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School Attendance and Supervision
Please ensure that your child arrives at school by 8.55am each morning.
“BE HERE ON TIME BE HERE BY NINE”
School hours are as follows:
8.55am - First Bell All students should be at school
9.00am - 10.40am First & Second Sessions
10.40am - 11.05am Recess
11.05am - 12.45pm Third & Fourth Sessions
12.45am - 1.00pm Lunch
1.00pm - 1.40pm Recess
1.40pm - 3.20pm Fifth & Sixth Sessions
3.20pm Dismissal
Parents should ensure that students are punctual, arriving before the bell at 8.55am. It is essential for you to encourage good habits to avoid embarrassing students who may disrupt learning sessions when they are late. Students arriving at school after 9.00am are required to attend the office to collect a late pass.
Teachers perform yard supervision before school from 8.45am until 9.00am and after school from 3.20pm until the students have dispersed. Students are discouraged from attending school before 8.45am in the morning and encouraged to leave the school grounds for home immediately after the 3.20pm bell. Exceptions are students attending activities, such as sports practice, for which parents will have given permission for the student to attend. After School Child Care operates each day from 3.20-5.45pm. Application forms are available from the office or in the Links section of this page.
IT’S NOT OK TO BE AWAY
The Department of Education & Training has adopted the slogan “IT’S NOT OK TO BE AWAY” as the focus of a campaign to improve student attendance at school. Research has found that the rate of absenteeism has a significant impact on student learning.
Your support & co-operation is required to ensure that your child/ren regularly attend school as “It’s NOT OK to be AWAY”
Student attendance is monitored on a daily basis. Please enure that you notify the school (93676555) of the date & reason your child is absent from school. We will follow up student attendance to ensure that all students have an acceptable attendance rate.
The school requires parents/guardians to inform the school each time a child does not attend school. You may do this in person, by writing a note or telephoning the office.
Collecting Students during School Time
Students can only be released from school during school hours for medical, dental or in an emergency and only if a parent/guardian or a person authorised by a parent/guardian has first visited the school office. The office staff will issue an authorisation confirming that the student is to be released from school. Teachers will not release a student unless they have received the correct authorisation from the office.
This procedure is necessary for the welfare and safety of the students in our care. Your cooperation with these procedures is essential.
Family Law Issues - Court Orders
Parents are requested to provide to the school a current copy of any court order that affects the parents’ responsibilities and rights in relation to their children.
Canteen
Lunches can be purchased from the canteen. Price lists are sent home at the beginning of the year. Extra lists are available from the office or can be downloaded here.
The school canteen is now run by the school and aims to offer a variety of healthly lunch choices at reasonable prices. Over the counter snack, sales are made at morning recess and during the lunch recess.
Lunch orders should be placed in the lunch box located in the student’s classroom
Lunch orders are sent to the Canteen from the classroom before 9.15am each day.
(The following information should be written on a plain brown paper bag with correct money enclosed)
NAME: ......................................................................
CLASS: ......................................................................
ORDER: ......................................................................
If a student forgets their lunch or loses the money, the lunch will be organised by the office staff on the understanding that any cost incurred will be reimbursed the following day.
2009 Annual Implementation Plan
As an element of the School Accountability and Improvement Framework, the Annual Implementation Plan describes how the key improvement strategies in the school strategic plan and other significant projects will be put into operation in each of the four years of the strategic plan.
2009 Annual Implementation Plan
2008 Annual Report
The primary purpose of annual reporting is to inform parents and the wider school community of the school's successes, activities and achievements throughout the year. The report also provides an opportunity to communicate and publicise the longer term directions for the school. Annual reporting is an important tool for effective governance within schools and the government school system
