These are some of the common questions we get asked from time to time. Please contact us if you need any more information.
These are some of the common questions we get asked from time to time. Please contact us if you need any more information.
To start the enrolment process you should download and complete the Enrolment form. When submitting the form you will also be requested to supply an Original Birth Certificate or Passport and Immunisation record. Find out more on our enrolment page.
We are a decile 8 school of over 450 students. Within our student body there are over 20 different cultures represented with 24 different languages spoken by students at home. This diversity is something we are proud to embrace and celebrate. Find out more About SWIS.
All students in Year 7 and 8 are free to attend SWIS. There is no zone currently in place meaning you don’t need to live in a certain area to be enrolled.
There are costs for some activities as part of Sport, Enrichment, EOTC week. We do ensure there are a range of free activities offered as well to ensure that students can have meaningful learning activities that don’t cost as well.
Phoning the school office and leaving a message is the best way to communicate with the school if your child is absent.
Absolutely. The easiest way to do this is via email. Each teachers email is formatted with their name, e.g. karl.emson@swis.school.nz
You can find all of the teachers emails on the Teachers page.
Unless the student provides a note or is leaving the school grounds with a staff member, no student is allowed to leave the school grounds once they have arrived at school until the school day ends at 3 p.m.
Semi spec is how we describe our timetable. It refers to the fact that all teachers teach Homerooms (literacy and mathematics) but also specialise in another subject area.
We are active members in the Wellington Regional Intermediate Schools Sports Association and through this participate in a range of sporting events annually.
In addition to this we run Water Polo, Netball, Basketball, Floorball and Touch Rugby teams who participate after school or on weekends. We also have Future Problem Solving which runs before school and challenges students in critical thinking.
Throughout the year we also participate in social awareness activities such as the 40 hour famine and Pink Shirt Day.
Every class has Te Reo instruction as part of the Semi Spec programme on a weekly basis. while we also have a language programme that runs weekly on a Monday afternoon.
Each student has two terms a year learning a language. This year the languages in our programme are: French, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Malay, Te Reo.
For these Enrichment programmes, you will spend half the year learning your chosen languages (2) and half the year doing your chosen sports (4). These programmes run weekly on Monday afternoons.
The language options include French, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Malay, and Te Reo. The sport options include basketball, table tennis, football, kia o rahi (a Māori ball sport) and many more.
For the this Enrichment Programme, you will choose a subject that you are interested in or passionate about from the options provided. The programme runs on a Friday afternoon, for either one term, half a year or the whole year depending on the programme.
Previous options have included: