Internal reviews

Home Learning (composite)

• We combined the primary and secondary versions of this topic to make a composite version.

Prevention of Bribery, Corruption, Fraud, and Theft

• We developed the Theft and Fraud Prevention topic into a more comprehensive document. The topic summarises and links to the numerous procedures and steps that are part of your policies and procedures and help to prevent fraud at your school.

Getting to School Safely

• We added links to NZTA resources.

Coronavirus Outbreak 2020

• We updated the wording to reflect different alert levels within the country and added a link to the plan to respond to new COVID-19 cases in the community.

Smokefree Schools

• We added two new acts to the Legislation section
  • Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020
  • Smokefree Environments (Prohibiting Smoking in Motor Vehicles Carrying Children) Amendment Act 2020.
• We've also added references to vaping/being vapefree in the following topics:
  • Parent Involvement (Model sites sample volunteer agreement)
  • Community Conduct Expectations
  • Quick Links for Parents
  • EOTC Transport – added a bullet point under Private cars, a new Legislation section, and updated the generic Transport Volunteer Agreement.
  • EOTC Supervision
  • Use of School Buildings Outside School Hours
  • Guidelines for Community Use of the School Pool

Catholic Appointment Procedure

• Updated the link to the Catholic Education Handbook 2020.

Enrolment

• Added a note about Ministry-directed enrolment to all state school enrolment topics. (Doesn't apply to private or state-integrated schools.)