Question 1

Absences and Attendance

Accepted Answer

By regulation children are required to attend school unless prevented by illness or some special family circumstance.

Please advise the school of any non-attendance by
Through the HERO app
Email to safetycheck@campbellsbay.school.nz
Phone the school – 410 7744 OPT 1
Drop into the School Office

Please leave a message by 8.45am. If we are not advised of absences, we will send a text via text stream. This system is a safeguard for your children.

If your child is late in the morning after the 8.55am bell, please advise them to come to the medical room (via the silver steps) to collect a late slip. In cases of repeated lateness, the School will contact parents.

Should you need to collect your child during the day to attend an appointment, ie a doctors or they are leaving school early, you will need to come to the school office and sign them out and collect a green slip.

If you are planning an extended family holiday during school term time, permission should be sought from the Principal in writing at admin@campbellsbay.school.nz. This is a Ministry of Education requirement.

Question 2

Allergy Aware School

Accepted Answer

Food allergy management in schools is complex and involves far more than simply implementing a ban on a particular food group.

Parents can be assured the care of students with severe allergies is managed according to the Allergy Organisation Guidelines (www.allergy.org.au). These guidelines include:

Students with severe medically confirmed allergies are identified at enrolment, at which point, in consultation with parents, appropriate management plans are put in place including specialised response and treatment.

Awareness is maintained through age-appropriate education of students with severe allergies and their peers.

Question 3

Aquatics

Accepted Answer

Swimming is part of the school physical education programme. All children are required to take part in swimming lessons unless prevented on medical grounds. A note is required from parents. The school has an onsite swimming pool for our Years 0-3 and we offer our students eight lessons in either Term 1 or Term 4. The focus of these sessions is on water confidence, and consists of a combination of swimming lessons and water safety skills. For our Years 4-6  we use the local pool at AUT Millenium for water safety sessions, as well as visits to Vector Wero Whitewater Park and Mairangi Bay Surf Lifesaving Club.

Question 4

Before and After School Care

Accepted Answer

Safe Kids In Daily Supervision, SKIDS, have been providing after school care at Campbells Bay School since the beginning of Term 2 2004, under the supervision of Tess and Jeff Tecson.

This is a service for the parents of Campbells Bay School, providing an on-site Before School (7.00am - 8.30am) and After School (3.00pm - 6.00pm).

They also offer School Holiday Programmes (7.00am - 6.00pm).

Please contact Tess or Jeff, (09) 390 0013 or 022 367 5011

campbellsbay@skids.co.nz for further information.

Question 5

Bell Times

Accepted Answer

Our school day runs from 8.55am until 3pm in 3 blocks, with dedicated playtime and eating blocks, with a bell ringing to indicate the different breaks. Please make sure your child is dropped to class promptly at the start of day and collected at 3pm. Students are allowed into their classroom at the 8.30am bell, prior to this they must wait at the front of the school by the bike shed.

Question 6

Bikes/Scooters

Accepted Answer

A bicycle shed is provided for the storage of bikes at school. The responsibility for a student riding to and from school lies with the parents.  Scooters may be brought to school. Scooter parking is also available. Wearing helmets is firmly encouraged.

Question 7

Buses

Accepted Answer

School Bus 042.  Route 042 is a one stage fare.
Morning Route departs 8.10am, Beach Road near Inga Road (by Milford Marina via Beach Road, Castor Bay Road, East Coast Road, Selwyn Crescent, Marsh Avenue, East Coast Road, Richards Avenue, Ravenwood Drive, Kenmure Avenue, East Coast Road, Forrest Hill Road, Manutara Avenue, Woodstock Road, Blakeborough Drive, Forrest Hill Road, Manutara Avenue, Woodstock Road, Blakeborough Drive, Forrest Hill Road, East Coast Road, Kowhai Road, Beach Road, Aberdeen Road, Campbells Bay School, arrives 8.40am
Afternoon Route departs 3.05pm, Campbells Bay School via Aberdeen Road, Beach Road, Kowhai Road, East Coast Road, Forrest Hill Road, Manutara Avenue, Woodstock Road, Blakeborough Drive, Forrest Hill Road

School Bus 051 is an additional afternoon service.  
Route departs at 3.05pm, Campbells Bay School via Aberdeen Road, East Coast Road, Kenmure Avenue, Ravenwood Drive, Richards Avenue, East Coast Road, Selwyn Crescent, Marsh Avenue, East Coast Road, Castor Bay Road, Beach Road, Inga Road.

For more information, contact Auckland Transport www.at.govt.nz/bus-train-ferry/timetables/school-timetables

Question 8

Children After School

Accepted Answer

Given the age of our children it is the responsibility of parents/caregivers to ensure their children are in their care after 3.00pm. If you are going to be late to collect your child please contact the School Office as soon as possible.

