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Cohort entry for new entrants from term 1, 2023

After community consultation, Kaiapoi North School will begin cohort entry for new entrant (5-year-old) enrolments from Term 1, 2023.

There will be two cohort entry dates per term: 

• One group on the first day of a term
• The second group at the midpoint of a term

WHY cohort entry?

Starting school alongside other children helps children build relationships and supports a more effective entry to their learning journey at school. It is particularly noticeable how quickly NE settle at the start of a school year when several children start together. It is about ensuring a child has the best possible start in school. It provides less disruption for NE teachers and ākonga in the learning community. The perceived negative of cohort entry is that children will be required to attend ECE for a longer period, creating a wait time for their enrolments. However, most ECE do not run to capacity and this may be of benefit to them.

NOTE: An increasing number of schools in Canterbury and around New Zealand have adopted Cohort Entry.

Amended KNS zone

Effective from Monday, October 16, 2017
Both sides of boundary roads are included unless otherwise specified:

• From the Walker Road / Cam Road Bridge over the Cam River.
• West on Cam Road (north side of the road only) to the Northern Motorway (SH1).
• North on the Northern Motorway (east side of the road only) to Williams Street.
• Southeast on Williams Street to Lees Road.
• East on Lees Road to Ferry Road (including the paper road portion of Lees Road).
• From the intersection of Lees Road (paper road) and Ferry Road due East to the ocean.
• South along the coastline to the mouth of the Waimakariri River.
• West along the north bank of the Waimakariri River to the confluence of the Kaiapoi and Waimakariri Rivers.
• West along the north bank of the Kaiapoi River to the Cam River.
• North along the east bank of the Cam River to the Walker Road/Cam Road Bridge.

Transition Plan

• KNS students currently residing in the overlapping areas of the previous zone would continue to be enrolled as “in-zone” enrolments at Kaiapoi North School until they finish primary school.
• Siblings of current students who live in the withdrawal area maintain entitlement to enrol at KNS.
• Future students (other than siblings of current students) from these areas would not be enrolled at Kaiapoi North as in-zone students. 

Links

Enrolment Form

• Enrolment Form
• Online Enrolment Form

New Entrant Enrolments

• Welcome to Kaiapoi North School

KNS Enrolment Zone

• KNS Enrolment Zone