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Below is important information about our school for parents and the community
To learn more about our school visit the What Makes Us Special page
Uniforms
Uniforms
All pupils at Dawson Primary are expected to wear the school uniform.
The uniform can be purchased from the NZ Uniforms Shop.
Address - 16 Bishop Dunn Place Botany
Phone - 09-281 3531
Open Hours - Monday · Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm, Saturday 9:00am to 1:00pm Sunday - Closed
The school does NOT sell uniforms.
The summer uniform is a short sleeved aqua T-shirt and blue cargo shorts.The winter uniform is a long sleeved aqua T-shirt and long blue cargo pants. There is also a navy blue sweatshirt.
The summer or winter uniform can be worn at any time during the year and children can choose to wear the long sleeved top with shorts or any other combination. There is no regulation school footwear.
Hats must be worn in Term 1 and 4.
Health Clinic
Health Clinic
Dawson Primary has two health nurses who visit our school each day. The nurses checks for sore throats that could cause rheumatic fever and also for skin infections.
SWIS Worker
SWIS Worker
We have a school social worker who will work with children and families. If you need any support the social worker is available to help you.
Dawson School's Policies & Procedures
Dawson School's Policies & Procedures
Dawson School uses SchoolDocs to maintain a comprehensive, up-to-date set of policies and procedures. These policies and procedures follow guidelines and legislation and best practice, and have been tailored for our school. For more information about SchoolDocs, see schooldocs.co.nz.
The principal, board, and members of our school community all have access to SchoolDocs.
Whanau: Please contact the school office if you need help accessing our School Docs site.
Our school docs site can be found by clicking here
Attendance
Attendance
Absence & Lateness
If your child is unable to attend school for any reason please let us know as soon as possible.
Absences can be reported in any of the following ways…
Call the school office on (09) 2745390
Email the office staff at office@dawson.school.nz
Send a short note to the teacher the following day
Message your child’s teacher via seesaw
If your child is away for an extended period of time we may require a doctor's certificate. When we are notified of an absence we can then update the codes they are entered as away for. If we do not hear from you, we must legally mark your child as truant, if this is on-going or forms a pattern we follow up and are required to refer these to the Truancy office.
If you wish to pick up your child during school hours please call the office and sign out your child on the office tablet. Early withdrawals get marked against attendance.
If your child is late to school they will need to go via the office and pick up a late pass before going to class. This will ensure they are marked on the roll as present. All lateness codes are automatically recorded against the child's attendance records.
Target - 90% attendance - less than 5 days off a term.
5-10 days
15 days +
Strategic Plan
Strategic Plan
The strategic plan encompasses the school's direction and goals for a period of three years. This is reviewed and updated yearly in response to learning and achievement, Ministry of Education inniatives, feedback from all stakeholders and any local, national or global events.
You may view the current strategic and annual implementation plan for 2025 here
Annual Report
Annual Report
MOE Enrolment Information / Privacy Statements
MOE Enrolment Information / Privacy Statements
Ministry of Educationstatement about how enrolment information is collected, stored and used in NZ schools - ENROL privacy statement – Ministry of Education
For information on enrolling students: Enrolling students – Ministry of Education
And for further information for parents and whānau on enrolling their child/children at school: For parents and whānau – Ministry of Education
ERO
ERO
ERO uses the Te Ara Huarau approach working with schools in an ongoing way and supporting each school’s improvement over time. Reporting on the ERO website includes:
Profile Report
A one-off Profile Report. This will focus on the strategic goals schools have in place to improve learner outcomes and what the school is seeking to achieve through the evaluation.
Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report
Within a three year cycle all schools would then have a Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report. This report will include information about the school’s improvement journey, what the school will have achieved for learners and their future priorities.
Board Assurance with Regulatory and Legislative Requirements Report
All schools will receive a Board Assurance with Regulatory and Legislative Requirements Report about their board’s attestation to meeting those requirements.
Emergency Management Plan
Emergency Management Plan
Dawson Primary have an Emergency Plan that is consistent with current procedures used by the Civil Defence and Emergency Services.
This plan covers several aspects:
Natural Disasters including earthquake, fire, flooding or storm, tsunami, landslide, volcano eruption and swarms of insects.
Man made events including armed intruder, gas or hazardous leak, bomb threat, stray dogs, parents or public that are affected by drugs or having a custody fight on the premises or serious assault .
It is important that our first response is to account for all the students, staff and signed in visitors to the school. We will either EVACUATE or go into LOCK DOWN.
Evacuations - When we EVACUATE we remove everyone from any immediate danger of the buildings and grounds. Our alarm will sound (continuous ringing of the bell). Our assembly point is on the courts near the lunchroom. We have appointed wardens who report to the the designated chief warden once all the students, staff and visitors are accounted for. If you are on the school grounds at the time of an evacuation please follow the instructions given to you by staff. If you are in your car please remain in it. DO NOT ENTER THE SCHOOL GROUNDS during an evacuation.
Lockdown - NO ONE ENTERS THE SCHOOL GROUNDS DURING A LOCKDOWN. We will not open any door or gate to any parent during this time.
In the event of a lockdown we will will contact parents as soon as we are able. The first place we will do this is on the Dawson website and facebook page. We will then try to text, Seesaw message or ring all caregivers. Please make sure we have your up to date numbers. Do not come to school, phone teachers or the school during this time as it could put people in danger.
We take every effort to ensure the safety of your child. We have practices for both lockdowns and evacuations at least once a term.
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