Children in the school grounds after 3.15pm not under the direct care of a parent or designated caregiver will be taken to School Office until 3.30pm and then taken to SKIDs who will provide supervision at a cost.

Question 9

Civil Defence

Accepted Answer

In the event of a civil defence emergency the school will hold children at the school until they can be released into the care of their parents/caregivers or a person authorised to collect them. Communication will be put on the website of all details.

Question 10

Class Trips and Classroom Allowance

Accepted Answer

To provide students with additional learning experiences, teachers often plan full year level visits outside the school, cultural performances, require additional classroom resources and stationery, (e.g. certificates, posters, display material etc) or invite guests into the school to share with the students.

To assist towards the cost for each student to participate, we ask that parents make an annual contribution towards these learning experiences.

This contribution however, does not cover any additional sporting or cultural event costs that your child may be invited to attend. The Year 4 camp experience and the Years 5 and 6 camps are extra, along with the end of year activities for Year 6. The cost for these activities will be communicated by the teacher as soon as they are known.

At enrolment you will be asked for written permission for your child to be involved in all trips for the years they are at Campbells Bay School.

Question 11

Collecting Students during School Hours

Accepted Answer

Please make arrangements with your child’s class teacher should you need to collect your child from school before 3:00pm. You must sign your child out of school on the iPad provided at the office.

You may collect your child from the office or from their classroom.

No matter what time of the school day you are meeting your child, you must report to the school office so that the attendance registers can be kept up to date in case of emergencies. If you are collecting your child from the classroom, please firstly report to the school office and once you have signed them out you must collect a ‘green form’ to give to your child’s teacher.

Class teachers are instructed that they should not let children wait in the bus bay, meet parents outside the school grounds or allow students to walk home during school time.

Question 12

Dental Clinic

Accepted Answer

The children’s community dental clinic is at Forrest Hill School, 20 Bond Street, Forrest Hill. They can be contacted on 410 7361 for an appointment.

The dental service brings their mobile van to Campbells Bay School generally once a term, should you wish to make an appointment for your child to be seen, contact the dental nurses on the number above.

Question 13

Donations

Accepted Answer

To maintain the high standard of facilities and of the education our school offers, it is necessary to supplement the grant we receive from the Ministry of Education. The School Donation is a voluntary payment and therefore it is not compulsory, but we hope you will understand that it is necessary if we are to continue to maintain the quality of services and resources presently enjoyed by the students. We try to be as efficient as possible in running the school and to continue to do this we need your support.

Donations can also be paid by automatic payment instalments. To do this please set up an automatic payment with your bank, please contact the school office for school. bank details.

Please note that your school donation payment may be eligible for a tax rebate by Inland Revenue. For further details see the Inland Revenue website.

Question 14

Food

Accepted Answer

Children require a nourishing and plentiful lunch sufficient for a class snack break around 10am and eating times at 11.18am and 1.40pm, which will keep them focussed for the whole school day. Children may have a named water bottle in class or near class, stored in a sensible location. Lunch orders are available every Monday, Thursday and Friday and can be ordered that morning before 9.00am on Kindo and are delivered to school in time for the first eating break.

No other food is allowed to be delivered to the school, unless it is an emergency and pre-arranged with the School Office.

The school does not allow parents to bring food or lollies to school to hand out to their child’s classmates.

Question 15

Health and Accidents

Accepted Answer

Minor injuries and illnesses are attended to by the first aid trained office staff. If the child is showing signs of sickness or has sustained an injury that we believe requires further medical treatment or needs to be sent home, we will contact the parent or guardian for collection. In an emergency, parents will be informed and the necessary medical assistance will be contacted.

If your child is unwell in the morning, please do not send them to school as we do not have the personnel to attend sick children and a classroom or medical room is no substitute for one’s own bedroom.

If your child has had a vomiting or diarrhoea bug, we are required by Te Whatu Ora to keep them out of school for 48 hours after their last episode.

When children need to be on medication, parents are required to fill out a Medication Authority Form at the office and the medication will be kept in the sickbay or school office.

Please note our office staff are first aid trained only.

Head lice are a recurring problem in all schools and we strongly advise parents to carry out weekly inspections of children’s hair to prevent the spread of this problem.

WDHB Hearing and Vision Technicians visit the school at times throughout the year, consented children will be tested and parents / caregivers will be informed of all results.

Question 16

Library

Accepted Answer

The school library is the major resource centre of the school to which all pupils have access. Please assist us in the care of the library by seeing that books brought home are cared for and not damaged or lost. Please ensure that library books are returned on time and brought to and from school in your child’s book bag. Books damaged or lost will be charged at the value of the replacement.

Question 17

Lost Property

Accepted Answer

Please ensure your child’s belongings including all uniform, bags, swimwear, lunchboxes are named with their full name. We try our best to return any named items back to your child.

