Lockdown lifted 11:10am Tuesday 27 February 2024

This morning the College was advised by the New Zealand Police to go into lockdown. Following protocol, we immediately put the school into lockdown and advised the community via text message, SchoolBridge and our website.

The lockdown has now been lifted, all students and staff are safe and the school day has resumed.

I would like to thank the students and staff for acting so quickly and calmly when alerts were issued.

Also, I would like to remind the community not to contact the school during a lockdown, our phone lines need to remain clear for communication with the Police. You are also advised not to collect your child from school as this may potentially put yourself and your child in danger.

If you have questions or feedback in regard to the lockdown and our procedures and communications please contact us via email admin@naenae-college.school.nz

Chris Taylor
Principal

26 February 2024

Kia ora e te Whānau

Learning Conferences 2024

We look forward to welcoming you to Learning Conferences 2024 and thank you for working together with us so that all Naenae College students experience success and build a meaningful pathway for their future.

We believe that these meetings will have a significant impact in helping sustain the positive partnership that exists between the students, their parents/caregivers and the school.

We will be holding our Learning Conferences for all students on Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 March. These conferences will be a 20 minute meeting with yourself, your child, and their Learning Advisor Roopu (LAR) teacher.

The Learning Conferences will take place from 2.00pm until 5.00pm and from 5.30pm until 7.30pm on Tuesday 12 March and 2.00pm until 5.00pm on Wednesday 13 March. Normal school classes will conclude at 1.00pm on these days – students will still have their three timetabled classes each day, with shortened lesson times. We will finish with LAR Kai at 12.45pm.

Bookings for Learning Conferences are now open on our SchoolBridge App and will close at 3.30pm on Monday 11 March. If you or your child have not downloaded the School Bridge App, I have included information on how to do this below. As this is going to be our main form of communication between home and school, it is really important that students and parents/caregivers have this app.

Once you open SchoolBridge you will see the conferences button, from there you select LAR Teacher – Parent Meeting and follow the steps from there.

We believe that these meetings will have a significant impact in helping sustain the positive partnership that exists between the students, their parents / caregivers and the school.

Ngā mihi
Katherine Stokes
Deputy Principal

Have you downloaded the SchoolBridge App?

Notify us of a student’s absence, receive newsletters, timetables and reports using the SchoolBridge App!

Caregiver – to login, use the same email address you gave us on enrolment.

Student – use your school email address to login.

We are excited to launch SchoolBridge to our community. This includes a web-based version and an app for both IOS and Android phones. The tools available through this application will improve our ability to communicate with you and for you to access information.

Benefits for caregivers will include:

1. Single sign-on
2. Access to school notices
3. Emergency alerts and free notifications
4. Fast absence reporting
5. News and newsletters
6. Online permissions slips (coming later in the year).

Benefits for students will include:

1. Timetable viewing
2. School notices and alerts
3. Access grades and reports.

Steps from here:

1. Simply follow the instructions above to download the app
2. Sign in as a caregiver using the email address you provided on enrolment or as a student using your school email address
3. View timetable in order to purchase stationary or prepare for the year.

Tena koutou katoa

We hope you all have a peaceful and blessed summer break.

This attached letter contains important information about the start of the 2024 school year.

Year 9 students for 2024 will start on Tuesday 30 January and Year 10, Wednesday 31 January. If you are in Years 11 – 13 in 2024, the first day you have to come in will be Monday 29 January to confirm your courses for 2024. All students in Years 11 – 13 must attend their course confirmation time.

231205 Letter to 2024 Year 10-13 students

Special Needs Unit (SNU) start of year information:

Tuesday 30 January –  Year 9 Pōwhiri, for new Year 9’s and their families followed by morning tea in the SNU, then going home.
Wednesday 31 January – Year 9 students only
Thursday 1 February – All SNU students return.

Ngā mihi nui

Chris Taylor
Principal

Thank you to all whānau and friends who have come to our recent Sports Awards, Senior Prizegiving, and Senior Graduation evenings. We loved seeing all the love, care and support as we celebrated the successes and achievements of our young people!

Below is a link to the official photos from these three evenings for you to be able to cherish for many years to come.

https://www.pixs.co.nz/…/Naenae-Prize…/C0000ZO4zDm_2h7Y

Ngā mihi
Katherine Stokes
Deputy Principal

Kia ora e te Whānau

A reminder of upcoming events and important dates for our Year 9 and 10 students:

Monday 4 December – EOTC – Kaitoke Camp and fishing trip depart
Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 December – EOTC days for all Year 9 and 10 students
Thursday 7 December – Last day for students for 2023. This is our Junior Prize Giving day so we have an early closure of 1pm.

Junior Prize Giving is held in the school hall and starts at 6.30pm with doors opening at 6:00pm. Students who are prize winners will be notified on Thursday 30 November.

You will be getting detailed information coming very shortly, but some important dates for the start of 2024:

Monday 29 January – Course confirmation meetings for all year 11-13 students
Tuesday 30 January – Year 9 Pōwhiri and first day for Year 9 students (this includes all senior mentor students)
Wednesday 31 January – Whole school.

Ngā mihi
Katherine Stokes
Deputy Principal