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Attendance Management Plan

Attendance Management Plan – Chinese Version

Pinehill School is very fortunate to have SKIDS running onsite for before and after school care.

Before School Care – 7.00am to 8.30am

After School Care – 3.00pm – 6.00pm

To register, please visit www.skids.co.nz/pinehill

Oscar Approved Level 3

 

Bell Timings

8.15 am – School grounds open for students

8.50 am – Start of the school day

10.30am – 10.50am – Morning Tea

12.30pm – 1.30pm – Lunch Time

3.00 pm – End of School Day

Assembly – 
 
Every Tuesday at 2.15 pm in the school hall
 
Please check the school calendar or ring the office for any changes.

How to Get Started

2. Log In:

  • Open the app and enter the email address you’ve provided to the school.
  • Tap “New User” and follow the prompts.
  • You’ll receive an email with a link to set your password.
  • Once set, you’re ready to go!

For a step-by-step guide, visit the Hero Parent Guide

Help videos and FAQs can be accessed here – Hero Parent Guide

Level 2 Distance Learning Timetables
 
 
The Ministry of Education has launched Learning from home and Ki te Ao Mārama, two new websites to support teachers, learners, parents and whānau so that learning for children and young people can continue.
 
The websites include resources for parents and whānau, teachers and leaders. Resources span the learning pathway from early learning through to senior secondary, and more resources will be added as they’re developed.
 
The information and resources are available at Learning from home and Ki te Ao Mārama
 
Forms
  1. Asthma Action Plan
  2. Action Plan for Anaphylaxis
  3. Administer Medication Form
  4. Modern School of Music application form
  5. Travelwise High Visibility Vest order form
  6. Police Vetting Consent and Consent Form
  7. Fair Play Agreement Form
  8. Trees for Survival Gear List

Our reporting processes are designed to provide timely and quality information about your child’s learning.

3 Way Conferences are held twice yearly at all class levels so that all children can share their learning outcomes with parents.  You will be advised of the details of these through our weekly newsletter in the weeks prior.

Written reports are issued at the end Term 2 and the end of Term 4.

All staff are available at other times to discuss your child’s learning.  The best way to make contact with your child’s teacher is via email.  See the staff page for email addresses.

Road Safety

As part of our Road Safety Campaign and to keep our students safe we have added some links to useful sites published by Auckland Transport.  We hope you find some of this information helpful.

Parking Safely

 
 
Roots of Empathy is an evidence-based classroom programme that has shown a significant effect in reducing levels of aggression and bullying among school children while raising social-emotional competence and increasing empathy. This programme is being run in our Year Four classes (8-year-old students), with our instructor Abby Perry. Our philosophy is that if we teach the programme at this level, we are setting the students up to be effective role models in our senior school.
 
The programme has been operating at Pinehill School since 2008.

We have nine themes throughout the year.

  • Meet the Baby
  • Crying
  • Caring and Planning for a baby
  • Emotions
  • Sleep
  • Safety
  • Communicating
  • Who Am I?
  • Farewell and Good Wishes
  • Celebration
 
Each theme consists of a pre-visit, a family visit and a post-visit. There are 27 lessons in total. During the family visit our tiny teacher (our baby) and their Mum visit the classroom as honorary class members. The family visit 10 times between February and December, for 45 minutes, every 3-4 weeks. The students share in the milestones of the baby’s development. Through this face-to-face engagement, they become more understanding of the needs of others. This culminates with a celebration for the last visit in which the family is presented with a photo album. The lesson is centred around the green blanket. Through toys, music and observation the children celebrate the milestones of the baby.
 
The goals of the programme are :
  • To foster the development of Empathy (to put yourself in someone else’s shoes)
  • To develop emotional literacy
  • To reduce the levels of bullying, aggression and violence
  • To foster pro-social behaviours
  • To increase knowledge of human development, learning and infant safety
  • To prepare students for responsible citizenship and responsive parenting.
 
 
Here are some examples of writing from students in our Roots of Empathy Programme, which all our students in Year Four take part in.
 
