In Zone Enrolment Process.
All students who live within the Paparoa Street School Zone are entitled to enrol at our school. You will be automatically accepted into the school if you live in the zone outlined in yellow.
Below you will find information relating to the enrolment process for your child in you are in zone.
Please note, there is a different enrolment process depending on whether your child is:
1) turning 5 and starting school for the first time (new entrant enrolment), OR,
2) child is moving schools (transferring enrolment).
Please be sure to follow the correct enrolment process so that your application can be treated as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Proof of residency within the school zone is required.
Learning In Action Tours
We run two Learning In Action Tours a term from 9.15 am - 10.00 am.
This is a time to come in and meet the leadership team, hear about how our school operates and be taken for a walk through our school by our school student ambassadors. We encourage all new families to our school to come and experience a tour of the school.
Phone our school office 03 352 8160 to find out when the next tour is on and to register your details.
Option 1 - New Entrant Enrolment
Child turning 5 and you live in the Paparoa Street School zone.
Follow these steps to enrol your child:
Step One:
Fill in the pre-enrolment form here. Please note ALL the fields in this form must be completed with as much detail as possible.
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Email or bring into the school office these documents office@paparoastreet.school.nz
A copy of the eligibility document for your child. This can be either:
NZ birth certificate or NZ passport (if NZ citizen)
Australian passport (if Australian citizen) or
NZ residency permit or NZ student visa/permit and Parental work permit (if the child is not a NZ citizen).
Proof of your address (if in zone e.g., utilities bill, rental/sales agreement)
Immunisation certificate
A copy of any Court Order Documents (if applicable).
Step Two:
When the office has received your online pre-enrolment form we will make contact with you, either by phone or email, to confirm that we have your all your details and the requested documents.
You will be automatically accepted into the school if you live in zone.
At this time we will confirm your start date based on our cohort intake.
For more information on cohort entry, please click here to visit the Ministry of Education website.
Cohort entry dates for 2024:
Term 1: Weds 7th February and Monday 11th March
Term 2: Monday 29th April and Tuesday 4th June
Term 3: Monday 27th July and Monday 26th August
Term 4: Monday 14th October and Monday 18th November.
Step Three:
Parents/caregivers/whānau and your child will be invited to attend a Before School Information morning. These take place a term before your child is due to start school and before the cohort entry group starts.
Following the information morning, there will be three classroom visits available for your child to attend in their new classroom.
These are held on Tuesday mornings from 9.00am - 10.30am.
Year Classifications & Class organisation:
A child who starts School between May through to December will be classified as Year 0
A child starting School between January through to April will be classified as Year 1.
Children starting school in March and April will be closely monitored before classification as a Year 1 or Year 2 for the following year is confirmed. In Term 4, those parents of children whose birthdays fall in these months will be invited to discuss classification for the following year with the classroom teachers and kāinga leaders.
Option 2 - Enrolment
Child transferring from another school and you live in zone.
All students who live within the school zone are entitled to enrol at our school. Please follow these steps to enrol your child:
Step One:
Fill in the pre-enrolment form here. Please note ALL the fields in this form must be completed with as much detail as possible.
Step Two:
Email or bring into the school office the following documents office@paparoastreet.school.nz
A copy of the eligibility document for your child. This can be either:
NZ birth certificate or NZ passport (if NZ citizen)
Australian passport (if Australian citizen) or
NZ residency permit or NZ student visa/permit and Parental work permit (if the child is not a NZ citizen).
Proof of your address (if in zone e.g., utilities bill, rental/sales agreement).
Immunisation certificate
A copy of any Court Order Documents (if applicable)
Once this has been completed the school office will be in touch to arrange a time for a face to face meeting with one of the leadership team.
Where possible we will try and arrange a classroom visit before your child begins at our school.
Learning In Action Tours:
This tour is a time to come in and meet the leadership team, hear about how our school operates and be taken for a walk through our school by our school student ambassadors.
We encourage all new families to our school to come and experience a tour of the school.
We run two Learning In Action Tours a term from 9.15 am - 10.00 am.
Phone our school office 03 352 8160 to find out when the next tour is on and to register your details.