An enrolment form must be completed for each child attending Wairākei School.

New entrants are usually enrolled by the Principal after an appointment has been made. During this time, an additional time will be made to make contact with our Junior Transitions teacher in the Junior School who will go over in depth any requirements, pre entry visits and be your point of regular communication.

In order to verify the child's date of birth, the school is required to sight and retain a copy of your child's birth certificate and an immunisation certificate or the appropriately completed section in the ‘Well Child’ book. If you have chosen not to have your children immunised, this is ok but we need to record that they haven’t or only been partially immunised. This is a legal requirement of the school. If your child was not born in New Zealand, we also require a copy of yours and your child’s passport. Please bring these documents with you to the enrolment interview and a copy will be taken.

New Entrant children are invited to attend pre-entry visits to their prospective learning space before starting school. These visits are usually in the mornings prior to the child turning 5 years and are mutually arranged in consultation with the New Entrant teacher.

The visits cover basic routines and class activities, so the children can make a more prepared and happy start to school. Parents are encouraged to stay with their child on the first visit although some may need to stay on future visits.

Children starting at the beginning of a year are encouraged to have their visits then, as very often spaces and teachers have changed from the year before. This may mean that full time enrolment may not happen in the first week, but is also dependent on the child and how they cope.

Older children new to the school can be enrolled at the school office.

When children first start school, most take time to adjust to the more formal routines and the longer primary school day. This can be very taxing on a five year old and an earlier finishing time may be advisable and recommended by the New Entrant Teacher.

Classification of students at Wairakei School

When your child arrives at school, they will be allocated a year classification. If they arrive before the 1st May, they will be classified as Year 1 and if they arrive any time after this, they will be classified as Year 0.

This classification system is similar to the practice in all NZ schools. We want to ensure that our children do not leave for High School when they are too young.

You may know that the Ministry has a different classification system. Their system uses the 1st July but this is used to calculate school funding and should not be confused with the school classification.

About Our Enrolment Zone

All Children living in our enrolment zone are entitled to attend Wairakei School. Enrolments are taken at all levels throughout the year.

Providing there are places available, applications are welcome from those living out of zone.

Our school enrolment zone encompasses the following areas:

All students who live within the home zone described below and/or shown on the attached map shall be entitled to enrol at the school.

Map can be viewed and downloaded below

Written Description:

Both sides of boundary roads are included unless specified otherwise.

From the intersection of Aorangi Road and Clyde Road North on Aorangi Road to Brookside Terrace, South east on Brookside Terrace to Ilam Road, East on Ilam Road to Wairakei Road, North west on Wairakei Road to the Hudson Street accessway at 216 Wairakei Road, North on the accessway to Hudson Street, North east on Hudson Street to Condell Avenue (including 148 Condell Avenue),  West on Condell Avenue to Blanch Street,  North on Blanch Street to Harris Crescent,  North west then North on Harris Crescent to Harewood Road (including even numbered addresses from 74 to 88 Harris Crescent),  North west on Harewood Road (south west side only) to Greers Road, South on Greers Road (east side only) to Grahams Road, South West on Grahams Road (south east side only) to Seven Oaks Drive (including even numbered addresses 190-220 Grahams Road), South east on Seven Oaks Drive to Greers Road, South on Greers Road to Clyde Road, South east on Clyde Road to Aorangi Road.

Out of zone ballot dates for this year are as shown below:

Interactive Google Map with the zone layer to zoom in or out to find exact address details.