Paparoa Street School
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Paparoa Street School provides a safe learning environment and minimises distractions for our ākonga. We respect the privacy and emotional wellbeing of our kura community and protect them from items that are likely to endanger safety, detrimentally affect the learning environment, or are harmful. To achieve this, we may need to request the surrender of items or conduct a search.
Everyone has the right to be protected against unreasonable searches or seizure under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, and the Human Rights Act 1993 protects against discrimination. See Inclusive Kura Culture. Our kura follows the Ministry of Education Guidelines for the surrender and retention of property and searches. Our usual behaviour management strategies apply at all times. An item does not need to be surrendered or retained for us to act on good information. We apply our behaviour management strategies if the ākonga refuses to surrender an item or submit to a search, and consider contacting their parents/caregivers or the police.
This policy applies at kura and all Education Outside the Classroom (EOTC) events.
Safety of the community
We understand that our kura community and the public expects us to provide an environment free from alcohol and drugs, and weapons. Our kura:
Prohibited items include:
Authorisation of kaimahi
The poari matua is responsible for authorising non-teaching kaimahi to request the surrender of an item or conduct a search. They keep a list of the names and positions of authorised kaimahi. The list is available for inspection at the kura.
At Paparoa Street School, the tumuaki, all kaiako, and those non-teaching kaimahi who have written authorisation from the poari matua can request the surrender of an item, and retain or dispose of the item.
At Paparoa Street School, the tumuaki, all teaching kaimahi, and authorised kaimahi can conduct searches.
The written authorisation from the poari matua specifies whether the kaimahi may request the surrender of items and/or conduct searches. The poari matua gives a copy of this authorisation to the authorised kaimahi. The kaimahi must let the poari matua know they've received it as soon as practicable. The poari matua can revoke this authorisation at any time.
Item categories
Kaiako or authorised kaimahi can request the surrender of items that they have reasonable grounds to believe:
endanger safetyaffect the learning environmentharmful.They can only search the outer clothing of an ākonga for harmful items. Kaimahi need to make reasonable judgements about which category an item falls under, if any.
Retention of property
Depending on the item and the circumstances, we retain an item for a period or dispose of it. We take reasonable care of retained items and details are kept of any item retained for two or more school nights. Details include the date, name of ākonga, name of kaimahi, and any other relevant details.
Other appropriate actions may be taken, including behaviour management, counselling, contact with parents/caregivers, and/or contact with the police.
In most cases, surrendered items are available for collection at the end of the day.
The tumuaki assures the poari matua that all procedures relating to search, surrender, and retention have been followed. The tumuaki confirms that a written record has been kept of all surrenders and searches, and retention of any property held for more than 2 nights. The tumuaki assures the poari matua that authorisation of non-teaching kaimahi is specified in writing, and that kaimahi receive a copy and acknowledge the receipt in writing. See Review Schedule and Poari Matua Assurances.
Release history: Term 1 2024, Term 4 2022, Term 3 2022
