General Information 2025

MEET THE TEACHER

All students are invited to come to school on FRIDAY JANUARY 31st , to meet their new teacher. MEET THE TEACHER

will run from 9am - MIDDAY. Please feel free to call in anytime during the morning to do this. Once you have been greeted at the office, you will be escorted to your new class, where you can meet the teacher, drop off stationery, and ask any questions.


2025 SCHOOL DATES

SCHOOL HOURS

DONATIONS AND FEES


The technology fee covers the cost of the take-home materials, such as hard materials, food, and fabric technology. 


Fees can be paid in cash or EFTPOS at the school office. We encourage families to set up weekly or fortnightly automatic payments to pay accounts, making it easier to spread the costs out. Alternatively, you can pay via internet banking to the school bank account (bank details below). 


All extracurricular activities must be paid for before the start of the activity. School camps must be paid according to the camp letters sent out before each camp. 


BANK DETAILS

Bank: ASB

Account Name: Feilding Intermediate School BOT

Account Number: 12 3143 0104409 00

Ref: Child’s Name



ABSENTEEISM AND LATENESS

Please contact the school office via phone or email at absent@fis.school.nz or via Schoolbridge if your child will be absent or late.  If you have not made contact, a text message or email will be sent. Without contact from home, your child will be recorded as truant. If your child is away for more than three days, we ask that you provide a medical certificate. If your child is late, they must report to the office and sign in using the tablet at the front desk.


COMMUNICATION

School event information and communication will be on the school's Facebook page. Please check this regularly for updates. Our newsletter is emailed out regularly and posted on Facebook. Please keep your details and email address current by notifying our school office of any changes. We are strongly committed to working in partnership with whānau, so please do not hesitate to contact us.


Our policies and procedures are available on SchoolDocs

Login Details: feildingintermediate

Password: fis


SCHOOL BRIDGE

This year caregivers will have access to the SchoolBridge app. This app serves as a means for the school to pass on information to caregivers. To access the app, caregivers need to download it from the app store or Play Store. You will need to have a current e-mail address registered with the school to access it–so please ensure that all your contact details are up to date. The app will have the following functions:

If you have any issues with the Schoolbridge app, please contact the school, and we will be happy to help.



STAFF CONTACT DETAILS

To contact staff or our school office, the format for all emails is the first initial followed by the surname and @fis.school.nz. For example, soleary@fis.school.nz.  


Contact for the principal or office is principal@fis.school.nz or office@fis.school.nz 


UNIFORM EXPECTATIONS

For safety reasons, we request that jewellery of cultural significance be worn under the school shirts.  Long hair must be tied up.  Children can wear a single pair of plain, small studs or small circular sleepers in the lower ear lobe. No other piercings are permitted - including but not limited to upper ear, nose, tongue and belly piercings. 



At Feilding Intermediate, students are expected to adhere to the following additional uniform expectations:

We have nail polish and make-up remover in the office for students that do not meet our uniform expectations. 


ICT

We are an optional BYOD school which means that children are able to bring devices from home to use in the classroom.   All children will be issued with a school email account.  It is their responsibility to keep their password secure.  All computer use during school time, and/or with school accounts, must be in accordance with our ICT use policies and agreements.