With the new Equity Funding Index model we receive less funding from the Ministry of Education per child than lower-indexed schools receive. As a result, we need to find other ways to fund all the programmes that we want to run for our children. That is why it is so important that we ask for a school contribution from our parent community. Raewyn Saunders - Principal

The School Parent Contribution 

This is used to maintain the high levels of staffing and quality resourcing that enhance the learning environment for our children. Amongst other things, this money pays for extra learning resources for mathematics, literacy, science, music, ICT consumables, software licences, iPads and Chromebooks.

The Material Contribution 

This is used to pay for paper, art supplies, classroom consumables and a portion of the photocopying bill. Every child uses these resources every day.

The Activity Contribution 

This is used to pay for entry and class trips to venues outside the school including the cost of bus transportation. It is also used for performances that are held at school for which there is a charge for children to attend, and some items used in the classroom. These amounts are paid to third-party providers.

For 2024/5 year the contribution amounts have been set at:

School Parent Contribution:   – $275 per child or
                                                     $550 per family of 2 or more children

Materials Contribution: – $50 per child

Activity Contribution: –    $80 per child * 

*This does not include contributions for swimming or gym lessons and Year 5 & 6 sports costs which will be advised during the year.

Alternatively, you can set up an automatic payment with your bank using the details below to pay the money directly into the school bank account:

• Bank – Westpac

• Account number – 03-1705-0039911-000

• Particulars – ‘Childs Name'

• Reference – ‘Invoice No/s’

We also accept cash and have Eftpos facilities available at the school office.

Statements

Parents can check their child's finance account by logging on to HERO. If a child starts during the year, contributions are calculated for the remainder of the year. 

You are welcome to make regular payments towards costs over the course of the year. If paying by Internet banking towards a specific cost, indicate this in the Reference field.

If no indication has been provided and the office has not been informed, the deposit will be credited in the following order: agreed to costs by parents ie Gates Programmes, Sports, etc then Swimming, Gym Contributions, Activity then Material Contribution and lastly School Parent Contribution.

Receipts will be issued on request or downloaded from your Hero account. Please email finance@fendalton.school.nz 

Parents may be able to claim a Donation Tax Credit from Inland Revenue (IRD) for contributions paid to the school.

For more information and how to claim click on the link below

IRD - Tax credits for donations

If you have difficulty paying these contributions or any school-related costs, please contact our Principal. Phone the school for an appointment or email raewyn.saunders@fendalton.school.nz