General Information
Wentworth College expects students to take pride in their uniform and to wear it correctly at all times. When students are in school uniform, school rules apply whether you are on the school grounds or not. Correct official uniform is required for:
- attendance at school
- travelling to and from school
- attendance at school functions away from school (sports tours, cultural and social)
Incorrect uniform, or a mixture of school uniform, sports gear and personal non uniform clothing, is not acceptable in the street. After school, even after a sports practice, students must change into correct school uniform and may not go home in sports gear. Students not in the correct uniform are required to have a note from home explaining the reason for the discrepancy. Give the note to the Head of College – Mrs Chamberlain. Boys’ shorts must not be worn below the knee. Both trousers and shorts are to be worn at the waist. Jackets and raincoats must not be worn inside the classrooms. T-shirts, singlets and other underwear worn for extra warmth must not be visible.
Uniform Shop Hours
All new uniform items for both Wentworth Primary and College are sold from the uniform shop located at the College, 2 doors down from Reception.
During term dates the shop is open as follows:
Tuesday morning from 8:00am until approx 9:15am
Thursday afternoon from 2:45pm until approx 4.00pm
Online Orders for uniform items can be placed by clicking on ‘email Trish’ (which is located at the top right hand corner of this page) and advising which items you would like to purchase, along with your child’s full name.
Opening hours during school holidays are notified to the parent community through the weekly e-newsletters.
Second hand uniforms can be sold direct by parents to parents through the Facebook group, “HBC Second Hand Uniforms”.
Uniform Price List
View the Uniform Shop Price List, March 2025
Uniform Shop Refund Policy
We recommend that items are tried on at time of purchase. School uniform can only be returned if still unworn and with original tags and within 7 days of the original purchase.
How to Pay
We have a credit card / EFTPOS machine in the Uniform Shop, and we also accept cash. For items ordered over the phone or via the website for collection at school by your child, you can also pay online.
When making payments online, please ensure that your child’s name appears in the ‘particulars’ or ‘code’ fields, and that you are using the correct account suffix for the uniform shop.
UNIFORM Shop
Account name: Wentworth College
Account number: 02 0100 0816277 12
Changeover Dates for Summer and Winter Uniform
Term 1 – summer uniform is compulsory.
Term 2 – winter uniform from beginning of Term 2 is compulsory.
Term 3 – winter uniform is compulsory.
Term 4 – summer uniform. Winter uniform is worn on the last two days of Term 4 for our whole school photograph and Sports Prize giving, as well as the Academic Prize giving.
Please note: Whenever summer uniform is worn, school uniform sunhats are compulsory for all students from new entrants through to Year 8. Older students are also strongly encouraged to wear sunhats during the summer terms.
Hair
Students are expected to wear their hair styled in a reasonably conventional way. Hair must be kept tidy throughout the normal activities of a school day. Unnatural colours, or extreme colouring, or streaks and patches of colour, or tufted styles, dreadlocks and braids are not permitted. Girls’ hair must be clear of the face and eyes. Plain hair bands and clips, black or navy only, may be worn by girls to contain the hair. Long hair must be dressed up or tied back. Boys’ hair must be clean and controlled and clear of the face and must not be below the top edge of the collar. Shaved or extreme styles, such as a “mantail” are not permitted. Boys must be clean-shaven.
Makeup
Students may not wear facial makeup. Nail polish, if worn, must be colourless.
Jewellery
Only a wristwatch may be worn. Students may not wear chains or necklaces around the neck. Girls with pierced ears may wear one matching pair of small, plain, unobtrusive studs in the lower part of each earlobe. Boys are not permitted to wear any jewellery other than a watch.
PE Uniform & House T-Shirts
The PE uniform consists of burgundy and blue T-shirts and shorts. It is usually worn during all PE classes, with sports shoes. It is also worn at whole school sporting events, and inter-school sports competitions. ‘House’ T-shirts are also available for purchase from the Uniform Shop during the year, and these may be worn during inter-House sporting competitions. College students must not travel to or from school in their PE uniforms.
