we need a little help from you regarding smartwatches.

To help keep our classrooms focused and learning environments disruption-free, please remind your child that smartwatches need to be either switched off or zipped away in their school bags during school hours. When watches beep, ring, or receive messages during class, it can be a big distraction for your child, their peers, and their teacher.

Thank you so much for your support and partnership in keeping our classrooms a great place to learn!

The extremely popular Fun First Football are back with their energetic fun Programme on our School Field in Term 4 every Thursday after school for kids aged 4-9yrs old. Book early as they are 50% Full already!

Book @ https://funfirstfootball.co.nz/ before they fill up - Free Trials available :)

Please click this link to access our School page to register.

https://subscribe.entertainmentnz.com/fundraiser/944j172

School Starts 8:40am

Morning Interval 10:30am - 11:00am

Lunch 12:40pm - 1.30pm

School Finishes 2:35pm Years 0-2 and 2:40pm Years 3-6

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 attendance 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.

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.

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

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/