Please find below an A to Z guide of all our school information. If you are unable to find what you are looking for, please do not hesitate to contact Raewyn in the school office.
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· Absences
· Accident/Sickness
· After School Care
· Annual Plan
· Assembly
· Attendance
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· Banking
· Board of Trustees
· Camp
· Clothing
· Communication / Communication Book
· Concerns
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· Donations
· Emergency Procedures
· Enrolling
· ERO Report
· Events - School Notices
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· Fundraising
· Health and Educational Services
· Healthy Eating
· Home and School Group
· Homework
· Hours
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· Leaving the School Grounds
· Lost Property
· Lunch Orders
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· Maintenance
· Model School - What is it?
· Notice Board
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· Parental Involvement
· Parking
· Passport to the City
· Payments to the School
· Peanut Free Policy
· Permission for School Outings
· Personal Property
· PTA
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· Reporting to Parents
· Road Crossing
· Stationery
· Starting School
· Strategic Plan
· Sun Protection
· Swimming
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· Term Dates
· Working Bees
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· Zoning
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Absences
A phone call or note in your child's communication book is required when children are absent from school. We will ring and check shortly after 9.00 am if we have not been notified on the day of their absence. If children arrive after 8.55 am they must come to the office to notify the office manager of their late arrival.
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Accident/Sickness
Minor bumps or scratches receive first aid treatment by one of the teachers / co-principles or the office manager. In more serious cases, we will contact you immediately.
If your child requires specific medication during school hours, we prefer that they receive this type of medication from a parent, or at home.
Children who have been vomiting, or have other contagious illnesses must be kept home from school.
If your child is found to be too unwell to participate in the school programme, you will be phoned to arrange for your child to be picked up. CTMS does not have facilities or staff available to mind sick children at school.
If your child is sick and won't be attending school for the day, please let us know by phone call before 8.55am.
Please keep the school informed of any changes of work, mobile or home phone numbers as well as other contacts in case we are unable get hold of you.
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After School Care
We encourge parents contact Pridelands, a local based After School Care and Holiday Programme organisation. You can find out more by visiting their website; http://www.pridelands.org.nz/ or contacting Pridelands directly at info@pridelands.org.nz
Transport (either Taxi or private) is arranged between the families who are using this after school facility. If you would like contact details of other families or more information about the After School Programme please let us know.
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Annual Plan
Our Annual Plan is a part of a detailed document outlining our strategic goals for 2010. Read a copy of our Annual Plan here. (Please note: this link will take you to an external document. please use your [ BACK ] button to return to this page)
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Assembly
A Student led Assembly takes place every second Thursday morning between 9:00 - 9:30am. Assembly provides an opportunity for children to practise performance skills and to show what they have learnt at school or at home. An adult audience is welcomed and appreciated.
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Attendance
Students are legally required to attend school everyday during term time. Any absence must be reported to the school office by phone call before 8:55am on the day of absence or in writing the day prior to the absence. School officially opens each morning at 8:30am. Students are not to be dropped off at school before 8:30am. Children are to have left the school grounds by 3:15pm or are to be supervised by an adult in the playground after this time. For more information, please read a copy of the Attendance Policy/guidelines available from the office.
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Banking
We provide school banking for students at ASB Lambton Quay. Banking is collected every Friday morning. If you would like your child to sign up for school banking, please see Raewyn in the office.
Students who bring banking to school should post it in the ASB banking box outside the Office.
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Board of Trustees
For information regarding our Board of Trustees, please click here
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Camp
Kahikatea students attend a three day outdoor camp every second year. In 2009 students attended a camp at Forest Lakes where they got to experience a whole range of physical and team building activities including; horse riding, abseiling, archery, swimming and a fun evening programme. To see photos from the 2009 school camp, click here.
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Clothing
CTMS does not have a uniform.
Because of our extensive Education Out of the Classroom programme, we ask that all students wear suitable walking footwear, and are able to carry their school bags independently.
Wide Brimmed Sunhats (no caps) are to be worn outside at all times in Term 1 and Term 4. Children who do not have an appropriate sunhat will not be able to participate in outdoor activities.
Please remember to name all clothing and footwear. A lost property box is located under the table in the foyer outside Kauri. Please check this box regularly. Any unclaimed clothing is donated to charity at the end of every term.
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Communication / Communication Book
To encourage regular communication between home and school the students have a communication book. This contains a weekly class newsletter detailing the week’s programme, homework and whole school activities. The books are checked daily and parent notes and written communications are acknowledged and replied to as necessary. Parents/caregivers are also asked to check and initial this book daily.
