International students come for different lengths of time and we are currently looking for host families for 1-4 weeks.

Some of our international students will be travelling with a parent, so please let us know if you can accommodate an adult as well. The weekly homestay fee for hosting Internationals is $350 per person staying in your home.

If you are interested in applying to be a Te Ao Mārama Homestay family, please contact our International Student Manager, Sally Grylls-Thomas, for further information: sally@teaomarama.school.nz. If you have hosted international students previously, please let us know.

Hosting an international student can be a very rewarding experience and is a great opportunity to meet new people and learn about other cultures.

As part of our school policy we are required to have all known asthmatics on a register and to hold at school for each child:

• A clean, new spacer (e-chamber preferred) and reliever inhaler (in date) OR Symbicort if that is the inhaler your child uses as a reliever 
  
• An up-to-date Asthma Action Plan (completed by a GP)

It is really important that inhalers are not kept in children's school bags, but rather in the school office with all other medication. This means in the event of an asthma attack, a staff member can easily identify their medication & help administer it.

Asthma Support
If your child is having ongoing issues with asthma (using blue or grey reliever more than twice a week), please get in touch with Asthma Waikato so they can ensure your child is on the right medications, the right dose & has the right device. 

Asthma Waikato accept self-referrals and their services are free. They provide one-to-one asthma education and support to families of children aged 0-15 with asthma living in the Waikato. 

We highly recommend all our families with children with asthma get in touch with Asthma Waikato and self-refer for a consultation with them. Self-referrals can be made through their website www.asthmawaikato.org.nz, or pick up a flyer from the school office.