To preserve the current optimum size of our school, we operate an enrolment scheme. Students living inside our school zone have automatic entitlement to enrolment. If you are not in-zone, refer to the HOBSONVILLE SCHOOL ZONE section to see if you meet one of the criteria.

If your child is starting school, they can be pre-enrolled well in advance of their fifth birthday. This helps us to plan ahead and to offer new entrants an opportunity to enjoy ‘pre-entry school visits’. Generally children turning five between January and Easter are considered Year 1 – and children turning five from May onwards are considered Year 0.

Kia Ora and Welcome to the New Entrant Learning Space

Approximately three weeks before your child’s fifth birthday, please phone the school office on: (09) 416 8619 ext 200, to make an appointment to meet with the Principal (or Deputy Principals) and a visit into the entry learning space.  During this time you and your child will meet the teachers in the learning space.  We ask that you bring your child to this meeting.

Most children are familiar with leaving their parents when attending pre school and therefore settle into the school learning environment confidently.

On their first day of school, please accompany your child into the learning space and connect them with the teacher.  Talk to your child about being independent when they start school.

We ask that all students are settled in the learning spaces by 8.45am as the school day beings at 8.50am.

Talk to your child about meeting them on the court after school at 3.00pm.  The teachers always connect the children with their caregivers when they first start school.

Children can start on their fifth birthday or any day thereafter, but not before they turn five.

A New Entrant Open Morning is offered to parents of five-year-olds who are starting school on the first day of Term 1. This morning is led by the Principal, Deputy Principal and Learning Leader. Together they will be able to answer any questions you may have about learning and the routines and procedures at our school.

Please click on the link to view our Welcome Pack.

To provide the best possible learning environment and use of school resources, we strongly recommend that your child doesn’t start school after the first week in December. We find that the end of the year, with its many activities and celebrations, isn’t the best start for most children. Your child is able to stay at kindergarten, playcentre or other day care centres until they start school. Once you have confirmed your child’s school start date, then you should inform your child’s kindergarten, playcentre or day care centre of his or her last day there.

The Hobsonville School home zone starts at the roundabout on Brigham Creek Road, heading southeast to Hobsonville Road. It continues east to Carnegie Crescent and south to Clark Road (No’s 14, 25 and below included, Scott Road included). Then it continues southwest along Clark Road and Wiseley Road to Marina View Drive (54, 59 and below included).

In a westerly direction, it includes west along Westpark Drive (Lagoon Way excluded) and west on Hobsonville Road (both sides included) to the northwest motorway, then travelling east along the motorway, back to starting point. All residential addresses on included sides of boundary roads and all no exit roads off included sides of boundary roads are included in the zone, unless otherwise stated.

View a map of the school zone here: nzschools.tki.org.nz
Search for: HOBSONVILLE SCHOOL | Under: WAITAKERE CITY

Changes to Hobsonville School Zone – effective Term 1 2021

All students who live within the home zone described below shall be entitled to enrol at the school.

Starting at the roundabout on Brigham Creek Road, the northwestern boundary follows the coast and includes all addresses along Sinton Road, Clarks Lane and Ockleston Landing. The boundary re-joins the mainland around Clarks Lane Footbridge/Upper Harbour Motorway. Conintue travelling down the Upper Harbour Motorway (State Highway 18) for approximately 788m to Memorial Park Lane. Turn left onto Memorial Park Lane and continue southeast to the Memorial Park Lane/Hobsonville Point Road/Hobsonville Road intersection.

At the Memorial Park Lane/Hobsonville Point Road/Hobsonville Road intersection turn right onto Hobsonville Road. Continue along Hobsonville Road for approximnately 85m until Wiseley Road. Turn onto Wiseley Road then onto Clark Road. Travel east along Clark Road (odd address numbers 59 and below included) and continue southeast along Scott Road.

At the Scott Road/Clark Road/ Ngaroma House Drive intersection turn onto Ngaroma House Drive (odd address numbers included) travelling south for approximately 264m until the shoreline next to Limeburners Bay Reserve. The eastern boundary then follows the coast from Limeburners Bay Reserve to Mistral Place (all addresses included).

At the Mistral Place/Marina View Drive intersection continue onto Marina View Drive (numbers 59 and below, also numbers 61, 63 and 65 included).  At the Marina View Drive/Westpark Drive turn right onto Westpark Drive.  Head west along Westpark Drive (Lagoon Way excluded) and then southwest along Hobsonville Road. At the end of Hobsonville Road continue onto the North West Motorway, then turn onto the Upper Harbour Motorway travelling north to the starting point on Brigham Creek Road.

