Information 2023
Below you can find all the information you need for the start of school in 2023.
Whānau Handbook
Below you can download the Whānau handbook.
2023 Forms to be completed
Please take the time and make sure to complete all the required forms for each child you have at HCS.
You will receive a response from Google Forms, with all the information that you have completed. Please check all your inboxes including spam or junk folders as sometimes information lands in the wrong folder.
School App
Please download the school app which we use to send out all of our notifications about trips, sport events and others things.
Get the App
You can also see our notices on this website:
Uniform Code
Stationery List
Stationery List can be found at the myschool website
More information about our stationery can be found here
Academic Lines - 2023
Academic lines for 2023 will be available at the start of Term 1.
Duke of Ed Award Registration
To register for the Duke of Ed award in 2023, please look at this form.
Music Tuition
There is an option for your child to get music lessons right here at the school.
For more information, please read the Music Lesson Handbook
To register for private instrumental and voice lessons, please complete this google form.
Use of Digital Devices
At Hamilton Christian School, we believe that learning happens best when students are engaged in learning experiences that utilise four learning modes: doing, text, oral and virtual. We recognise that technology is able to add value to the learning environment and so, have embarked on a journey that uses technology to help students to engage in learning in new and dynamic ways. There will always be opportunities to learn with pen and paper, through conversation and the use of concrete materials; however, technology can create deeper learning opportunities for those who have access to it.
There is more information about the use of technology in our Whānau Handbook
iPad Apps
Each class makes use of iPads as a digital learning tool and the devices will need to have some apps installed on them before your child starts school.
Below you will find a list of the apps that need to be installed on your child's iPad.
Please select the class your child is in to find the apps that are required.
Select your group
Please note that you may still be asked to install apps during the year.
Ministry Funded Bus Routes
We are blessed to have two Ministry funded school buses contracted to our school. The route numbers associated with these two routes are Route 2193 (Gordonton) and Route 2197 (Whatawhata / Ngaruawahia), and are administered by GoBus Transport Ltd.
To be eligible for the above-mentioned bus service students need to meet the following criteria:
Be the closest state or state-integrated school where the student can enrol.
Students must live more than a certain distance from the school.
• Years 1-8: at least 3.2km from the school, over the shortest public road or pedestrian route from home roadside gate to the school’s front gate.
• Years 9 -13: at least 4.8km from the school, over the shortest public road or pedestrian route from home roadside gate to the school’s front gate.
• There must be not ‘suitable’ public transport.
For the Gordonton route information click here
For the Whatawhata / Raglan route information click here
Conveyancing Allowance
Students not serviced by one of these new routes or live 2.4km or further from a bus stop, may be eligible for a Conveyance Allowance, paid to the whānau, to assist with their transport to school. This application is done through the MoE website, SESTA - please follow the link provided below to start your application. You will get to a point in the application when you completed your part of the application and you submit it, it will then be sent to us to complete our part and we submit it to the MoE.
Please follow this link which will take you to the Pokapū Waka Kura | School Transport Hub page:
- Look for the ’Start An Application’ drop-down on the top left of your screen
- Select 'Conveyance Allowance'
- ‘Apply for Conveyance Allowance’
The MoE will then process the application which will take around 20 days.