"A decile indicates the extent to which a school draws its students from low socio-economic communities. Decile 1 schools are the 10% of schools with the highest proportion of students from low socio-economic communities. Decile 10 schools are the 10% of schools with the lowest proportion of these students."
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Uniform
The school uniform is compulsory and is available from the school uniform shop.
Sports Uniform (Years 4-8)
Sports uniform is only worn to school for an early morning sports practice, when representing our School at Bay Suburbs or Eastern Zone or a whole school sporting event. At all other times, the full school uniform is to be worn to and from school.
St Heliers School Sports Uniform:
- Navy and maroon v-neck sports top with school logo
- Navy and maroon shorts
- Sports shoes and socks are optional
Hair
Hair ties, ribbons, clips and hair-bands are to be in plain colours (navy, light blue, maroon) in keeping with the school colours. For safety reasons, hair is to be securely tied back if it is shoulder length or longer.
Footwear
Footwear will be worn when entering or leaving the school. Shoes and sandals must be cleaned regularly. Girls may wear white ankle socks or navy tights with black school shoes. Boys must wear the regulation school socks with black shoes. Both girls and boys may wear black school sandals during Summer.
Socks
Socks are to be kept up when entering or leaving the school and at school assemblies.
Hats
It is not compulsory to wear the school hat to and from school, but the school hat must be worn during playtimes, lunchtimes and sport times from Labour Day (approximately week 4 of Term 4) until the end of Term 1.
Raincoats
Children have the option of wearing the school jacket or a plain coloured raincoat (navy, light blue, maroon) in keeping with our school colours.
Jewellery and Makeup
Watches and stud earrings may be worn. Necklaces of cultural or religious significance are permitted but must be worn inside shirts.. No other jewellery is permitted. Makeup and nail polish is not to be worn by the children.
Naming Uniforms
Every item of clothing and footwear must be clearly named with either a permanent marker pen or an iron on/sew on label.
Sport uniform for PE classes is compulsory from Year 4 onwards. In the junior years, students will remain in their school uniform for PE activities. |
Please ensure all items of clothing, including shoes and hats, are clearly named.
Year 3 children are wearing the PE uniform and the rain jacket (on the right) |
The School Uniform Shop
Open every Tuesday & Thursday from 8:00 - 8:45 am in the School Hall. You are also able to purchase uniform items by emailing Mary Hoff (uniform manager) via her email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and then collect from the school office once payment has been made by bank transfer.
Good quality secondhand uniform is also available to buy from the uniform shop.
Pricelist for Uniform
Uniform Price list for 2024 can be found here
Student Expectations
At St Heliers School, we have high expectations of the way that our students should behave and how they treat each other, their teachers and anyone else they have contact with.
Students should:
- Uphold the School Values.
- Always address staff and other adults as Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss.
- Adhere to the Dress Code.
- Always complete classwork and homework to the best of their ability.
- Always allow others to work without being distracted.
- Bring a note for any absence from school.
- Put classroom equipment back where it belongs.
- Move around the school quietly in class lines during instructional periods.
- Always be seated to eat lunch. Lunch eating time is a quiet time.
- Return sports equipment to the sports shed.
- Lock any bicycle ridden to school.
- Adhere to bell times.
The following are not permitted at St Heliers School:
- Students in classrooms before the 8:30am bell.
- Students in classrooms at play and lunchtime without teacher supervision.
- Chewing gum, fizzy drinks or lollies.
- Toys of any description unless approved by the class teacher.
- Littering.
- Running around corners on hard surfaces.
- Shoes in the library.
- Kicking of large balls other than on the field.
- Students in the Staff car park.
- Students in the following areas: behind Rooms 1 - 6 and Rooms 7 - 12.
- Food in the hall.
- Playing with balls in classrooms.
- Climbing trees.
- Mobile Phones and Smart Watches. If parents wish their child to bring a mobile phone to school, you must seek permission from the class teacher if your child needs a mobile phone at school. For most, it is for communication with parents after school regarding mode of transport home. Mobile phones are not to be used during school hours and must be handed in to the class teacher before school and picked up after school. It is the child’s responsibility to do this. If a smart watch has the same functionality as a mobile phone the rules are the same as a mobile phone, which is permission is sought by parents and they are to be handed in to the class teacher. The simple and obvious reason that children cannot have mobile phones and smart watches on their person during the day is for internet safety.
- Riding of bikes and scooters within the school grounds during school hours and on the artifical turf at any time.
- Cigarettes, vapes, alcohol and drugs.
- Any item that is widely regarded as being unsuitable to bring to school, mainly for health or safety reasons e.g. matches, fireworks, skateboards, knives, electronic products.
Our School
Our School
St Heliers School is a welcoming community that stands for excellence in academic achievement and fosters independent, well-rounded students. The school is a community that is innovative and encouraging, where sound values underpin all school activities.
St Heliers School is a Full Primary (Year 1-8) Co-Educational located in Auckland, New Zealand. St Heliers School is in the Orakei Ward and falls under the Auckland- Orakei territorial authority and has roughly 770 students enrolled.
St Heliers School is a Decile 10 school.
More information on on deciles >> Ministry of Education website
How to Enrol
Home Zone
All students who live within the home zone shown on the list of roads published on the School Zone page shall be entitled to enrol at the school.
Absentees and Absence
Absentees
If your child is absent for that day there are a number of ways absences can be reported to the school.
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Via telephone using the absence line
09 5758311
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Email the school office
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For safety reasons it is most important that we can account for students who are absent from his or her classroom.
The Attendance Register is called at the beginning of the day.
For safety reasons it is most important that we can account for students who are absent from his or her classroom. |
Leave of Absence
Schools have a legal responsibility to ensure that the attendance of all pupils is satisfactory. Attendance records of all pupils are faithfully maintained in the register and an audit is carried out each year. From time to time, parents may wish to take their children out of school for an extended period of time. A 'Student Leave Request Form' must be completed in advance of any planned trips during term time. These forms are available here
To ensure that a place is retained for your child or children, and as a matter of courtesy, you must request leave of absence from the school in writing. Without leave authority, we are required to remove a pupil from the roll after 20 days' absence.
Learning
Vision for Students
St Heliers School is a welcoming community that stands for excellence in academic achievement and fosters independent, well-rounded students. The school is a community that is innovative and encouraging, where sound values underpin all school activities.
St Heliers School Inquiry Learning enables students to become responsible, self-directed, and life-long learners, who are critical thinkers and effective problem solvers, with the ability to ask and act upon higher order questions.
Contact
Physical Address
126-160 St Heliers Bay Road
St Heliers
Auckland 1071
Postal Address
PO Box 25110
St Heliers
Auckland 1740
Telephone
09 575 8311
Fax
09 575 3921
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Please telephone the school if your child is absent for the day.
For safety reasons it is most important that we can account for students who are absent from his or her classroom when the Attendance Register is called at the beginning of the day.