An overview of what you need to know about day to day life at Crofton Downs Primary.

School Day

Learners arrive from 8.30am
8.55am - Our day begins
10.35 - 11.15am Morning Tea
12.50 - 1.30pm Lunch
​3.00pm School day finishes

Attendance

We appreciate a phone call before 8.45 (if possible) in the morning if your child will not be attending school that day because the school secretary will ring parents of children who are not at school and from whom we have not heard.

​The crossing outside the main gate is patrolled before and after school by year 6 children and parents or teachers.

Road patrol

The staff are very grateful to the parents who offer to help with this as the times that the patrol is needed are also important times for the staff to be in their classrooms and available to children and parents. ​

​​For the safety of the children it is important that parents and children use the crossing and do not park on yellow lines.

Before and after school care

Our school has a great before and after school care service provided by sKids. The sKids philosophy is about making all kids feel awesome about who they are, and their programmes have been designed to grow core capabilities in kids, so they flourish in life. 

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Lunches

Children should bring a packed lunch and drink from home each day. On a fortnightly Fridays we offer a sausage sizzle for the children to buy if they wish. Funds from the sale of sausages are used to support the biennial school camp for year 5 and 6 students. We also offer Sushi every second Thursday and alternative Thursday Teriyaki Chicken. This must be ordered in advance and we send out a reminder email that week.

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Suncare

All students need to wear a sunhat during terms 1 and 4. If they do not have a sunhat on a particular day then they play under the verandahs, in the library or in the covered sandpit. Sunscreen is not provided at school and teachers do not apply sunscreen to children. We recommend providing your child with a roll-on sunblock and teach them how to apply this. Remember to apply sunblock to your child before they come to school.

School clothing

There's no official uniform at Crofton Downs Primary School but many children like to wear items of school clothing which are available for sale through the office. These include school T-shirts, Polar Fleeces, Hoodies and house T-shirts.

Lost property

If clothing is named it is very easy for us to return belongings to their owner. Unnamed clothing is much more difficult to return so we really appreciate it if clothing is named. We keep the lost property in a large bin in the office.

If children choose to bring precious belongings to school, we are unable to take responsibility for them and it is therefore at their own risk. We ask children to hand any valuables, such as money, to their teacher for safe keeping.

Wheels day

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Wednesday and Thursday are our wheels days. Children can bring bikes, scooters, roller blades etc to school to ride on the back court only. Children must wear helmets and protective gear in order to ride. Scooters and bikes must be walked over to the backcourt and not ridden across the playground. Apart from these rules, have fun!​

Sickness and medical conditions

It is important that we are notified of any medical condition which may affect your child.
If your child is unwell it’s important that they don’t come to school. If your child becomes unwell at school you will be called to collect them.