Enrolling at Greenacres School

Greenacres is a welcoming and vibrant Year 1-6 primary school with strong community connections. We enjoy beautiful grounds and modern well equipped and resourced classrooms.  We are very focused on growing future ready tamariki in our mana-enhancing environment.

 

At Greenacres School we work closely with our whānau and community to ensure a smooth and successful transition to school for our new tamariki. Working in partnership with families is a key marker of success for us, and starting to build these relationships is part of our enrolment process.

 

We believe that children should attend their local school and therefore Greenacres has an enrolment scheme in place. If you are within our school zone, we encourage you to make a time to meet with our Principal, Mike Thomas. He will be very happy to show you around and answer your questions. Feel free to check whether you are In Zone using this tool. 

 

Below you will find more information to help guide you through the enrolment process and answer some of your initial questions. Our website is full of information to help you learn more about our kura/school. 

 

The sooner your child is enrolled, the better we can plan together to ensure a great transition to school for your child. Once enrolled we will contact you a month or more before your child's 5th birthday in order to plan classroom visits. 

 

Visits to our classrooms take place in the morning from 9.00 -10.30am on Thursdays and Fridays. This is an important opportunity to meet with the classroom teachers, other students, become familiar with the classroom routines and have a play with friends at morning tea time.

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The Greenacres Board of Trustees has adopted a Cohort Entry process for our five-year-old students. Each term, there are two cohorts starting school: Monday of Week 1 and Monday of Week 6. The cohort your child joins is the next one after their fifth birthday .

Cohort Entry helps children settle better into school life as they start with a group of peers. The benefit of this is that they build relationships within their group of peers, which supports a smoother entry to school life.

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We offer opportunities for prospective and new parents to learn about school through information evenings. We would highly encourage any parents who are thinking of, or have recently enrolled their child at Greenacres School to attend these meetings. They are a chance to connect with other families, meet our teachers and learn more about our classroom programmes.

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If space permits, on occasion, we will hold a ballot for enrolment from outside of our school zone. If you live outside our enrolment zone, and are interested in joining us at Greenacres, contact the school office to enquire about future out of zone ballots.  

 

Out of Zone Enrolments 

The enrolment scheme means that children from families who live inside the zone have the right to be enrolled at Greenacres School. All other enrolments will be subject to enrolment scheme legislation. An enrolment scheme must establish the following order of priority for the selection of students who live outside the Greenacres School zone.

• 1st Priority: Students accepted for enrolment in a special programme run by the school and approved by the Secretary of Education. We have no such programmes so this priority would not apply to Greenacres School.

• 2nd Priority: Brothers and sisters of current students. 

• 3rd Priority: Brothers and sisters of former students. 

• 4th Priority: Children of former students. 

• 5th Priority: Children of Board employees or children of Board members. 

• 6th Priority: All other students. 

If there are more applicants in priority groups than there are places available, selection within the priority group must be made by ballot.

 

Due to the small number of out of zone places available for new entrant students (those turning 5 between 19 December 2024 and 27 June 2025), for Terms 1 and 2 2025 these places will only be offered to students who fall into priority categories 1-5. For a pre-enrolment registration form please email office@greenacres.school.nz