Did you know you can check our Daily Notices anytime?
The different ways you can keep in touch:
- Daily Notices via the Parent Portal. You can also access attendance, results, NCEA summaries, finances, library loans and calendared events)
- Check out our Latest News for what’s been happening and opportunities to get involved in.
- The School Calendar for scheduled events.
- School Photos for what’s been happening recently
- Social Media: Waihi College Arts & Services, Waihi College Sports , Waihi College Careers, Waihi College Instagram and Waihi College International Instagram. We also share to the Waihi Grapevine and Waihi/Waihi Beach Notice Board and post on our Digital Billboard too at the front of the school.
Using the Parent Portal
There are a number of useful things that you can look at including school notices, attendance, results, NCEA summaries, finances, library loans and calendared events.
Here are some instructions on how to use the portal.
| Logging into the Portal | Go to our website (www.waihicol.school.nz)
In the top right hand corner you will see the tab for the PORTAL Log in using your unique username and password. If you need your student’s user name or login details sent to you, please email Jo Howell or Sue Gread – they will be happy to help you. Success! You are now logged into the Parent Portal |
| Notices | To view the daily notices, click on the NOTICES tab. Today’s notices will be on show, to scroll back or forward a day, use the scroll bars in red. |
| Checking Student Attendance | As you look at the top bar of tabs, you will see a tab called ATTENDANCE
When you click on this tab, it will show you your child’s attendance for the week. There is an explanation of what the codes mean at the top and a more thorough explanation underneath the table. You can scroll through the previous weeks attendance by clicking the across arrows next to the week tab. |
| Calendar of Events | To view the upcoming events over the term and year, click on the CALENDAR tab. This is regularly updated so please keep an eye on it for sporting events, careers information, school trips, teacher only days, term dates etc. You can follow the link at the bottom of the page to synchronise the school calendar to your phone or electronic device. |
| Learning Progress and Results | To see the results and learning progress from this term or year, click on the tab that says RESULTS. You will get a drop down menu that looks like this.
For Year 7 – 10 students, by clicking on CURRENT YEAR RESULTS, you will see a curriculum level and comment for each of the areas that your child has learned about this year. At Waihi College, assessment results of Year 7 – 10 students are marked on the curriculum level they are achieving at. This diagram shows how curriculum levels typically relate to years of school. In order to show you how your child is progressing within a curriculum level, Waihi College use the following three points to show their progress within the curriculum level: Basic: this indicates your child is beginning or is at the early stages of learning at this level. Proficient: this indicates your child is controlling and mastering the criteria at this level for most of the time. They may still need support, but are beginning to independently practise and use their learning at this level. Advanced: this indicates your child is consistently meeting the criteria at this level. For Year 11 – 13 students, by clicking on CURRENT YEAR RESULTS, you will see the results from NCEA assessments that your student has completed this year. You can also click on NCEA SUMMARY which will give you a comprehensive breakdown of the credits that your child has currently got in pursuit of NCEA Level 1, 2 and 3. |
| Finances | By clicking on the DETAILS tab, you will see a drop down menu that includes DETAILS and FINANCES.
Please check the DETAILS tab to make sure that your current details are correct. If they are incorrect or change please contact Sue in reception by email sueg@waihicol.school.nz or phone 07 863 8349 When you click on FINANCIAL you will see the current statement of finances. |
| Library | To view the books your child currently has out on loan or to see any overdue books, please click on the LIBRARY tab on the top menu. |