School photos - are scheduled for Monday 20 February. Please ensure you are in tidy and correct uniform. Parents will have the opportunity to purchase photos and we will provide more information about this closer to the orders opening.

Buses - Our buses drop off between 8.20 and 9.00am and leave school by 3.10pm. Please don't park in the bus zones during the times specified on the signage. We would also appreciate students being dropped off or picked up further down the road so as to avoid the bus zones. Students should cross the road at the crossing near the East Gate. Bus students are required to wear a hi viz vest when travelling on or waiting for their bus.

Parent portal - earlier this week we sent out emails with your parent portal log in information. If you did not receive this email please check your junk first before contacting the school office for a resend. The parent portal is 

Check your details - please check that the details contained on your parent portal are correct and either update what you can or email the office with anything that needs altering ie phone numbers, addresses.

How do we contact you? We use our newsletters and facebook to communicate a lot. Please make sure you like us on facebook @geraldinehigh. For anything more urgent or focused we will send an email and sometimes we send a text if it is a really urgent message. It is important that the information we have on Kamar is correct so that you receive any communication from us.

Kindo is our school payments system which we use to load charges against your child's account. This year we will not be requesting school donations because we have opted into the school donations scheme. There will still be charges for anything optional, such as sports teams and we will be asking for contributions towards camps so that we can offer the same level of experience that we have been offering in previous years. Information about camps will be provided by the teacher in charge closer to the time for those year groups.

How to get set up with Kindo:

https://geraldinehs.school.nz/mykindo/create-account/

If you have any problems at all, please phone the Kindo Helpdesk on 0508 4KINDO (0508 454 636) in the first instance or phone the School Office on (03) 693 0017 if you’re still having problems. 

School website - our website (geraldinehs.school.nz) has a 4whanau hub which you can access by clicking on the red button at the top right of the home page. This lets you access extra information and resources as well as quicklinks to some of the things we have mentioned in this newsletter. If you have any suggestions for things you would like to see on there please let us know.

Stationery - if you haven't yet sorted stationery you can do so via the link.

Uniform is available for purchase from Mainland Uniforms and Peter Young Apparel. You can no longer order via Kindo for items that are now ordered directly from Mainland.

Absences - please don't forget to let us know if your child is not attending school. You can do this via the absence line 03 693 0017 or via the absence quicklink on the 4whanau hub on the website.

Hauora Team - your student's year level Dean is the first port of call if you are concerned about your child's wellbeing at school. You can see who your child's Dean is on our website. Your child can make contact with their Dean via the Wellbeing Help Form on the 4akonga quicklink on the website. They can also make an appointment with our Counsellor or Social Worker via the Hauora Hub icon on the 4akonga quicklink. Caregivers can also access this by clicking on the Hauora Hub icon on the 4whanau quicklink.

Has your child been involved in something awesome? Let us know so that we can brag about them too. You can email sports@geraldinehs.school.nz for any sports related success and office@geraldinehs.school.nz for any other extra curricular prowess. Photos are also welcome but please make sure that you (and anyone else in the pic that isn't your child) are happy with their image being used in newsletters and on Facebook.