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Concerns
If you have any concerns regarding your child, another child, or our teaching programme in the first instance talk to your child's homegroup teacher or Co-Principal. The school has a complaints policy for dealing with grievances for serious issues. A copy of the policy is available in the Policies and Procedures from the office, any board member, or your child’s teacher.
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Donations
There have been changed made to our donations structure for 2011 - For more information please click HERE. (Please note: this link will take you to an external document. please use your [ BACK ] button to return to this page)
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Emergency Proceedures
Earthquake and fire drill procedures are practised regularly. In the event of a civil emergency, children are kept at school under supervision until they are collected by parents or an authorised adult. CTMS is a Civil Defence Emergency Post and is well equipped to handle an emergency.
All teaching staff have up to date first aid certificates.
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Enrolment
Clifton Terrace Model School is guided by an enrolment policy. The policy sets out the boundaries for a distinct catchment zone and outlines priorities for enrolment from both within the zone, and outside the zone if there are vacancies. There are circumstances which may allow enrolment for families outside the catchment zone. For details please contact the office. Please click here to read our Starting School Guide. (Please note: this link will take you to an external document. please use your [ BACK ] button to return to this page)
To see a map of our catchment zone click here.
We appreciate being advised well in advance if you are intending to enrol your child. This helps us with our planning. For new entrants and new enrolments, the school requires copies of a birth certificate or passport and full immunisation information when enrolment forms are completed.
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ERO Report
A copy of our latest ERO report is available to view here. (Please note: this link will take you to an external document. please use your [ BACK ] button to return to this page)
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'Events' - School Notices
Notices are regularly distributed on Mondays and Fridays in the communication book. Please check the communication book daily for any other important correspondence or home learning follow-up. If there are siblings attending CTMS, the youngest child is given the Events notice on Friday afternoon. If your child lives in two locations and you would like two sets of notices, or would like one set emailed, please let us know. See our latest Events here.
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Fundraising
Read more about Fundraising here.
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Health and Educational Services
We have access to the regular services of the Public Health Nurse, Speech Therapist, School Psychologist and Resource Teacher of Learning and Behaviour. Children's vision and hearing are professionally checked at intervals throughout their time at CTMS.
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Healthy Eating
The school promotes healthy eating habits. We are a water only school. No fruit drinks or soft drinks are permitted. Children are encouraged to have named water bottles handy in the classroom.
Lollies and commercial soft drinks as part of school lunches are not encouraged.
CTMS is a peanut free school. To read more information about our peanut free status click here. (Please note: this link will take you to an external document. please use your [ BACK ] button to return to this page)
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Homework
Each homegroup has different homework requirements that are outlined in Communication Books.
We also use web-based programmes to support some of our homework -
Mathletics:This is a web-based Mathematics programme which supports the New Zealand Curriculum. Mathletics activities are set by the home group teacher and these activities are designed to support the classroom programme, provide practice and extension activities, to improve your child’s mathmatics achievement level and to make mathematics learning fun!
Spellodrome: We will be introducing Spellodrome into CTMS in 2011 to support the Literacy homework and classroom programme. This is a web-based spelling and word study programme similar to Mathletics.
Subscriptions to both these learning programmes are included in the yearly stationery list and can be paid for at the office.
If you do not have access to the internet at home or require further information, please contact your homegroup teacher for more information.
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Hours
School starts at 8.55 am and finishes at 3.00 pm, with interval at 10.30 - 10.50 am and lunch from 12.30 to 1.25 pm. Staff are in their classrooms from 8.30 am. The school cannot take any responsibility for students in the school facilities before 8.30 am or after 3.15 pm.
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Leaving the School Grounds
No child is permitted to leave the school grounds during the school day unless this has been arranged between the school and a parent, caregiver or teacher, or are participating in an approved Education Outside the Classroom activity. Year 7 and 8 students have the opportunity to use our Passport to the City Programme, which requires parental permission for every visit to the city. Please contact the office for more information on our Passport to the City programme.
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Lost Property
A lost property box is located under the table in the foyer outside Kauri homegroup. Please check this box regularly. At the end of every term any unclaimed clothing is donated to charity.
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Maintenance
A notebook is kept in the school office should you notice anything that needs attention around the school buildings and grounds.
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Model School - what is it?
As a model school we contribute to the training of student teachers from Victoria Univeristy. At various times throughout the school year teacher trainees carry out their teaching practice under the guidance of our experienced homegroup teachers.
The school and community benefit from our ongoing commitment and contribution to teacher training. This commitment allows our students to have the opportunity to learn from a selection of teachers within the structure of a familiar teaching and learning environment.
Our teachers are required to be excellent teachers themselves and to keep up to date with current teaching tools and practices. We believe that learning is enhanced when everyone has the opportunity to work with a variety of children and adults.
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Notice Board
There is a notice board in the foyer outside Kauri homegroup. Current community notices may be placed on this board.
