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About Hero

At Puketapu School, we use an online platform called Hero to share student progress and achievement, as well as communicate with parents.

Parents download the free Hero app to their phone’s home screen and keep an eye out for the notification icon meaning there is something to read which relates to their child.

Hero replaces the traditional written twice per year reporting format, as we see reporting not as an event, but as an ongoing dialogue between home and school. Teachers will update learning goals for your child throughout the year and our Year 4-8 students have access to their Hero accounts so they can see and evidence their learning goals.

We use Hero to send out all email communication to our parents and you can also access your current financial statement, give permission for trips and outings, sign up for sports teams, report absences and check the school calendar.

How do I access Hero?

Hero can be accessed using a web browser, but we highly recommend downloading the Hero app to your mobile phone.

Your access is linked to the email address you have in your child’s record at the school (so if you change your email address, please let us know.)

Full instructions can be found here: https://hero.linc-ed.com/parents/

If you have any problems accessing Hero, please let us know by emailing office@puketapu.school.nz. We can add multiple email addresses for each child and we encourage all caregivers to create log-ins.

Don’t forget that all school updates, trip permissions, school reports and sports notices come out via Hero.

All important communication comes out via Hero but we have other channels of communication:

If you are late for school, or need to leave early, you must come to the school office and sign in or sign out. Elder students are not permitted to sign out younger ones without a call or text from home first.