All residential addresses on included sides of boundary roads and all no exit roads off included sides of boundary roads are included in the zone unless otherwise stated.

Proof of residence within the home zone will be required.

All students who live within the school home zone are automatically entitled to enrol at Hobsonville School.

Hobsonville School has experienced an increased zone and number of in-zone applications. Therefore the Board of Trustees has closed the roll to all out-of-zone applicants who don’t meet one of the five priorities as listed below.  Please do not make an online enrolment if you live out of zone.  Please contact the school office for further information and clarification.

If the number of applicants exceeds the number of places available, a selection process will be followed in accordance with the Education and Training Act 2020.

1. ELIGIBILITY
   Please check you either: reside within our school zone OR, meet one of our out-of-zone priority criteria before proceeding with your application. (A copy of proof-of-priority is required to verify the relationship to your child. See Step 2, 9(b) for approved documents).
   • Hobsonville School zone: nzschools.tki.org.nz  (Search for: HOBSONVILLE SCHOOL | Under: WAITAKERE CITY)
   • Hobsonville School out-of-zone priority: CLICK HERE >
   NB: DO NOT enrol your child unless you reside in the school zone or meet one of our out-of-zone enrolment priorities.
   
2. SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION
   Please have a jpg or PDF, ready-to-go, of each document required for your child’s application, these are outlined in Step 2, 9. You can either: scan your documents (using a mobile phone ‘scan app’, home or office scanner or at a retailer ie Stationery Warehouse) OR, photograph your documents using a mobile phone or tablet camera. Please make sure they are in focus and legible! If you are having difficulties, please bring all documentation to the school office for verification, once you have enrolled.
3. DIGI-TECH USER AGREEMENTS
   Please download, read, sign and return to the office, a parent and student digi-tech agreement below (as applicable).
   PARENT DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP AGREEMENT >
   YRS 0-3 DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP AGREEMENT >
   YRS 4-8 DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP AGREEMENT >

PLEASE READ thoroughly all the instructions below, BEFORE starting your application!

1. Go to: enrol.etap.co.nz
2. Enter: 1314 (school code),
3. Enter: EMAIL ADDRESS using your preferred contact email. (NB: Please use the same email when registering for myKINDO at a later date),
4. Select: LOG ON,
5. Select: ENROL NEW PUPIL then enter and check all details for your child are correct,
6. Select: CONTINUE ENROLMENT and in the ‘Pupils you are enrolling’ field,
7. Select: EDIT and complete (as fully as possible) the enrolment application for your child. If any information is missing, we WILL NOT be able to process your child’s enrolment. AND please remember to …
8. Click: SAVE BUTTON (blue button top left corner) as you finish each section,
9. Upload: SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION in the areas where indicated to complete your application (a jpg or PDF file is accepted).
   Enrolment WILL NOT be processed without the following;

1. 1. A copy of an eligibility document for your child:
      – NZ birth certificate OR NZ passport (if NZ citizen),
      – Australian passport (if Australian citizen),
      – Passport AND NZ student visa OR NZ residency visa (if not a NZ citizen).
   2. A copy of an eligibility document, as proof-of-priority, for out-of-zone enrolment applications:
      – A relevant passport OR birth certificate to verify relationship to your child (and/or),
      – Former student’s report or school photograph to confirm past attendance or enrolment at the school.
   3. Two forms as proof of your Address:
      – A current utilities bill, rental or sales agreement,
      – Further verification may be requested at time of family meeting (bank statements are not accepted).
   4. If you are boarding or living with family who reside within the school zone you must either:
      – Sign a flat/house sharing agreement or a boarding house tenancy agreement (min. 1 yr term from the enrolment start date).
      – Owners/tenants will also need to provide a copy of a utility bill to verify their address.
   5. Your Child’s Immunisation Certificate
   6. A copy of any Court Order Documents (If applicable)
   7. Complete the: STATUTORY DECLARATION RE RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS  (If no other proof of address is possible)
   8. Complete the (New Entrants only): VISION AND HEARING CONSENT FORM >

Make a family appointment to meet with the Principal (or Deputy Principal’s), by contacting the Office Administrator on (09) 416 8619 ext 200 or email office@hobsonville.school.nz

• Please check you have fulfilled all enrolment requirements here: HOBSONVILLE ENROLMENT CHECK-LIST >
• To purchase school uniform click here: argyleonline.co.nz
• To purchase school stationery click here: myschool.co.nz