This is an important first step for a child and their parents. It is easier if you are well prepared for this event. Please click on the Home Zone icon which is situated below to check if you are in zone. If you are in zone please contact Julie Bassett to get the school code, then you can complete the enrolment form.
j.bassett@somerfield.school.nz
Please attach your documents to the enrolment form, if you are unable to upload an original (or photo) please bring the originals into the office and we will photocopy them for you.
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Steps to Enrolment
Before your child is 5 (any-time after their 4th birthday) contact Julie Bassett (Principals PA) and place their name on the database
Complete the online enrolment form
School starts for new entrants on the first day of the following term or day one of week 5 of term after child’s 5th birthday
The following details will be required when enrolling your child
Child’s full name, date of birth, address and telephone number
Immunisation certificate – with proof of date on it
Parents / Guardians / Caregivers initials and occupation
Health details including allergies, behaviour, medication requirements
Emergency contact details
Custody/Court orders
Birth certificate – all enrolments
Proof of address (for school zone) – this must be the latest utilities bill
Somerfield Te Kura Waiepo operates a cohort entry policy, which allows new entrants to start school in cohort groups with two entry points, being on the first day of term and the first day of week five of term, rather than singly on each child’s 5th birthday.
Cohort entry allows new entrants an easier transition to school and helps them build relationships with both their fellow new entrants and other students already in the class. It allows Somerfield Te Kura Wairepo to better plan its staffing requirements and minimises disruption.
Once a child is formally enrolled, they must attend school regularly. Children must be enrolled in school by their 6th birthday.
5-year-old entrants
After a child turns 5, their school start date is the first day of the following term or day 0ne of week five of the term.
Community consultation
The cohort entry policy has been approved by the Model School board of trustees and developed in consultation with:
- current parents
- school staff
- local early childhood centres
- prospective parents
If the school decides to revoke the cohort entry policy, the board will undergo reasonable consultation with the stakeholders listed above, and provide at least one term’s notice before the policy ends.
Somerfield Te Kura Wairepo has a Ministry of Education enrolment scheme. Children within the boundaries of that zone have an absolute right of entry.
Priority for children, who live out of the zone, is given in order, to siblings of children currently attending, siblings of children who previously attended, children of staff members at the school, and other children.
School Zone Map – click here.
Form to be submitted to the office by 3 pm Wednesday 28 September 2022.
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