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About our school
St Francis School is a state integrated school, which
means that the buildings are owned by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland while
the school operating costs are met via the Ministry of Educations
state operating grant. Currently we have a roll of 95 students
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2011 School Term
Dates
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Term 1 ~ Earliest date is the 31st January and
must be before 7th February to 15th April 2011 |
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Term 2 ~ from 2nd May to 15th July 2011 |
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Term 3 ~ from 1st August to 7th October 2011 |
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Term 4 ~ from 25th October to no later than *20th
December 2011 |
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* or to a day in December which ensures that the
School has been open for instruction for 390 half days.
The usual length of each school term has been adjusted
for 2011. Terms 1 and 2 are slightly longer than usual, and Term 4 is
two weeks shorter. This adjustment has been made to align the October
Term holiday with the final stages of the 2011 Rugby World Cup tournament
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2012 School Term
Dates |
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Term 1 ~ Earliest date is the 30 January and must be
before 7th February to 5th April 2012 |
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Term 2 ~ from 23rd April to 29th June 2012 |
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Term 3 ~ from 16th July to 28th September 2012 |
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Term 4 ~ from 15th October to *20th December 2012 |
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* or to a day in December which ensures that the
School has been open for instruction for 388 half days. |
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Reporting an absence
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If your child is going to be away from school we encourage
parents/caregivers to contact the school either in person, phone or e-mail.
This is to ensure that everyone is aware of where the child is, safe at home
and not missing between home and school. Should there be no contact by
the family the school will endeavor to contact the parents/caregivers to
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School Hours ~
Our school
day begins at 8.55am and finishes at 2.55pm. We like all children to
be at school before 8.55 so they have time to prepare themselves for
the day, but not before 8.30am as this is a valuable time for teachers to
meet and prepare for the day. Once a child has arrived at school they
are not permitted to leave the school grounds until 2.55pm unless parental
permission is given directly to a staff member. |
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8.55am |
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~ School commences |
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10.40am ~ 11.00am |
~ Morning Interval
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12.30pm ~ 1.30pm |
~ Lunch |
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2.55pm |
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~ School finishes
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Buses
~ Students attending a
Catholic Integrated school are eligible for school transport assistance
where there are no bus routes if...
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They are under
10 years and live more than 3.2 km from their nearest Catholic Integrated
school or... |
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They are over
ten years and live more than 4.8km from their nearest Catholic Integrated
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Application forms
are available from the school office.
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Communication between school and home ~
We consider this a vital link to helping your child achieve their full
potential. We actively encourage both formal and informal
get-togethers with parents through a series of school BBQs, sporting events,
parent-teacher interviews, learning profiles and written reports. If
you would like to contact a teacher the best time for this is 3.10pm -
3.30pm except on a Wednesday which is staff meeting night. Each Friday a
newsletter is produced and is given to the eldest child in each family to
take home. Alternatively, we can e-mail these directly to parents if
required. If you would like to take this e-mail option please e-mail
us on
office@stfrancis-thames.school.nz |
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