Enrolment Information
Enrolments: Please enrol your children with the office staff at our main office. If your child is starting school for the first time we require a Birth Certificate to confirm your child’s date of birth and name, relevant health details, and your child’s Immunisation Certificate. We will also invite you to meet the Principal and Ariki Team.
Click below to download our enrolment pack
New Entrant Enrolments: Before your child turns five, you will be contacted and will be part of the Transition to School Meetings run by Lauren Pyle. Your school visits will be arranged from this point and on your first visit, you will be given a booklet which has information about school, uniform and stationery requirements.
Enrolment at Riverdale School is governed by an enrolment scheme, details of which are available from the school office.
Our current home zone is in a clockwise direction:
1. The zone begins at the intersection of College Street and Pitama Road and travels south along Pitama Road to the intersection of Pitama Road and Dittmer Drive. Note: no addresses on Sheffield Street are in zone. All addresses numbered on Anzio Place, Busby Place, and Ngahere Court are in zone.
2. At the intersection of Pitama Road and Dittmer Drive the zone turns left and heads northeast along Dittmer Drive to the intersection of Dittmer Drive and Wikiriwhi Crescent.
3. At the intersection of Dittmer Drive and Wikiriwhi Crescent the zone travels in
a straight line in an easterly direction to the Manawatū River.
4. The zone then follows the Manawatū River downstream to the confluence of
the Mangaone Stream.
5. At the confluence of the Manawatū River and the Mangaone Stream the zone
tums right and travels in a northerly direction upstream along the Mangaone Stream to the western end of Rangitane Park.
6. At a point where the Mangaone Stream is adjacent to the western end of
Rangitane Park the zone then follows the centerline of Rangitane Park to the intersection of Racecourse Road and Flemington Line.
7. At the intersection of Racecourse Road and Flemington Line the zone
proceeds in an easterly direction to the intersection of Racecourse Road and Maxwells Line. Only addresses on the southern side of Racecourse Road are in zone.
8. At the intersection of Racecourse Road and Maxwells Line the zone turns
right and travels south on Maxwells Line to the intersection of Maxwells Line and College Street. Only addresses on the western side of Maxwells Line are in zone.
9. At the intersection of Maxwells Line and College Street the zone turns left and
follows College Street in an easterly direction to the zone starting point at the intersection of College Street and Pitama Road. Only addresses on the southern side of College Street are in zone.
All students who live within the home zone described below shall be entitled to enrol at the school.
Enrolment Information - Out of Zone Ballot
March 2024 Ballot
The Riverdale School Board of Trustees is now inviting applications from parents / caregivers who wish to enrol their child at Riverdale School for 2024. This ballot will take place in March in preparation for those students starting school in Term 3 and 4.
Enrolment at Riverdale School is governed by an enrolment scheme, details of which are available from the school office.
Riverdale School will have an estimated 10 spaces available for New Entrant / Year 1 students.
We will have an estimated 5 spaces across Year 2 to Year 6 students.
Pre-enrolment applications for out-of-zone students are available from the school office or can be downloaded from the Riverdale School website. We do require a Birth Certificate to confirm your child’s date of birth and name.
The deadline for receipt of application for out-of-zone placements is 1.00pm Tuesday 19 March 2024.
If a ballot is required, it will be held on Wednesday 20 March 2024.
Parents will be informed by email of the outcome by Friday 22 March 2024.
October 2024 Ballot
This ballot will take place in October in preparation for those students starting school in 2025.
Spaces available will be confirmed beginning of October.
The deadline for receipt of application for out-of-zone placements is 1.00pm Tuesday 22 October 2024.
If a ballot is required, it will be held on Wednesday 23 October 2024.
Parents will be informed by email of the outcome by Friday 25 October 2024.
Board of Trustees
Riverdale School
95 Slacks Road
Palmerston North
OUT OF ZONE
Each year the board will determine the number of places which are likely to be available in the following year for the enrolment of students who live outside the home zone.
Applications for out of zone enrolment will now be processed in the following order of priority:
1. Students who are funded (ORRS) for Patiki
2. Siblings of current students
3. Siblings of former students
4. Child of a former student of the school
5. Child of an employee of the BOT of the school or a child of a member of the BOT
6. All other applicants.
If there are more applicants in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th priority groups than there are places available, selection within the priority group will be by a ballot conducted in accordance with instructions issued by the Secretary under Section 11G(1) of the Education Act 1989. Parents will be informed of the date of any ballot by notice in a daily or community newspaper circulating in the area served by the school.
Enrolment Information - Out of Zone
Please read the Out of Zone Information Below
Out of Zone Priority Guidelines and Form
Enroling and Transition
Please enrol your child well before starting day. They can then be invited to attend Transition to School classes to ease their first days in this new environment. Children may begin school the day they turn five or any day afterwards. They must be attending a Primary School once they turn 6 years old. Please bring a birth certificate as a proof of age as well as your child’s immunisation certificates to complete the enrolment.
Transition visits are scheduled prior to your child starting and the Teacher in charge of transition will contact you. During this time children are introduced to the school environment and they take part in a variety of early fun activities and meet the teacher. We would like children to have four visits before starting school. Stationery for New Entrants can be purchased through the school office. We suggest this is organised during your transition visits so your child arrives ready to start. On the first day of Transition Class you will be given a Starting School Handbook with all the information about uniforms.
If you are intending to buy a school bag, please ensure it is big enough to hold a lunch box, drink bottle, reading bag, library book and polar fleece.
Starting School
We suggest you try to arrive at school 10 to 15 minutes before 9am to give your child time to chat to the teacher and friends and to put things away before the bell. Arriving right on 9 o’clock can be unsettling for both the child and the class.
Hearing and vision testing is carried out on all children during their first year at school and in other years if requested by a parent or teacher. You will be contacted if any problems are detected.
From their first day children are encouraged to bring home a reading book. To protect reading books children need to bring their book bags to school daily.
After six weeks at school you will receive a report letting you know how your child is settling in.
