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Parent Handbook 2019 TRIABUNNA DISTRICT SCHOOL PARENT HANDBOOK 2020 WELCOME On behalf of our staff, students and wider school community I extend our warmest welcome. Triabunna District School is situated in spacious grounds at the gateway to the township of Triabunna. The school has a combination of modern and historic buildings overlooking beautiful Spring Bay and majestic Maria Island in the distance. Our school has a long history; the Triabunna State School being continuously open since 1863. With many modifications over the years, the school now provides a co-educational facility for K- 6 students and a Birth to 4 program for children from our township and for 7-12 students from across our Municipality including Swansea, Little Swanport, Triabunna, Orford and Buckland. There are approximately 155 students in the school, equally divided across the Primary and Secondary sections. Our K–12 facility provides a unique context where whole school approaches have been adopted to ensure the best learning opportunities to meet the educational needs of all students. Our vision is underpinned by the Department Of Education values of Aspiration, Growth, Resilience and Courage as well as our school values of Respect, Resilience and Growth. We encourage creative thinking and work to develop problem solving skills. We strive to develop preparedness for life-long learning that fosters a positive attitude by valuing and celebrating achievement in its many forms. These aims and objectives can only be achieved by establishing close, three-way partnerships between parents, staff and students. As such, we welcome our new students and their whole family to our school community and look forward to our ongoing collaborative work that ensures that learners are first – connected and inspired. Tanya Britton ACTING PRINCIPAL TERM DATES - 2020 Term 1 First day of term: Wednesday 5th February Last day of term: Thursday 9th April (Easter: Friday 10th April – Tuesday 14th April) Term 2 First day of term: Monday 27th April Last day of term: Friday 3rd July Term 3 First day of term: Monday 20th July Last day of term: Friday 25th September Term 4 First day of term: Monday 12th October Last day of term: Thursday 17th December School Hours Teaching staff on duty at 8.30 am Home Group: 8.45 am – 9.00 am Period 1: 9.00 am - 9.50 am Period 2: 9.50 am - 10.40 am Recess: 10.40 am -11.00 am Period 3: 11.00 am - 12.00 pm Period 4: 12.00 pm - 1.00 pm Lunch: 1.00 pm - 1.35 pm Period 5: 1.35 pm - 2.35 pm (Primary School) 1.35 pm - 2.55 pm (High School) Home Group: 2.55 pm – 3.00 pm Primary Classes dismissed at 2.35 pm Secondary Classes dismissed at 3.00 pm KINDERGARTEN Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 8.45 am – 2.35 pm ASSEMBLIES Weekly assemblies are held in the Primary School and Whole School assemblies are held once a term. Assemblies provide students with the opportunity to share work they have produced and receive recognition for their efforts across many school activities. Students are involved in the hosting of assemblies, taking part in presentations of musical and other items and receiving Certificates of Recognition. We also hold additional assemblies to celebrate specific events including ANZAC Day, Book Week, NAIDOC Week etc. Prior to each Whole School assembly, parents of students receiving certificates are notified. All parents and members of our extended school community are warmly invited to attend all whole school assemblies and the morning or afternoon tea that follows. ATTENDANCE To achieve the best possible outcomes from school it is essential for students to have regular and punctual attendance. Roll call is taken at the beginning of the school day. All absences must be explained by parents with a note, telephone call to the office or in person to the class teacher. All unexplained absences will be followed up by a phone call to the parent/carer. If contact cannot be made, a follow up letter will be sent. Students arriving late for school should also sign the Late Book in the front office. This allows the daily attendance register to be corrected. Extended absence due to sickness will need to be verified with a medical certificate. Continual absences are automatically referred to the school’s Social Worker. We have a Duty of Care for our students, so they are expected to remain on school grounds during the times of supervision. If it is necessary for a student to leave during the school day, they must be signed out by a responsible adult and collected from the school’s front office and signed in again upon their return. Unexplained absences will result in a phone call to the parent for verification. ACCIDENTS & ILLNESS Students who become ill at school or who suffer accidents are attended to in the first instance by staff that have qualifications in First Aid. Minor matters are treated at school and where necessary