Unnamed lost property gathered in the school grounds is stored in the baskets in Room 38 by the Year 1 playground. Parents / caregivers are welcome to check the lost property at any time during the school day. Any remaining items are discarded at the end of each term.

Question 18

Mathletics

Accepted Answer

Mathletics is a web-based programme that enables students to access their learning at any time.

The programme allows work to be set that is individual to the needs of your student, and they will be able to access this at home and school. Students will be able to practise their basic facts at school and at home in a more interactive and engaging way. In addition, they will be able to work on applying their knowledge through activities that will be explained to them at school. If you wish to be able to support your child more at home, this work will also be available to them online.

Mathletics has been well used in the school and we have seen some significant gains in student achievement when children have taken the opportunity to use the programme. By integrating it into home and school programmes there is strong evidence to show that it can target raising student achievement in maths.

Question 19

Messages for Children

Accepted Answer

We are pleased to help in an emergency if you need to make contact with your child during the school day, but due to classes being held outside of the classroom throughout the day, we cannot guarantee the message will get through.

Question 20

Money at School

Accepted Answer

Any money students bring to school should be for a specific purpose, ie a gold coin donation for a fundraising initiative.

Question 21

Music Tuition

Accepted Answer

Individual music tuition is provided at school between 3:00 – 6:00pm, Wednesday – Friday, by the Music Education Centre.   www.musiceducation.co.nz

For further information please contact Music Education on 0800 893939, or email lessons@musiceducation.co.nz

Question 22

Newsletter

Accepted Answer

Every fortnight, on a Friday, information will be shared to the community via our Hero Community Feed. This information will consist of upcoming and past events, school celebrations, general information and important messages from either our Principal and/or other members of staff. Please keep an eye out for these important updates.

Question 23

Permission to Administer Medication

Accepted Answer

For safety reasons no medication should be left in children’s lunchboxes or school bags.

Medication should be bought to the school office and a permission form completed to allow office staff to administer the medication to your child.

Question 24

Phones and Personal Digital Devices

Accepted Answer

A personal digital device is any privately owned digital device. CBS does not operate a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programme but does realise some children may require a mobile device before or after school while commuting.
We discuss the school rules about personal digital devices at the beginning of the year, and throughout the year as needed. Any changes to our school rules are communicated to students and our school community.

Parent/Caregiver and student responsibilities
If a parent/caregiver needs to contact their child urgently during the day, they should call the office.
If a student brings a personal digital device to our school, the following guidelines apply:
The school does not accept responsibility for lost, damaged, or stolen personal digital devices brought to the school but investigates any issues as appropriate. Students must turn their devices off in class and keep them out of sight.
Personal digital devices may not be taken on EOTC events.
Students are expected to follow our Digital Technology and Online Safety policy when using personal digital devices on school property or the school network.

Inappropriate use
If we see a student using a personal digital device inappropriately, we confiscate it. After the student locks the device, we place it in the office to be collected at the end of the day.

Inappropriate use of a personal digital device may include:
- using the device when not permitted
- any sort of bullying, including online bullying
- taking photos or videos of other people without their permission
- forwarding inappropriate messages or content.
Inappropriate use of a personal digital device is managed through the school Behaviour Management, Responding to Digital Incidents, and Surrender and Retention of Personal Digital Devices policies and procedures, as appropriate.

Question 25

Photographs

Accepted Answer

Class and individual photos along with Cultural and Sports groups are taken each year by Photo Life, and are then available for you to purchase online.

Question 26

Police Vetting for Volunteers

Accepted Answer

In accordance with the Vulnerable Children Act 2014 and recommended Ministry of Education best practice, the Board of Trustees has adopted a procedure whereby that from the start of 2017 only adults (all persons 18 years of age and over) who have undertaken a police vet with acceptable results can be selected to manage/coach a school sport’s team, help in the classroom with parent help assistance or attend school trips or an overnight camp.

More information and the form can be found on our Police Vetting page - please click the button below

Question 27

Reading Eggs

Accepted Answer

Reading Eggs is a literacy support programme for juniors. This is an online reading, comprehension, phonics and blends programme which can be used at home and at school.

Question 28

Road Patrol

Accepted Answer

The school has trained road patrols of Team 6 students on the Aberdeen Road pedestrian crossing. Teachers and parent volunteers supervise these patrols. All students and parents waiting at the crossing should remain behind the yellow line until the students lower their arm and call “cross now”. Please abide by all rules contained in the traffic code.

Please:
Do not park on the broken yellow lines or over driveways – road patrols must have uninterrupted vision;
Use the pedestrian crossing

You are welcome to use the bus bay when delivering students to school in the morning or picking up students during the day, but please no parking and no getting out of your vehicle.

