School Payments and Donations for 2024

To those families who have already paid their school donation in addition to other payments a great big thanks. Your support of our school makes such a difference to the education we can provide for your children in addition to all the extras we have on offer that make ANI such a great place to learn. 

What do I need to pay?

School donation – a voluntary payment of $450.  We encourage you to make this payment to maintain the high standard of education we provide and help us employ additional specialist teachers to benefit your children.

Activity fee – a payment of $80 to pay for all class trips and activities at once, rather than per trip. This is a good option to save you time during the year.

Yearbook – a payment of $20 to pay for the yearbook with lots of good memories for your child.

School Specialist Material Contribution – a payment of $100 to cover the materials students use during the year (all four terms) in our specialist programs as well as other subjects that have a practical component. In these classes, students work with a variety of materials such as wood, Perspex, 3D printing supplies, textiles and other components. In addition, your young person will participate in regular cooking lessons and your contribution ensures we can offer a variety of ingredients to complement the programme.

Education Perfect – a payment of $60 to pay for the computer program we use for your child’s homework. To access the homework you will need to subscribe to this program.

Y7 camp – a payment of $420 to pay for a holistic, fun, educational & dynamic 3-day Overnight Camp Adventure at Mangawhai (Mangawhai Holiday Park). The camp provides our students with great opportunities for skill development in outdoor water activities, and promoting a healthy and active lifestyle. Camp activities include surf lessons, paddleboarding/kayaking, hiking/coastal exploring & sandboarding, beach & team building challenges, camp Olympics/Amazing Race (whole group), and movie or games nights.

Y8 camp – a payment of $450 to pay for a four-day camp at Tui Ridge Park, Rotorua. The camp provides our students with great and challenging educational opportunities in an outdoor setting to develop student leadership, self-management, risk-taking, cooperation and independence. Students will be involved in a range of activities including a rope course, abseiling, rock climbing, mountain biking, archery, flying fox and orienteering

PTA donation – a voluntary payment of $50. The ANI PTA has supported the school for many years.  They provide financial assistance and additional resources to ensure our students have the best facilities and resources that in turn help all students succeed in reaching their full potential. Please help us to continue that support by donating $50 to the ANI PTA.

How can I make these payments?

Our preferred payment method is Electronic bank transfer

1. Electronic bank transfer

  Account Name: Auckland Normal Intermediate

  Account No: 12-3048-0291429-00

  Reference: Student name and purpose of the payment

2. Cash or EFTPOS payments 

These can be made at the office during opening hours (8:00 am – 3:30 pm)

3. HERO online payment:

Hero uses Stripe to allow parents/caregivers to pay their accounts using a Debit or Credit Card. Please be aware that the online payment incurs a credit card processing fee. The confirmation screen clearly shows the fees incurred.

Please make a bank transfer directly to the school bank account (12-3048-0291429-00) if you want to avoid the credit card processing fees.

HERO Login instructions:

1. Click on the Hero login link:
2. Enter the email address you supplied to the school
3. Click on Forgot Password. An email will then be sent to your email inbox.
4. Click on the link within the email to set up a login.

Hero Payment instructions

1. When you log into Hero, you will be presented with the Caregiver Menu. Click the Finance icon to view the statement and unpaid items.
2. To pay online, please click the slider on each line item you wish to pay followed by PAY SELECTED ITEMS. Part payments are not able to be made at this stage.
3. The payment processing screen will be displayed. This includes the fees applied.
4. You can complete the payment or cancel.

Please email us if you are having any problems.

Ministry Donation Scheme: 

You may be aware that some schools with EQI (Equity index) of 432 or above were given the opportunity to opt into a Ministry of Education Donations scheme where schools would qualify to receive $154.13 donation per student per year and parents would not be asked for a donation. Unfortunately as a EQI 374 school, we do not qualify for this scheme.

Why do we ask for a voluntary donation?

If you have already paid your voluntary school donation and other associated costs, we thank you once again as these payments allow us to provide the quality education your son/daughter needs to be successful in the future. At this time of the year, there is always media hype around how schooling in New Zealand is free. In an ideal world, this would be wonderful, however, the reality is, we receive significantly less funding in our Ministry of Education operations grant than a higher EQI school. It is expected that because we are a low EQI school, we have the capacity through fundraising and donations to meet the shortfall. In today’s newsletter, we have provided information explaining how the costs associated with your child’s learning are spent to ensure we maintain our high-level programmes and great facilities. Our Commissioner prioritises the budget to make sure areas such as learning resources, ICT, and quality staffing levels are maintained as they have a direct influence on student progress and achievement.

Like most schools, there are costs associated with schooling that can not be met by the funds we receive from government grants and this is why we ask our parents for a school donation. 

The funding range is from $0 through to over $1,000 per student per year. Schools with an EQI of 380 and above receive equity funding, however, we do not get any equity funding as our equity index is 374 (<380).

For a school of 700 students like ours, this equates to a difference of $700,000. The government believes we have the capacity in our community to raise these funds through donations.

This is why we ask parents to make a voluntary School Donation of $450.00 for 2024. As a donation, the full amount is tax deductible and a receipt will be issued by the School. These funds are essential as they help to meet the shortfall between Government funding and the cost of resources that are required to provide the high standard of education that is expected by our community. We thank you for your contribution.

Donation receipts

Please log into Hero, and click the Finance icon to view the statement and unpaid items. view all the payments, and view and print payment receipts.