Adam Wang – Room 1
Baby Visit 6 – 29/07/2016
We met baby Skylah today. This is the first week of the term. When I saw baby Skylah, I noticed she has a cold because her nose is red. Her hair has got much longer.
I was surprised because she can sit up without falling now and the thing that was unbelievable is she can crawl a little, that is a very big milestone. She can put her hand into the bowl and pull the fish back out.
For baby Skylah’s safety, mummy Bel uses a safety gate for lots of places that are dangerous. She might choke on a piece of lego because she has an older sibling.
She can crawl faster, sit up straighter than last time and grow more hair next time we see her.
 
Anthony Wong – Room 1
Baby Visit 7 – Communication
When I first saw baby Skylah come through the door I thought ‘wow’, she had lots of teeth growing and also she reached so many milestones today. She can crawl, she’s growing teeth, and she can hold two transparent balls and clap them together. Then Mrs Mulder threw one of the transparent balls to the other side of the mat. Baby Skylah didn’t go to them, but when mummy Bel went to where the balls were, then baby Skylah went to the transparent balls. After that, we sang some nursery rhymes. We sang these ones – Humpty Dumpty, Hickery Dickery Dock and Incy Wincy Spider. She was shy and when she was, we sang her a song, and then she calmed down. Next, she will grow more teeth.
 
Hedi Foldi – Room 5
Who am I – Baby Visit 8
Today we had a baby visit. Victoria could crawl all the way to the end of the blanket and back! Today she was making a lot of noise and made a big smile! First of all, she came in and played with one of the toys that had a mirror, hanger, chewing part and some patterns on either side. We also fed her and learnt what Victoria really liked.
 
Lucy Ranger – Room 5
Today we had our eighth baby visit. We all noticed that baby Victoria has grown SO MUCH HAIR. She was just playing with a toy when mummy Kesinya put the lanyard on the floor and baby Victoria started to CRAWL to it! When Mrs Mulder put the ball under the blanket and she found it again. The last time Mrs Mulder did that she couldn’t find it. She has learnt that if something goes out of her sight it has not disappeared. She crawled over to the other side of the blanket after the ball and she started playing with Olive’s skirt! We watched her eat so many bananas, cucumbers, a snack cracker, a piece of tomato and some capsicum. She had never had tomato before. She was clapping two balls together and we all gave her a clap. Her hands are so soft. We sang ‘If you are happy and you know it to her.

2016 Roots of Empathy

Pinehill Roots of Empathy families, students and teachers celebrated their year with Auckland RoE babies this week. We were privileged to have the founder of the programme, Mary Gordon from Canada join us. Jacinda Ardern, Labour MP and children’s advocate also spoke about the importance of what the students have been learning. Thanks to all the families who have participated in the programme and the babies who have taught us so much. The RoE charitable trust is continuing to search for funding to allow the programme to grow in NZ.

If you are interested in being a Roots of Empathy family please contact:
 abbyp@pinehill.school.nz

 

A walking school bus is just like a school bus except children walk to and from school under the supervision of adult volunteers (often parents). This creates a safe and social journey to school.

Children are collected from stops along a planned route and dropped off at the school gate. Along the way they learn how to safely negotiate the road as well as socialise and share stories with friends and neighbours. What a great way to travel to school!

Walking school buses contribute to reducing the amount of traffic around schools. In Auckland there are more than 200 active walking school buses, with over 4,000 children walking to school. That’s a lot of active feet on the street.

How does it work?

Walking buses usually begin at 8.30am, but this depends on length of the route and the stop that the children get on at. Routes vary in length, usually about 1.5 km and/or a 30 minute walk at most. Most walking school buses walk the reverse route in the afternoon.

A walking school bus can operate all five days of the school week or as little as one day per week. This depends on the availability of parent volunteers.

If you are interested in a walking school bus route please contact the parent for the route you are wanting to join.

