F.A.Qs

All of our Junior Year 7 & 8 classes have Chromebooks which are given out to individual students to use in class. These cannot be taken home.  All other classes have devices that students can use.

Students are not required to bring their own device to school as classrooms have laptops available for them to use. Any student that does bring their device to school are required to get the school monitoring software installed on it. This is called Securly.

For more information, please get in contact with Chris Plant.

You can find a copy of our stationery list here.

All students are expected to come to school in full correct uniform.  If for some reason this is not possible, please provide your child with a note that they take to the Deans before Mentor time. They will be issued with a temporary uniform pass.

Mentor time is from 8:30 – 8:50 Monday – Wednesday and Friday mornings.  This is where important information is shared with the students.  The mentor teacher is your first contact at school, should you have any queries.  Students must arrive on time for to mentor class.  If they are late, they will need to sign in at the student centre.

Mentor teachers work with the students on goal setting, and in the senior school, academic tracking.

Our school operates a year-level Mentor group structure for the Junior and Senior areas of the school.  There are also whaanau mentor groups: ‘Te Puawai’.

The Student Centre is open from 8.15am to 3.15pm.

Ms Straker is the Student Centre Administrator. Students can go to the Student Centre for:

• All payments / Eftpos / Cash
• To sign in and out
• For sickbay / doctor
• To make Counsellor appointment
• Lockers
• Any other general queries

You can view all our current teacher contact information on the staff page.

If you need to get a message to your child you can either ring the school on 07 8263715 or you can email at ad***@***********ol.nz  and we will make sure that this is passed on.

If a student needs to leave school during school time they MUST have a leave pass issued by a Dean or the Student Centre.

To ensure we are meeting our obligations under Health & Safety legislation if your child needs to leave school during the school day, please contact us using one of the ways listed below:

There are four ways to contact the school to request a leave pass for your child:

1. You can text us on 027 960 1750.
2. You can phone the school on 07 826 3715.
3. You can send a note to school with your child.
4. You can email us: ad***@***********ol.nz

The student must sign out at the Student Centre and sign in again on their return.  Parents/caregivers are required to collect their student from the Student Centre if they sign out during school time.

It is very important that this process is followed as students will not be permitted to leave the school grounds without a leave pass.

The College Office is open from 8.00am to 4.30pm.

General enquiries and enrolments can be made at the office.

Parents are to come to the College Office for all issues relating to your student/s.  For the safety of our students, visitors are not to go into the school grounds without permission

It is very important that this process is followed as students will not be permitted to leave the school grounds without a leave pass.

In short, no.

We believe all members of the Te Kauwhata College community have the right to a safe and healthy work and learning environment.  A school environment that protects and promotes the health and wellbeing of the entire school community.

Through our curriculum, we will encourage good decision making about cell phones/device usage and educate on the effects of these when used inappropriately.

The Te Kauwhata College cellphone policy discourages the possession of a cell phone/device on school property. However, if any aakonga has a device during school hours, the cell phone must remain turned off and concealed.  If a student is found with a device, we will follow school process.

Yes we have a school zone.  Please check our Enrolment page to see our zone area.

Yes! We have tutors who offer Guitar, Drum, Bass, Vocals, and Woodwind lessons

$20 a year for lessons. There is a $100 hire fee for woodwind instruments.

Unfortunately no, we do not have a piano tutor at this time.

Yes, although it is more difficult, you are able to do Music at NCEA without performing an instrument.

There are no prerequisites for any of the subjects. However, it is highly recommended that you take the specific subject the year before to gain foundation knowledge for the course.

You can talk to any of the PE teachers to find out more.

• NCEA Level 1 Physical Education
• NCEA Level 1 Health
• NCEA Level 2 Physical Education
• NCEA Level 2 Health
• NCEA Level 3 Physical Education
• NCEA Level 3 Health

Year 7/8 students have an area of the school just for them.  Teachers are on duty at breaks to make sure that older students do not enter.  Year 7/8 students are also free to go to other areas of the school should they wish.

The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) is the main national qualification for secondary school students in New Zealand. NCEA is recognised by employers, and used for selection by universities and polytechnics, both in New Zealand and overseas.

Visit the NCEA Website for more information.

Extensions, resubmission and reassessments are available. You must discuss this with your teacher to see if you are eligible for any of the above..

Each class will have their own Google Classroom. Every student will either get an invite or a class code to join at the start of the year.

Google Classroom will have weekly tasks for the students to complete along with communication from their teachers.

A parent or guardian can be added to the classroom under their child’s profile in that Google Classroom to keep a track of their child’s work.

Any tamariki can talk to any one of the Maaori mentor teachers.

Kaao, no. We are open to all students. Nau mai, haere mai.

Not all of us can sing. But we can all benefit from learning our history and whakapapa through waiata, haka, pao etc. Our ancestors shared maatauranga (knowledge) through oral traditions so we continue to keep these traditions alive.

Kaao, but we expect our tamariki to be dedicated to improving their Te Reo Maaori me oona tikanga.