Policy & Procedures
Our school policies and procedures along with useful checklists and forms are hosted by SchoolDocs.
The SchoolDocs team updates our school content to reflect policy changes, new legislation, and general improvements for clarity, readability, and purpose.
Parents may access school docs using the following login:
Username: paparoa
Password: pathway
Community Conduct Expectations
Paparoa Street School expects parents, caregivers, and visitors to:
Treat everyone with respect
Work together in partnership with staff for the benefit of students
Respect and adhere to our school values
Set a good example for students at all times
Follow school procedures to handle any complaints
Adhere to school policies and procedures (such as those listed below), and any legal requirements.
Paparoa Street School is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for students, staff, and visitors.
Our Code of Conduct serves as a reminder to all parents, caregivers, and school visitors that their conduct must support everyone’s emotional and physical wellbeing, and not harm it in any way.
The Code of Conduct applies:
To all conduct, speech, and action, and includes emails, texts, phone calls, social media, or other communication.
While on school grounds or at another venue where students and/or staff are assembled for school purposes (such as a camp or sports match).
Examples of unsuitable conduct include:
Threats, bullying, harassment
Profanity/offensive language
Insulting, abusing, or intimidating behaviour
Racism or discrimination (e.g. based on ethnicity, religion)
Physical aggression
Deception/fraud
Damaging school property
Smoking, vaping, possessing, or using alcohol/drugs/other harmful substances on school premises or at another venue where students and/or staff are assembled for school purposes (except possession or use of alcohol in accordance with school policy)
Placing unreasonable and excessive expectations on staff time or resources
Pursuing a complaint or campaign, or making defamatory, offensive, or derogatory comments, regarding the school, its board, or any staff or students on social media or other public forums
Wearing gang insignia on the school grounds. (This is not allowed under the Prohibition of Gang Insignia legislation, and anyone wearing it will be asked to leave)
Dealing with breaches of our Community Conduct Expectations
How Paparoa Street School deals with breaches of our Code of Conduct depends on the nature of the incident and its seriousness, and the process any witness or victim of the behaviour feels most comfortable with. Examples include:
Documenting each instance of behaviour, including the date, time, place, who was present, what was said (verbatim if possible), how any witness or victim felt and/or responded
Holding a meeting with the relevant person, the principal, and/or board chair (or their delegate) or appropriate staff member to discuss the problem and possible resolution
Issuing a warning letter that outlines the problem and required resolution, and reminds them of the possible outcomes of repeated conduct
Arranging a meeting, which may include restorative practices, as an alternative or in addition to the processes above.
Outcomes of breaching
If a parent, caregiver, or visitor acts or speaks in a way that contravenes the Code of Conduct, possible outcomes may include:
The school (principal, board member, or staff member) may ask a person to leave the school premises by revoking their permission to be on the school grounds, then asking them to leave under section 3 of the Trespass Act 1980.
Unacceptable behaviour of a criminal nature may result in the police being informed. For example, under section 30 of the Education and Training Act 2020, it is a criminal offence to insult, abuse, or intimidate a staff member within the presence or hearing of any student while on school premises or in any other place where students are assembled for school purposes. Other instances of criminal offending may occur where drugs are involved, an assault has occurred, or a person persists after being trespassed off school grounds.
In the case of behaviour amounting to harassment, a restraining order may be sought.
In some instances, it may be appropriate to refer behaviour to a third party for resolution. For example, a Facebook comment that contravenes this policy may result in a report to Facebook. If unacceptable behaviour occurs at a sports event or sports venue, then it may be appropriate to involve the governing body of that sport, event, or venue.
Concerns and Complaints
At Paparoa Street School, anyone who wants to bring a matter to the attention of the kura should follow this procedure for raising concerns and complaints.
Concerns or complaints should be raised with the kura in the first instance.
Anyone with a concern or complaint may seek advice or support.
Further information can be found on our School Docs site for our policy,
Policy - Child Protection
Our child protection policy, along with supporting documentation, ensures we maintain student welfare as our primary concern, and keep the student at the centre of decision-making.
We aim to safeguard our students from abuse and neglect by encouraging concerns to be recognised and shared, and having systems to respond when concerns are raised.
Policy - Bullying
Bullying is deliberate and harmful behaviour that is repeated, or continues over a period of time. It may include:
verbal bullying (e.g. name-calling, teasing, mocking, threatening)
physical bullying (e.g. hitting, kicking, stalking, taking belongings)
social bullying (e.g. social exclusion, spreading rumours, damaging relationships)
discrimination based on ethnicity or race, gender, sex and variations of sex characteristics, sexuality, religion and beliefs, health status, disability, age, etc.
Bullying can occur at school, outside school, and/or online.
Bullying response
Although bullying can be subtle and hard to recognise, all members of the school community have a responsibility to take action against bullying.
Paparoa Street School staff are trained to recognise bullying within and outside the classroom and intervene appropriately.
Students are informed of what to do if they are being bullied or witness bullying.
Parents/Caregivers, whānau, and any others who are concerned about bullying should discuss their concerns with a teacher or the principal. Concerned parents/caregivers and whānau should not approach other students or parents.