Parent Information
Absences
Parents are reminded that under the Education and Training Act 2020, any child enrolled in school must attend school whenever the school is open for instruction. Parents are obliged under the Act to inform the school whenever their child is away. Only absences due to illness, medical or dental appointments and funeral|tangi of a close family member are regarded as justifiable absences.
To notify the school of a short-term illness, please email the school office or use the absence button on the Hero app.
To request leave from the principal for holidays during term time, please email the principal using this form.
Buses
This page outlines the procedures which we have in place at school to assist in ensuring the safety of all children who travel on the bus to and from school. Please discuss these points with your child as we need to ensure that at all times the safety of the children is paramount. Your help is appreciated.
If your child is not travelling home by bus on a specific day the classroom teacher needs this communicated to the office
If your child is late to school, he/she must report to the office with you for a Late Pass prior to going to class. At this point Mrs Dell will check the bus arrangements for that day.
If you decide to pick up your child at the end of the school day, please notify the office by 2:00 p.m. to inform the office of the arrangements for that day. This assists us in ensuring that your child is accounted for.
To ensure the safety of all students on the bus, they must remain seated while the bus is in motion and their behaviour an example of our school motto which then allows the driver to concentrate on the task of driving the students to and from school safely.
No student is allowed to change the stop they get on or off the bus without you and the school being informed.
Due to the large numbers travelling by bus we are unable to allow groups of other children to go home on the bus for birthdays or to play at friends’ houses.
ROSEHILL TRANSPORT NETWORK
Te Hihi School, along with Drury School, Karaka School, Opaheke School, Waiau Pa School and Rosehill College is a member school of the Rosehill Transport Network and self-manage our school bus services.
BUS TIMES AND ROUTES
Please note, due to traffic and other factors all times are approximations only.
Kingseat Morning Bus 1
7:50 Depart Buchanan Rd
Via McRobbie Rd., Kingseat Rd., Irwin Rd., Batty Rd
8:00 Arrive Te Hihi School
Kingseat Morning Bus 2
8:20 Depart Te Hihi School
Via Linwood Rd
8.25 Depart Kingseat Hospital Complex
Via Kingseat Rd., McRobbie Rd., Buchanan Rd
8:30 Depart Buchanan Rd
Via McRobbie Rd., Linwood Rd
8:35 Arrive Te Hihi School
Kingseat Afternoon Bus
2:40 Students assemble in bus area
2:45 Bus departs Te Hihi School
Via Linwood Rd., McRobbie Rd
Marae Morning Bus
7:55 Depart Terminus at intersection of Ellett & Whatapaka Roads
Via Ellett Rd., Kidd Road
8:00 Arrive Te Hihi School
Marae Afternoon Bus
2:35 Children assemble in bus area
2:40 Bus departs Te Hihi School
Via Kidd Rd., Ellett Rd.,
Arrive Kidd Rd
Via Ellett Rd
2:50 Arrive Te Hihi School
Papakura Morning Bus
8:00 Depart Rosehill College
8:05 Depart Bridgeview Rd
Via Hingaia Rd., Linwood Rd
8:15 Depart Karaka Hall
Via Linwood Rd
8:20 Arrive Te Hihi School
Papakura Afternoon Bus
2:50 Depart Te Hihi
Via Linwood Rd., Laing Rd., Urquhart Rd
Depart Urquhart Rd Terminus
Via Urquhart Rd., Linwood Rd., Hingaia Rd., Bridgeview Rd
15:15 Depart Bridgeview Rd
Via Beach Rd., Chichester Rd., Jupiter St
15:25 Arrive Rosehill College
Lunches
School lunches are provided by Te Hihi Autocourt every Friday. Please place the correct money and an order form with your child's name, learning space name and items clearly highlighted or written into an envelope. Once your child arrives at school they can place the envelope in the lunch letterbox outside the kitchen window.
Covid-19 Latest Update
The last masking mandate and isolation requirements were lifted at midnight on 14th August 2023. While not mandated, the Ministry of Health guidance is to stay at home for five days if you’re unwell or have tested positive to Covid.
Policies
The school uses SchoolDocs for our policies. The username is tehihi and the password is karaka
Private Music Lessons
Through the New Zealand Modern School of Music, we are please to be able to provide parents the opportunity to enrol their child for private piano and guitar lessons. As they are private lessons, parents have to pay for them and payment is arranged with the tutor directly.
Ukelele, Vocals and Music Theory Lessons
Sue Coulston, a NZMSM Tutor offers Guitar, ukelele, vocals and music theory lessons
Click here to view Sue's profile and contact information
Piano and Keyboard Lessons
Inoshi Manatunga, Piano/Keyboard Teacher from NZMSM Counties-Coromandel
Click here to view Inoshi's profile and contact information
Stationery
OfficeMax makes returning back to school easy with MySchool. It’s so simple in fact; you can get everything you need without leaving the house!
Simply click on this link https://www.myschool.co.nz/tehihi to take you to the OfficeMax website.
Select your child's class and it will provide you with a full list of your child's class requirements for the school year.
From here, you can buy all the products you need online, in-store or over the phone
Term Dates
Term 1
Tuesday 31st January – Thursday 12th April
Waitangi Day - Tuesday 6th February
Good Friday 29th March
Easter Monday 1st April
Easter Tuesday - 2nd April
Holidays observed during term break
ANZAC Day – Thursday 25th April
Term 2
Monday 29th April - Friday 5th July
King’s Birthday – Monday 3rd June
Matariki Holiday - Friday 28th June
Term 3
Monday 22nd July – Friday 27th September
Ag Day - Saturday 28th September TBC
Term 4
Monday 14th October – Friday 13th December
Labour Day – Monday 23rd October
Uniform
Thanks to the wonderful support of parents, the school uniform is only sold through our own uniform shop in the foyer of the school office every Friday from 8:30 to 8:45am.
This enables us to keep costs down for parents.
Uniform orders can be emailed to: office@tehihi.school.nz before 3.00pm each Thursday for collection the next day. Money to be deposited into the school bank account before uniform is provided. (Ref: Surname & ‘Uniform) Bank acc # 12 3031 0670895 00
Please click the button below for a digital copy of the uniform order forms. Order forms are also available from the school office.