Administration & Policies · Whakahaere me Ngā Rā Whakahirahira

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Hours & Lesson Times

The Waihi College school office is open between:

8am – 4pm Monday – Friday (except public holidays and term breaks).

Waihi College run a 5 day timetable and the period times are as follows:\

Wednesday’s finish early, at 2.50pm, and buses run at the usual time. Any students who need supervision until 3.10 are able to wait in the library.

Time	Lesson
8:45am	Start of school - Ako
9:00am	Period 1
9.50am	Period 2
10.40am	Period 3
11:30am	Lunch Break
12.10pm	Period 4
1.00pm	Period 5
1.50pm	Interval Break
2.20pm	Period 6
2.50pm	End of School (Wed only) Buses run at normal time and any students who need it, can be supervised in the library
3.10pm	End of School (Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri)

Making Payments

Electronic payments and eftpos are our preferred methods of payment and our account details are:

Name: Waihi College BOT

Account Number: 02 0472 0019594 00

Code/Particulars: please put as much information as possible. If you are paying for something specifically, you can put what it is eg. ‘Year9 Camp FIRST NAME SURNAME’. If you are paying money towards your child’s account, you can put ‘Everything FIRST NAME SURNAME’.

Reference: please put your child’s FIRST NAME and SURNAME here.

If you have any queries about your account or how to make a payment, please contact reception.

BYOD (Bring Your own Device)

BYOD stands for Bring Your Own Device. Many schools have adopted this policy across their whole school. From 2021, all students in the senior school who need to use a device for their learning, should bring a device from home. This could be in the form of a chrome book, laptop or ipad but not a cell phone.

Courses that require use of a device have indicated this in their course outlines.

If you do not have or are unable to purchase a device, Waihi College will engage in a device lease contract with the student and their families to issue a device (bond required).

Please contact Jo Howell if you have any queries and also check out the information below in regard to a good priced option:

https://waihi-college.acquire.co.nz/byod

As always, students/parents can purchase from wherever they choose, this is just one option of many.

Technical Support or Issues

If you experience any technical issues with our website, or when trying to use the Parent Portal or Library page – please let us know so that we can report it to our tech team. Drop us an email to wendys@waihicol.school.nz and we will get on to it as soon as possible.

Alternatively, you can contact the office on 07 863 8349 if it is during work hours, or email your student’s teacher directly if it is class related. All staff details can be found on our website in the Staff Directory.

School Policies

S.A.M Agreement

Step it Up – Always be Prepared – Manaakitanga

Another change in 2021 is the removal of A detentions. This has been replaced with S.A.M agreements which is a restorative based practice. The Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L) restorative practice model focuses on building and maintaining positive, respectful relationships across the school community and offers school staff best-practice tools and techniques to restore relationships when things go wrong.

‘A detentions’ have been around for a long time and, after looking at the data, they have proven to be unsuccessful in improving behaviour.

The S.A.M agreement is focused on “keeping the mana with the teacher”. If a student is not displaying the school values and expectations we have for them in the classroom, and does not respond to classroom management strategies they may find themselves on a S.A.M agreement.

Basically, the agreement requires both teacher and student to discuss and agree on a way to improve the student’s behaviour and put in any supports that can help the student follow the expectations and values required in class so learning can take place. It also ensures that Pouako and parents are notified and kept up to date with the students’ progress so they too can support their student/child to make positive change.

If you have any concerns or queries about these changes please contact us on 07 863 8349.

Waihi College uses a service called School Docs to their policies:

URL: https://waihicol.schooldocs.co.nz/Logon.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f
Username: waihicol
Password: wharemaia

Prospectus

The Waihi College Prospectus is a great way to get information about our school. It highlights our aims and intent as a school in the areas of academic achievement, learning programmes, sport and culture. Photos and comments support the values and vision we have for the students of our community.

Click here to view our Prospectus: Waihi College Prospectus