Finance

General Education Support - $330 per student: This donation helps pay for equipment, facilities hire, sport subsidy, music, drama, debating, public speaking, cultural activities, clubs and various student competitions, student leadership and student wellness. We encourage wide participation in these activities by partially subsidising them, but we also retain user pays content for individual costs e.g. individual sports or cultural activities.

SCHOOL COSTS

General Education Support - $330 per student:

The General donation helps provide some of the things that our parents and students tell us they expect at WGC.

Your donation helps pay for:

- the school Nurse’s clinic which gives 30 hours a week, free access to all students to support their health and wellbeing

- additional Teacher Aides for in class support

- some equipment, uniform, admin support & facilities hire for sports

- equipment, admin support and resources for Music groups

- a range of consumable items for classrooms and the Library

Technology Donation - $240 per student:

Access to technology for all students and enabling digital connectivity is essential to support learning within WGC.

Your donation helps pay for:

- our intranet which gives students remote access to all course materials anytime, anywhere

- a 10 Gb fibre connected site with state-of-the-art network and Wireless connectivity covering the entire school

- sophisticated packages for all students taking Technology subjects or Art (Design)

- 2 Dedicated highly technical staff available for staff and students IT issues

- 70 Chromebooks for use by students who do not own a device or their device is undergoing repairs.

Development Fund $225 per family:

This fund supports major capital projects which are beyond the scope of the Ministry of Education’s funding. In most cases, the money is paid forward – so that your daughter benefits from the generosity of previous parents and future cohorts will benefit from your donation.

In the last ten years this has included contributions to:

- the Pipitea Block development

- the Artificial Turf

- the Quad and Brook Courts redevelopment

- the signage and wayfinding

- the Hobson Street/Hobson Crescent perimeter fence

- the upgrading of the cricket nets

The Development fund will support the new building project, and will enable us to fitout and furnish the new building to a standard that enhances our learning environment.

Donation for 2024
Donation for one student attending:
General Donation $330 per student
Technology Donation $240 per student
Development Fund Donation $225 per family
Total $795
One student @ WGC - $795
Two students @ WGC - $1365

Other School Costs

School based Items and Activities: As part of providing a full programme of activities to meet curriculum requirements and enhance the curriculum for students at WGC, the school has traditionally provided a range of resources and activities for which parents have made payment. Rulings by the Ombudsman and the Inland Revenue Department have resulted in some new rules around how these costs must be described.

When ordering stationery and other resources for your student this year, you will notice that some items are marked as “Voluntary Contribution” and others as “Optional”.

Voluntary Contribution:

Those items marked as “voluntary contribution” are items:

● that the school provides as part of the curriculum

● for which the school cannot require payment from parents.

Parents can choose whether or not to pay for these items. Regardless of payment, all students enrolled in the subject will be given access to the item. However in the event that a significant number of parents choose not to pay for these items, the school will experience a shortfall in funding. Voluntary Contributions are classed as a donation and qualify for a tax credit rebate.

Extra Curricular:

Those items marked as “extra curricular” are items:

● that the school provides as an enhancement to the curriculum

● for which the school does not receive funding from the Ministry of Education

● for which the school can require payment before a student can participate in the activity or access the item.

Non-payment of optional items means that your student will not participate in the activity or receive the resource. In those cases, the school will provide an alternative option to ensure that your student still receives the curriculum requirements (e.g. a classroom based activity, rather than going on a field trip).

Sports Fees: Registration costs range from $20 up to $200 depending on the sports code. Some sports incur larger additional fees for tournaments, travel, coaching and equipment. Full details of costs can be found under the individual sports on the WGC Sport page

Statements:
Statements are sent out by email two times a term. Receipts for payments made, appear at the bottom of the Statement. Your account can be viewed anytime via My Portal. To log in to My Portal click here. If you have misplaced your username and password please phone the office on 472 5743.

Methods of Payment

Eftpos - Is available in the Office.

Internet Banking: Payment can be made to the Wellington Girls' College bank account: 03-0518-0027013-02 or 002 Ref=student's name

If you wish, you can spread your donation and voluntary contribution payments over the whole year, please contact finance@wgc.school.nz to organise.

Kamar Portal: Payment can be made by credit card through the Parent Kamar Portal but there is a merchant fee charge of 2.31%. You can pay any parent portal charge as well by internet banking.