parents will be notified by telephone or by note. Serious cases are referred to the local medical centre, hospital or ambulance and parents are notified as soon as possible depending on the circumstances. Students who are unwell should not attend school. ASSESSMENT & REPORTING Teachers provide current and accurate information to parents regarding their child’s progress. A variety of means is used to achieve this aim, including Information Evenings, Parent/Teacher conversations as well as Interim, Mid-Year and End of Year reports. However, we have an open door policy that encourages parents to talk to their child’s teacher at any time regarding concerns they may have. As it is often difficult to speak with parents during school hours, we ask you to make an appointment for a confidential talk with the teacher. There will be three written reports and at least one formal meeting with parents in each academic year. The written reports will include comments from your child’s teachers and assessments against the Australian Curriculum. Children in Kindergarten are assessed against the Kindergarten Development Check (KDC) for early identification of specific learning needs prior to their full-time schooling. Children in Prep complete the Performance Indicators in Primary Schools (PIPS) at the beginning and end of the year to provide baseline assessment for their learning in comparison to their peers. The school has a regime of regular testing, particularly for literacy and numeracy outcomes that allows for data collection, analysis and learning review. Students in Grades 3, 5, 7 and 9 are involved each year in NAPLAN testing in areas of literacy and numeracy. This provides the school and teachers with data to inform our planning. SCHOOL BANKING Students are invited to open a Commonwealth or Bendigo Bank Account through the school. Bank day is Wednesday. Students hand their bankbook and their money to their class teacher before school on that day and it will be returned when our co-ordinator has finalised the banking. BICYCLES Students are encouraged to ride bicycles to school but must wear an approved safety helmet. Bikes must not be ridden within the school grounds. Students Bicycle racks are located behind the music room. BREAKFAST PROGRAM The school, in conjunction with community volunteers, conduct a Breakfast Program. This program is available to all students every morning, Monday to Friday. Toast, cereal, yoghurt, fresh fruit and hot chocolate are served from 8:30am in the Foods Room. BUSES Bus services are currently contracted to East Coast Coaches (Pyke’s) (Buckland, Spring Beach and Orford) and (Little Swanport and Swansea). Buckland, Orford, Spring Beach: 8.09 am Pyke’s Departs Buckland Shop School (8.25 am) and stops at Scorchers (8:30 am) to meet Pyke’s connecting bus. 8:30 am Pyke’s departs Scorchers to Alma Road bus shelter, Barton Avenue and arrives at TDS between 8.40 am – 8.45 am. 3.05 pm Departs TDS, stops at Barton Avenue, East Coaster corner, Orford Roadhouse and Scorchers. Swansea, Little Swanport: 7.25 am Departs depot and collects students from various stops along Maria Street, outside Morris’s Store and the corner of Tasman Highway and Julia Street. 7.50 am Various stops collecting students roadside along the Tasman Highway, as organised. Arrives TDS 8.30 am. 3.05 pm Departs TDS, arriving Swansea approximately 4.00 pm. On rare occasions buses may be running late due to road works, traffic or school excursions. The school apologises for any inconvenience this may cause. BUS – TRIABUNNA SCHOOL The school have two 12 seater buses that are used to provide transport for a wide range of school programs and excursions. Students are expected to meet all regular school behavioural expectations whilst travelling as passengers on these buses. CANTEEN Our School Canteen achieved Tasmanian Canteen Association Gold Accreditation in 2018. In 2019, the school canteen was awarded winners of ‘The Minister for Education’s Award for Best Whole School Approach to Healthy Eating’, ‘Canteen Manager of the Year Award’, Co-Winner of the ‘Environmentally Friendly Canteen Award’ and ‘Canteen Volunteer of the Year Award’. The canteen is managed by Tamara Butcher with the support from volunteer Fiona Hutchins and is open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday selling a wide range of nutritious lunches, healthy snacks and drinks. The canteen menu is updated fortnightly and added into the school newsletter and on the school Facebook page. Students can place their order on the day. CAR PARKING We encourage students to walk to school wherever possible as this provides them with exercise and reduces potentially dangerous traffic in the streets around the school. However, if students are to be dropped off and collected, parents and visitors are reminded of the school zones in Melbourne Street and Vicary Street.
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