Walking School Bus (WSB)

Pinehill Kiwis – Morning only, Afternoon (Currently unavailable)

Departs 8.30am –

1st stop 74 Medallion Drive

2nd stop 21 Hooten Place

Contact – Molly – xianchen8818@gmail.com

Pinehill Ducks –  Morning (Everyday)  Afternoon (Currently unavailable)

Departs 8.10am leaves from 88 Killybegs Drive, Pinehill

Contact – Jolina He  email – timila_33@hotmail.com

Benefits of the Walking School Bus  

Walking School Bus Road Safety and Hazard Identification Guidelines

This safety video is more for people who are already in the programme.  However, it is good for non-WSB people who are unsure of how safe WSBs are.

Travelwise

TravelWise is an ongoing project with a set of practical actions that aim to improve road safety and promote sustainable school travel journeys. It is a partnership between Auckland Transport and the school. Our school is committed to safe, active and sustainable travel to and from school.

The benefits include:

  • Reduced traffic congestion at the school gates, this improves safety for all children.
  • Reduction of polluting car emissions in the environment.
  • Helping children learn road safety skills and become familiar with their community.
  • Improved engineering infrastructure to promote walking / cycling within the school zone.
  • Encouraging walking / cycling to improve children’s fitness and health.
  • Encouraging walking / cycling to ensure that children arrive alert and ready to learn.
  • Promoting the Walking School Bus

The “TravelWise” school travel plan has been developed in consultation with the students, staff, and parents.

We encourage all our children to walk, or scooter to and from school.

In order to make this a safer process we have adopted a number of practices which we hope will encourage parents to support the idea of walking, scootering or biking to school.

  • We have a 40 kph speed zone around all the approaches to our school
  • We have supervised crossings on Hugh Green Drive and Spencer Road
  • We have a walking school bus route – currently cancelled due to lack of supervision.
  • Free High Viz vests are provided by Auckland Transport to children who have permission to scooter or bike regularly to and from school (forms are available at the School Office or click here)
  • Road Safety is taught regularly as part of our curriculum

More information about the TravelWise programme can be found at http://www.travelwise.org.nz/ 

More information about TravelWise and Walking School Buses across Auckland can be found at http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

We use Kindo for our School Shop.

Please click here for more info

All stationery orders can be completed online by clicking here.

We’ve teamed up with Educational Essentials and Kindo to make getting school ready faster!
All Stationery packs can be ordered directly through your Kindo account.
 
If you would like to order additional or individual items for your child, please place an order on the website eelsupplies.
 
Stationery packs will be delivered to school packaged and labelled ready for the start of school.
 
 
Additional Items (if not already owned):
  1. Headphones – Only purchase if you don’t own a pair.
  2. Recorder – Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 students only.  Only purchase if you don’t already own one.
  3. Book Bag – Only purchase if you don’t already have one.

Education Review Office

Partners in Learning Booklet – Helping your child do well at school.  This booklet is for all parents and carers who want their child to do well at school.  The information in this booklet will help you know what to expect from your child’s school.  Please click here for the booklet.

2026

  • Friday 12 June
  • Friday 11 September

  • Term Dates 2026

    Thursday 5 February – Meet the Teacher Day (please book appointment with teacher)

    Term 1: Monday 9 February – Full school day begins

    Term 2: Monday 20 April – Friday 3 July

    Term 3: Monday 20 July – Friday 25 September

    Term 4: Monday 12 October – Friday 18 December

    Teacher Only Days – School Closed (2026)

    • Friday 12 June

    • Friday 11 September

    2026 Holidays

    • Auckland Anniversary Day: Monday 26 January (School holidays)

    • Waitangi Day: Friday 6 February

    • Good Friday: Friday 3 April (School holidays)

    • Easter Monday: Monday 6 April (School holidays)

    • Easter Tuesday: Tuesday 7 April (School holidays)

    • Anzac Day: Monday 27 April (observed)

    • King’s Birthday: Monday 1 June

    • Matariki: Friday 10 July (School holidays)

    • Labour Day: Monday 26 October

Please click on the image or link here > Trees for survival School