Start dates for brand new 5-6 year olds (cohort entry)
Start Dates for Children Beginning School for the Very First Time in 2025/2026
Silverstream School uses set dates for all children who are starting school for the first time (cohort entry). As a parent, you can choose which date suits your child best to start. It is important that they are equipped to start school so that they are happy and content.
To give you some help in supporting your child with a successful start to school, we have some guidelines that would be beneficial for them to be able to do before starting school. Please look carefully at the dates and make your decision based on these guidelines and if any of your child's friends might be starting school in the same cohort. Your current Early Childhood Centre teachers may also have some helpful input into your decision.
In preparation for starting school we run an information (Kākano) programme for parents, Click here to find out more.
Please contact the school office if you have any questions at all 04 528 2596.
Cohort Entry Dates 2025
Cohort Entry Dates 2026
Silverstream School uses set dates for all children who are starting school for the first time (cohort entry). As a parent, you can choose which date suits your child best to start. It is important that they are equipped to start school so that they are happy and content.
To give you some help in supporting your child with a successful start to school, we have some guidelines that would be beneficial for them to be able to do before starting school. Please look carefully at the dates and make your decision based on these guidelines and if any of your child's friends might be starting school in the same cohort. Your current Early Childhood Centre teachers may also have some helpful input into your decision.
In preparation for starting school we run an information (Kākano) programme for parents, Click here to find out more.
Please contact the school office if you have any questions at all 04 528 2596.
Cohort Entry Dates 2025
Cohort Entry Dates 2026