Every student attending Tauranga Girls’ College agrees on enrolment to wear the uniform fully and correctly. The manner in which our students present themselves for daily work reflects their sense of pride. To maintain personal status and high standards for our College, it is important that all our students are well presented.

Footwear

Plain white or black ankle socks or black pantyhose. Black polishable leather regulation lace-up school shoes or blue or black Roman Sandals in summer (flat sole ballet type lace up shoes are not acceptable).

Scarf

Navy Blue or Black

Formal

Business shirt, Tauranga Girls’ College tie.

Physical Education

Navy shorts.
Tauranga Girls’ College t-shirt Swimwear (not bikinis) For winter, navy blue tracksuit pants or the regulation tracksuit pants and sports shoes are optional.

Jewellery

A wrist watch, one sleeper or stud in each ear and hair ribbons of school colour are permitted.

Hair

Our uniform code includes the wearing of natural hair colour only.  Non-natural colours that are vivid non-natural shades such as blue, purple, pink and organge, whether whole of head, tips, highlights or strands are non-uniform and not acceptable at school.

Rural Buses

The Tauranga Transport Network Group (TTNG) manage the transport for our Rural students.

Eligibility

To be eligible to ride on the school bus your family needs to live beyond the limits of the Regional Council’s Schoolhopper bus service.
Most of these buses are free, however, if you live west of the Wairoa River (that means heading towards Katikati ) then your bus is a ‘fare-paying’ bus. This needs to be paid from the website below.

2022 BUS PASSES NOW

The TTNG has launched a new bus pass system from 2002 onwards.

All Rural Bus students will need a bus pass to access the service.
Bus passes can be ordered from the TTNG website.
Order Rural Bus Pass

Ordered bus passes will be issued to students at school once the bus pass is ready. Bus Routes for TGC are: R1, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R16, R17, R18, R20, R23

Bayhopper School Buses

In 2022 all students travelling on dedicated Bayhopper school buses or Tauranga urban routes can travel for free before 9am and between 2.30pm and 6.30pm. This applies to school days only.

Students are required to use a Bee card on bus routes 802b, 803b, 901a, 901b

Route descriptions, timetables and bee cards are available on the Baybus website.
Dedicated Bus Routes for TGC are: 802b, 803b, 805, 806b, 807, 808a, 901a, 901b, 903b, 903c

Public Bay Hopper Buses

Urban bus students need a registered Bee card to ensure they can access the free service on school days before 9am and between 2.30pm and 6.30pm.
Route descriptions, and updated timetables and registering for Bee cards are available on the Baybus website.

Any queries can be directed to Caroline Bird email: [email protected]

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• Printing – all students will be credited with $3 to their printing account at no cost to the student. From the historical information we have we believe this should cover students’ printing requirements for the year, with the exception of some subject areas that have a traditionally higher print cost, students in these areas will be given an extra credit amount. Please note, it is the responsibility of the student to be efficient in the use of this balance.
• Workbooks – where workbooks are part of the curriculum, the student will have the option to buy a write on workbook which they will keep. If the student does not wish to purchase a workbook to write in, there will be an option to receive a workbook that will be returned to the teacher at the end of the year or unit of work, not written in so they are available for other students to use.

• Software resources – these will be provided by the school while the student is at school. If a student chooses to load and use software on their own devices for home, there will be a charge.
• Curriculum Day trips – these will now be paid for by the school e.g. Bio trip to Maketu
• Overnight trips – we will ask for a contribution to the cost of these trips.
• Food – there will be no charge for food for food technology and hospitality classes.
• Art, Textiles and Hard Materials – there will be a charge for the materials used for projects as the item is made to take home.