The Wentworth College uniform consists of the following:
Girls Summer
- Navy skirt – length mid calf
- White striped short sleeved blouse
- Jumper
- School waterproof jacket (optional)
- Slouch hat, bucket hat or cap is compulsory in Years 7 & 8
- Slouch hat, bucket hat or cap is recommended but optional for Years 9 and above
- Burgundy & blue PE shirt
- Burgundy & blue PE shorts
Girls Winter
- Navy skirt – length mid calf
- White striped long sleeved blouse, Yrs 7 – 12
- White long sleeved blouse with contrast collar, Yr 13
- Cross-tie (Blue for Years 7-10; Burgundy Years 11+)
- School navy blue tights
- Jumper
- Blazer
- School waterproof jacket (optional)
- Black raincoat (optional)
- Burgundy & blue PE shirt
- Burgundy & blue PE shorts
Boys Summer
- Navy polyester/viscose shorts
- White striped short sleeved shirt
- Jumper
- School waterproof jacket (optional)
- Slouch hat, bucket hat or cap is compulsory in Years 7 & 8
- Slouch hat, bucket hat or cap is recommended but optional for Years 9 and above
- Burgundy & blue PE shirt
- Burgundy & blue PE shorts
Boys Winter
- Navy polyester/viscose trousers
- White striped long sleeved shirt, Yrs 7 – 12
- White long sleeved shirt with contrast collar, Yr 13
- Wentworth tie
- Black or navy socks
(above the ankle or longer) - Jumper
- Blazer
- School waterproof jacket (optional)
- Burgundy & blue PE shirt
- Burgundy & blue PE shorts
The Wentworth Primary School uniform consists of the following:
- Summer Dress – length mid calf
- School slouch hat or bucket hat is compulsory
- Burgundy & blue PE shirt
- Burgundy & blue PE shorts
Girls Winter
- Winter Tunic – length mid calf
- Winter Shirt
- Jumper
- Blazer
- Tie
- School navy blue tights
- Burgundy & blue PE shirt
- Burgundy & blue PE shorts
- Summer Polo
- Summer Shorts
- School slouch hat or bucket hat is compulsory
- Burgundy & blue PE shirt
- Burgundy & blue PE shorts
Boys Winter
- Winter Shirt
- Winter Shorts
- Jumper
- Blazer
- Tie
- School knee length socks
- Burgundy & blue PE shirt
- Burgundy & blue PE shorts
Footwear Guidelines
For safety reasons, all school footwear – summer and winter, boys and girls – must have substantial sole and heel, with tread.
SUMMER Footwear
Girls:
- Plain black leather school shoes with white ankle socks; or
- Black leather sandals without socks.
Boys:
- Plain black leather school lace-up shoes with school regulation socks; or
- Black leather sandals without socks.
WINTER Footwear
Girls:
- Plain black leather school shoes with regulation school navy blue tights.
Shoes may be lace-up or T-bar/U-bar shoes, with tread.
Boys:
- Plain black leather school lace-up with regulation school socks.
Please note: The following are not permitted:
- Non-leather shoes or sandals.
- Sports shoes – slip-on shoes – shoes with minimal or no tread.
- Shoes or sandals that do not have a substantial sole and heel.
- Shoes with a heel over 3cm in height.
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- Curriculum Review
- Homework
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School Life and Rules
Wentworth College school life and rules are printed at the front of the Wentworth College homework diary. A full copy is available from the school's office.
Wentworth Primary school life and rules are printed in the Guide for New Parents Handbook that new families receive on enrolment of their child.
Transport
Wentworth College offers a dedicated contracted bus service with convenient pick-up points at Silverdale, Orewa, and various locations along the Whangaparaoa Peninsula.
In addition, the College operates seven of its own buses, providing transport for students from a wide range of areas, including Matakana to the north, Kaukapakapa to the west, and Albany Village, East Coast Bays, Dairy Flat, and Milldale.
This extensive network ensures students from across the region have reliable and accessible transport to and from school each day.
The School Day
The Primary School day runs from 9am to 3.10pm, with sports and cultural activities held either during breaks, or before / after school and on Saturdays.
The College teaching day runs from 8.40am to 3.20pm, with sports and cultural activities held either during breaks or before/after school and on Saturdays.
