Our Organisation

School Hours

School begins at 8:55am and ends at 2:55pm. Finishing times for New Entrants are left flexible over the first few weeks. New Entrant Teacher and Parents / Caregivers will liaise.

Breaks are as follows: 
Morning Interval - 11:00am to 11:30am 
Lunch - 1:00pm to 1:50pm

School Office

The Office is staffed between 8:45am and 3:30pm, Monday to Friday, excluding School Holidays. Please contact either Valerie Stallard (School Secretary) or Barbara Moore (Office Assistant) on:

Ph 939 1909

Fax 939 1907

Email office@stbrendans.school.nz

Absences

When pupils are absent, the school must be informed, by phone by 9:15am at the latest. We are always concerned by unexplained absences. Office staff follows up on any child unaccounted for. 
Please indicate by letter or phone if routine arrangements change e.g. change of person picking up your child, or not catching usual bus etc.

After-school Care

From 8 June Aboutkidz an onsite Before and After School Care will be offered. 

Book Club

We belong to Scholastic New Zealand Book Club. Order forms are sent home with the children once a month. Closing dates are on the forms. Reminders will be in the School Newsletters.

Bus Service

Buses ‘drop off’ and ‘pick up’ from Whitemans Valley and the local bus runs to Silverstream and Pinehaven.
Contact:  Runciman Motors

Ph 528 5279 or

Fax 528 7651   for information regarding bus routes and fees.

Children are ‘marked on’ (if using this service) as they get on the buses AFTER school. Please notify us if normal routines change.

Enrolment

Your child should be enrolled at St Brendan’s from the age of three and if he / she is not already enrolled you should arrange this as soon as possible.
School visits at St Brendan’s begin two to three weeks before your child turns five.

The School Secretary will contact you about six weeks prior to commencement to arrange times and dates.

Enrolment Form 

Lunches

Lunches can be ordered from the school every day.  Please write your order clearly on an envelope with your child’s name and the appropriate amount of money enclosed.  Lunch Order Form 

Medical

Students who require medication to be taken at school regardless of how frequent, are requested to complete a school Medication/Health Agreement each year.

Money

Any money brought to school must be enclosed in a sealed, clearly named  envelope, stating room number, amount and purpose.  Money must never be left in bags or tote trays. 

Newsletters

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Parent Involvement 

Parents are most welcome. Large numbers of parents are involved around the school on a voluntary basis.  Please contact your class teacher or the principal if you would like to be involved in a regular basis.

Reporting to Parents

A goal-setting evening is held early in the first term.  This also provides an    opportunity for parents to pass on relevant information to class teachers.  At the end of the second term a parent/teacher  interview allows parents to receive an oral report on a student progress.  A comprehensive written report on student’s progress is sent home at the end of the school year.

Road Patrol

Senior students are on patrol in Sutherland Avenue from 8:30am to 8:50am and 2:45pm to 3:10pm 
and Palmer Crescent from 2:50 - 3:10pm.

School Uniform

This is a school which takes pride in its uniform, and pupils are expected to be clad in full uniform at all times. The wearing of non-uniform articles is not acceptable, unless in very unusual circumstances, and must be accompanied by a permission note from parents. Such deviations are agreed to only for very brief periods – preferably for no more than a day.

Winter and Summer Uniform

Uniform Order Form 

School Donation / Activity Fee

The school donation helps the school with the cost of buying and maintaining equipment and resources and are set at the beginning of each year.  This is a voluntary donation.

The activity fees are related to school programmes.   These fees are not to be confused with attendance dues charged each term by the Catholic Schools Board.

Stationery Lists

Stationery lists go out at the end of the year with the End of Year Report to enable families to buy their child’s stationery over the holiday period.  NB:  There are some items which can only be purchased at school.   Please place stationery orders on an envelope along with the pupil’s name and the appropriate amount of money enclosed, and send to the School Office.

Stationery Lists: 

Junior Syndicate

Middle Syndicate

Senior Syndicate 

Term Dates

Holidays during the year:

Waitangi Day - Fri 6 Feb

Good Friday - 10 April

Easter Monday & Tuesday - 13 & 14 April

Anzac Day - Sat 25 April

Queen's Birthday - 1 June

Labour Day - Mon 26 Oct

Teacher Only Days:

Fri 23 Oct and other tbc