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 - Liz (am) & Gail
· Wednesday - Mari & Gail
· Thursday - Mari *
· Friday - Mari *
Uniform Purchasing:
Uniforms can be purchased on Monday – Wednesday preferably by appointment. Call the school office for an appointment time or you can also order over the phone and quote your EFT payment reference number. Please see Gail A.
Uniforms cannot be purchased outside of these times.
Preferred payment method is by EFT or Credit Card and uniforms will not be issued until payment is received.
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 need to tell Front Office staff before taking a pink ‘Early Departure’ card to the classroom teacher. Signing a slip is no longer necessary with EMS, whereby your child’s late arrival or early departure is entered straight into the system by staff on the Reception Desk.
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 and you will need to collect your child promptly.
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.
Start of 2023 Tasks to Complete:
* Consent & Permissions Form 2023
Complete for each child on the Skoolbag App
* Consent Form For Chief Executive Approved Early Dismissals
Complete on the Skoolbag App
Only complete if you child is a new enrolment in 2023 (or you forgot to do it in 2022).
This is a once only form and is compliant for the time your child attends Greenock Primary School.
* Update Student/Family Information:
The school will no longer be sending home student information forms to be updated at the beginning of each year. Therefore, so that we can best support your child at school, we ask parents & caregivers to keep the school informed throughout the year when there are changes to your family circumstances including:
* home address (residential and/or postal)
* contact phone number
* employment &/or place of employment
* email address
* emergency contacts
* student's medical condition
* custody information
You can let the school know by completing the 'Change of Details' eform on the Skoolbag App or contact the Front Office by phone or email.
Students' Belongings:
Please label your child's school uniforms and all belongings that are brought to school eg food & drink containers