Sport
At Wentworth College we offer students the opportunity to participate in as many different sports as possible
Summer Sports (Terms 1 & 4)
Athletic
Badminton
Basketball
Cricket
Golf (Premier League and 'Learn to Play')
Rowing
Sailing (Academy and ‘Learn to Sail’)
Summer Soccer
Swimming
Tennis
Touch Rugby
Volleyball
Winter Sports (Terms 2 & 3)
Badminton
Basketball
Cross country
Hockey
Netball
Rugby*
Water Polo
*composite team with other schools
Pastoral Care and Guidance
Wentworth operates a family ‘House’ pastoral care structure, with each student placed in a House from the time of their enrolment. Within each House, students are assigned a Tutor Group which meets once a day with the Tutor’s role being to keep an oversight on each student’s attendance and progress, and to counsel them if needed. Deans also operate as part of the caring and guidance system, being there to help the students and guide them when necessary. As students move into the senior school, careers guidance is also available through the Deputy Principal.
The College is committed to the pastoral care of students. This commitment enables every student to make a confident transition from school to work or tertiary study.
Standards of Behaviour
While at school students are expected to behave with courtesy and consideration, thus contributing to an environment of mutual respect and support.
Behaviour Outside School
When travelling to and from school, the school uniform must be worn correctly and a high standard of conduct exhibited at all times. Students should be aware that when in uniform, their conduct reflects upon both themselves and the reputation of the College.
Smoking, Alcohol and Drugs
Students must not be involved with cigarettes, alcohol or drugs at school, or to and from school, or on any occasion when they are wearing school uniform, or at any function held under the control of the College. The school will view such involvement (in possession, use or association with the activity) as a serious offence. The Police Youth Aid will be given the details of any Wentworth student who becomes involved in criminal activity while at school or while taking part in any event associated with the school.
General
Students are under the school’s authority from the time they leave home until they return home, or at any function held under the control of the College.
Electronic games, CD players, I’pods, matches, lighters, or any dangerous implements must not be brought to school.
All clothing, books and sports gear must be clearly named. No responsibility will be taken for lost property, but considerable effort will be made to find it if clothing and equipment are named.
Students are not to chew gum.
No school-age or personal friends of students may be on school grounds during school time.
Bicycles may not be ridden in the school grounds and there must be no doubling.
Damage, such as broken windows, must be reported to the school office. Students must be prepared to pay for damage caused.
If parents wish to locate their children during the day or after school, they are requested to enquire at the school office. If parents wish to discuss a problem with teachers, they are requested to make an appointment.
Internet and Computer use
All students at Wentworth College are issued with their own individual login name and password, giving them access to the school’s internal network, email and internet. Prior to being given their login details, both the student and a parent/caregiver must sign an Computer Agreement, indicating their acceptance of, and agreement with, the conditions of use stipulated in the Agreement. Disciplinary action will be taken against any student found to be breaching the terms of the Agreement.
Download the 
Internet /Computer and Computer Peripherals Agreement.
Homework
Students receive regular homework, set to allow them to practise and consolidate skills previously taught at school and to develop personal study skills. Homework is expected to be completed or a note should be produced. Because students work at different speeds, it is difficult to lay down guidelines for hours of homework, but students in Years 7 and 8 will normally have about 45 minutes of homework each night, whilst students in Years 9 to 11 will normally need to do one to two hours homework.
Homework includes:
- reading and background research
- preparation of new work
- learning vocabulary
- revision and practice exercises
- revising for tests/examinations
- preparation of projects or assignments
Parents can assist by:
- taking an interest in homework
- checking a student’s homework
- helping students plan their time
- providing a quiet place or room
Textbooks and Stationery
It is each student’s responsibility to ensure that school textbooks are cared for and returned after use in the best possible condition. Damage resulting from a lack of care will be charged. Stationery lists are posted on the school website showing the requirements for each subject, with each list broken into 2 sections. It is the student’s responsibility to purchase items in the first section, whilst items in the second section will be supplied by the school and invoiced to parents.
School Lunches
Most students bring a packed lunch from home, but we also have a same day food delivery service through www.ezlunch.co.nz If you place a food order by 9am, it will be delivered at lunchtime. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, you can place an order for sushi, and Thursday and Friday is a range of items from Go-Deli catering. You can see the full menu here Term 1 Menu.