Term dates

• Term 1: 27th Jan – 2nd April

• Term 2: Mon 20th Apr – Fri 3rd July

• Term 3: Mon 20th July – Fri 25th Sep

• Term 4: Mon 12th Oct – Tues 8th Dec 

Bell times

• 8.45 am: School commences (Line up bell – 8.45 am)

• 10.00 am: Brain Food (healthy snack)

• 11.00 – 11.30 am: Morning tea interval

• 1.00 pm – 1.45 pm: Lunch break

• 2.45 pm: School concludes

Please be careful when driving through our school car park, as the students are walking through and around vehicles. 

Please notify the school if your child is walking, taking the bus or being collected. The safety of our students is paramount.

Teachers track student achievement throughout the year which is shared with parents as follows:

• Regular whānau hui are held throughout the year

• A report is sent home to parents/whanau at the end of Term 2 and Term 4 for our students

• The mid-year whānau 3-way conference with the student/parent/caregiver/teacher is used as an opportunity to set goals and clarify learning and guidance in Term 2.

Assessment tasks are varied to cover the school curriculum.  A range of evidence is gathered to make the OTJ (overall teacher judgement) based on formal assessment, student voice, student workbooks and learning, group learning books and evidence, and observational evidence.  Teaching staff are available for informal discussions on student learning and well-being at any other time by request. 

Learning Support

The classroom teachers are supported by a Teacher Aide and a Resource Teacher of Learning and Behaviour who offer learning support for students. Extension programmes are offered to cater for children with special abilities. Students are taught in a formative way to encourage their understanding of where they are at in their learning at all times.

Home Readers (Junior Students)

Reading material may be sent home in Journal Bags. Families are asked to supervise the reading of this material and to encourage further reading.

Communication

A newsletter with events, policy changes and school happenings is published monthly on a Friday. The newsletter is available to the church, local clubs and organisations as a means of conveying messages. The most recent newsletter can also be read and downloaded on the news and events page of this website in PDF format. An archive of earlier newsletters can also be found on that page.  It is shared on the school Facebook Page, Classroom Dojo and Skool Loop.

Teachers also share learning with their whānau through the use of our school Facebook page – Pompallier Catholic School.  We also have notices on the free app called Classroom Dojo.  Classrooms share learning via Class Dojo which whānau can sign up for free of charge.  Classroom notices are also sent out when required on this platform.