NEWSLETTER

** Also see the updated 2025 Term 1 Calendar in this newsletter**

Front Office Hours:

The school reception area is staffed between 8:30am & 4:00pm (open term time only)

Contacting the School:

You can contact the school by phone or email (details at the bottom of this newsletter). 

*On a day where there is only one staff member working in the office or if you call outside of school hours, the answering machine may be on.  Please leave your name, number and a short message with the reason for your call.  If you ask for a call back, we will respond as soon as we are available to do so. All messages are passed on to the relevant staff member.

Staff in the Front Office:

·         Monday         -      Gail  *

·         Tuesday         -      Gail *

·         Wednesday   -      Mari & Gail

·         Thursday       -      Mari  *

·         Friday            -       Mari  *

Uniform Purchasing:

Wednesday is uniform purchasing day.  Please see Gail A.

New uniforms cannot be purchased outside of this time. 

Preferred payment method is by EFT or Credit Card and uniforms will not be issued until payment is received.  Cash accepted.

Look out for the Pop-Up shop which sells good pre-worn uniforms for a gold coin donation (times TBA).

Drop Off and Pick Up Times  -  Drive with caution:

Remain in your car and move off after your child has left or entered the car.

These are very busy times of the day and we ask for your cooperation so that our students and the school community can come and go safely each day.

Remember to drive slowly .

PLEASE DO NOT U-TURN OR REVERSE IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL

School Supervision  -  Yard Duty:

Yard Duty begins at 8:30am each morning.  Please ensure children arrive after this time.  Staff will be on duty until 3:30pm each afternoon and children will be supervised within the JP playground area until they are picked up by their adult.

Please arrange to collect your children at 3:10pm each afternoon and contact the school if you are going to be late.

If you are having difficulty with these times,  the Before/After School Care service, Happy Haven, operating from Nuriootpa Primary School, is available for you to use.  Phone 81555 444 to book or for more information.

Late Arrival and Early Departures:

If your child is late to school (ie arrives after 8:50am), they will need to see staff in the Front Office who will issue them with a yellow ‘Late Arrival’ card to take to their class teacher.  Parents picking up children early for an appointment will also need to come to the Front Office and get a pink ‘Early Departure’ card. Please do not ask teachers to have your child wait for you in the Front Office as this impinges on valuable learning time. Collect your child from the classroom after handing the card to the teacher.  

Student Absences:

A reason is required for all absences from school.  You can use the eform in Audiri, or contact the school by phone or email to report your child's absence.

Unexplained Absences:

Where students have been marked  'unexplained' by the class teacher, including students who arrive late to school without going to the Front Office to get a yellow card, the parent/caregiver will receive an email asking you to provide the school with a reason for the absence. You can do this via the above methods.

Illness & Injuries at School – Collecting Your Child:

Students who are sent to the Front Office/First Aid room by their teacher due to illness and also for injuries that are considered more serious eg a hard knock to the head, will be sent home. 

Unwell students should not attend school until they have fully recovered and will not pass on illness to others.

Parents will always be contacted first in any situation.

As our First Aid room is equipped to accommodate one child at a time, it is important that you collect your child promptly once you have been notified, so that other students needing assistance can be attended to.  

If you are unable to collect your child, please organise your emergency contact and let the school know who this will be.

Primary caregivers eg parents are NOT emergency contacts but people other than yourselves eg relatives or friends who can be contacted if parents are unavailable.

Please list at least 2 local emergency contacts for your children.

Emergency contacts will need to show identification eg driver's license, at the Front Office when collecting children from school.

 Start of 2025 Tasks to Complete:

*  Consent & Permissions Form 2025

Complete for each child on the Audiri App

*  Consent Form For Chief Executive Approved Early Dismissals - only for new enrolments in 2025

Complete on the Audiri App

This is a once only form and is compliant for the time your child attends Greenock Primary School (so if you have completed it already you do not need to do it again).

*  Change of Details 2025   

Please complete on the Audiri App to update any of the following changes to your circumstances:

*  home address (residential and/or postal)

*  contact phone number

* employment &/or place of employment

* email address

* emergency contacts

* student's medical condition

* *shared living arrangements

** custody information

**Contact the Front Office by phone or email or in person to provide further details

Students' Belongings:

Please label your child's school uniforms and all belongings that are brought to school eg food & drink containers     

Parents/caregivers please update your child's Healthcare Plan and medication at the beginning of the 2025 school  year so that it remains current and your child will be covered for all activities throughout the year, including swimming lessons and camp.

Healthcare plans must be completed by your doctor/healthcare professional and all medication must be in the original packaging with the label attached.

Please note:  If your child no longer suffers from a medical condition a signed letter from your doctor is required before this information can be removed from our records.

There are a number of plans and medication that have become out of date after the school holidays.

The school sends out email reminders to parents and we ask you also check dates and medications on your end and provide new medication in a timely manner.   Thank you.