Question 29

Road Safety

Accepted Answer

Please familiarise your child with road safety. Be sure your child knows how to behave on the roads and how to use the pedestrian crossings. The roads around CBS are very busy, please do not allow your child to cross any road unless it is on a pedestrian crossing.

Parking in the neighbouring streets can be very busy, please do not park over or blocking our neighbours driveways and please do not park on broken yellow lines.

Our school car park is for staff only and cannot be used unless you have the agreement of the Principal due to medical or disability reasons.

You are welcome to use the bus bay when delivering students to school in the morning or picking up students during the day, but please no parking and no getting out of your vehicle.

Question 30

School Camps

Accepted Answer

School Camps are for year five and six students.

Information and fees for participating in these camps will be sent directly to families via email.

Question 31

Skateboards

Accepted Answer

Skateboards are banned from the school property because of the damage they have inflicted on the buildings and their surrounds.

Question 32

Smoking and Vaping

Accepted Answer

The school has a strict ‘No Smoking’ policy and, in the interests of health and safety, no smoking or vaping is permitted by law on the school site.

Question 33

Sun Smart and Wearing Hats

Accepted Answer

Campbells Bay is a sun smart school and has the policy that all students must wear a hat when outside in Terms 1 and 4. Students will be unable to take part in outside activities if they do not have a sun hat. The school uniform shop sells CBS sunhats.

Question 34

Sweets at School

Accepted Answer

Sweets, lollipops, chocolate and gum are not to be brought to school. We also request no cakes or lollies for birthdays. This is especially important at the end of the year. Please, rather than bring candy canes, bring Christmas cards.

Please do not bring any food to share with other students unless it is for an official school shared lunch.

Question 35

Toys

Accepted Answer

Toys, trading cards and other fads are best to be left at home to avoid conflict, lost or stolen precious items.

Question 36

Uniform

Accepted Answer

Campbells Bay School has a compulsory uniform which is available to purchase from

NZ Uniforms Auckland
19A Douglas Alexander Parade, Rosedale, 
https://campbellsbayschool.nzuniforms.com/

Please note all garments should be clearly named.

Shoes should be mostly Black or Navy lace ups Velcro, t-bar or buckled; Black or Navy sports/running or sneakers with no hi vis / neon; or Black or Navy sandals with a back strap.

No crocs or similar, jandals, ballet-style shoes or boots

Socks / Tights should be ankle or knee length Navy socks. Navy tights may be worn in Terms 2 and 3 (winter). Socks are not required by students wearing sandals.

Sports Shoes:  when representing the school while participating in sporting events, specialist sports shoes of other than school colours may be worn.

Question 37

Unwell Students

Accepted Answer

If your child is unwell in the morning, please do not send them school as we do not have the personnel to attend sick children and a classroom or medical room is no substitute for one’s own bedroom. If your child has had a vomiting or diarrhoea bug, we are required by Te Whatu Ora to keep them out of school for 48 hours after their last episode.

Please report their absence to school via
Through the HERO app
Email to safetycheck@campbellsbay.school.nz
Phone the school – 410 7744 OPT 1

Question 38

Use of School Facilities

Accepted Answer

Use of School Grounds
We encourage parents and students to use the grounds outside of school hours but parents should be aware that they are responsible for the actions of their children. Permission is required for organised clubs and groups to use the school grounds. This can be obtained by contacting the school office.

Use of School Hall
Bookings can be made by contacting the school office.

Use of the School Pool
Due to health and safety requirements the pool is not able to be used/hired by the public.

Question 39

Vehicles

Accepted Answer

Vehicles should not be brought into the grounds via the main entrance to set down or pick up students at any times.
Vehicles may use the bus bay for the purposes of dropping students as per the Road Safety tab above.   Parking is not allowed in the bus bay before 9am and after 2.45pm.
Vehicles may use the bus bay to collect students in the afternoon after the scheduled bus has departed at approximately 3.10pm

Note:  Because of the number of staff vehicles, there is no room for parking of non-staff vehicles in the school grounds.

Question 40

Visitors at School

Accepted Answer

All visitors to school, including parent helpers must sign themselves in and out at the office.

Question 41

Volunteers

Accepted Answer

Parents/caregivers are always welcome to assist with a range of tasks at school, all volunteers must be police vetted. You can help by working at school or by taking work home. Get in touch with the Deputy Principal or your child’s teacher.  You can also keep an eye on the newsletter for calls for help for certain needs and events throughout the year.

Question 42

Waterwise

Accepted Answer

Our Team 6 children take part in a Waterwise programme at Milford School. Children learn to sail, kayak and learn water safety techniques. Children in Teams 4 & 5 will participate in a water safety programme.

Question 43

Walking School Bus

Accepted Answer

Please view information on our Travelwise page

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