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Parental Involvement
We welcome parental involvement both in the classroom and behind the scenes. Please feel free to arrange a regular time to assist in the classroom or perhaps to take part in school activities.
If you wish to observe your child in the classroom, please arrange this with your homegroup teacher. We welcome suggestions from parents about ways in which you feel you can assist in the children's learning, and in school life in general.
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Parking
Parking is available in the school carpark directly opposite the school. This carpark is available to parents and caregivers when dropping their child at school, or collecting their child. The carpark is available to parents who are in the school on school business e.g. Board or PTA meetings, working bees or classroom help.
Parents are provided with a school parking coupon to use whilst in the school carpark. This coupon is to be displayed on vehicle dashboard to avoid towing.
We appreciate parent co-operation when using our school carpark and remind parents to not park illegally. Parking Wardens regularly monitor the Clifton Terrace area.
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Passport to the City
Year 7 and 8 students have the opportunity to use our Passport to the City Programme, which requires parental permission for every visit to the city. Approved students are able to travel independently (in pairs) into the city to research projects and attend events.
Strict guidelines are in place to ensure student safety. Students are required to carry a school cellphone at all times. Please contact the office for more information regarding our Passport to the City Programme.
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Payments to the School
You will be advised through school notices if there are payments required for extra activities. Notices will outline how these payments are to be made.
We have a secure box outside the office for depositing payments.
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Peanut Free Policy
CTMS is a peanut free school. Please click here for more information. (Please note: this link will take you to an external document. please use your [ BACK ] button to return to this page)
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Permission for School Outings
Parents are asked to sign a School Trips Permission form on enrollment and at the start of each year.
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Personal Property
We request that the children do not bring money, valuable or 'attractive' items to school. In cases where the child has a particular reason for wishing to bring a valued item to school, e.g birthdays, parents are asked to contact the teacher in advance. The school does not accept responsibility for loss of, or damage to, items brought to school by children.
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PTA
The Clifton Terrace Parents Caregivers and Teachers’ Association, or “PTA” is a non-profit body made up of fantastic parents, caregivers and teachers who raise money, help bring people together at fun events and encourage school spirit. The PTA do a wonderful job maintaining our school grounds, welcoming new families, organising community nights, and running our ever popular annual disco.
All parents and caregivers are encouraged to come along to a meeting and see what the P.T.A do and share your ideas. Keep an eye out in the newsletter for meeting dates.
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Reporting to Parents
The monitoring of your child’s progress is an on-going activity that is part of the teacher’s role in the classroom. CTMS has a structured programme to update you with this progress as follows:
March/April: Parent/Teacher interview to discuss performance and set learning goals.
August: Written report.
August: Parent/Teacher interview following written report.
December: Final written report.
With the introduction of National Standards in 2010 parents will be notified of any changes to the reporting process.
Interviews can, however, take place at other times as well. All you need to do is talk to the home group teacher and make a suitable time.
Staff are available after 3:00 pm. If you would like to talk without interruptions, please arrange a suitable time with the teacher.
For our current Assessment Guidelines click here.
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Road Crossing
Parents are to supervise children crossing the road from the carpark to school.
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Stationery
A current stationery lists are available HERE.
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Starting School
Refer to the Starting School Booklet. (Please note: this link will take you to an external document. please use your [ BACK ] button to return to this page)
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Strategic Plan
Our Strategic Plan is a part of a detailed document outlining our strategic goals for 2010. Read a copy of our Strategic Plan here. (Please note: this link will take you to an external document. please use your [ BACK ] button to return to this page)
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Sun Protection
In Terms 1 and 4 children must wear a hat that shades the face, ears and neck. Please ensure that your child's hat is clearly labelled. We do have sunblock available at school, but this is not enough sun protection alone. Shady areas are available in the playground for children to utilise when they are outdoors.
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Swimming
Swimming instruction is held at Sports Wide Gym on The Terrace. Watch the Newsletter and Website Calendar for confirmation of any planned swimming lessons.
Please provide a named bag to hold your child's togs, goggles, towel and remind them to bring the bag home each day. Children will be walking to and from the pool.
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Term Dates
Term dates for 2011 are as follows:
Term 1: Weds 2nd Feb - Fri 15th April
Term 2: Mon 2nd May - Fri 15th July
Term 3: Mon 1st Aug - Fri 7th Oct
Term 4: Tues 25th Oct - Fri 16th Dec
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Working Bees
We aim to have one community working bee a term. In this way we can keep on top of general maintenance and keep our school looking loved. It’s also a great opportunity to get to know other families. Watch the weekly Events newsletter for dates. All parents and children welcome!
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Zoning
To see our Zone click here
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