Today is the National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (NDA). Australia’s key bullying prevention initiative celebrates 12 years of action, connecting schools and communities to find workable solutions to prevent bullying. For more details about bullying at Claremont College, please read the article below in this week’s newsletter. 

2021 AISNSW PERSPECTIVES SCHOOL DATA: THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT 

In 2021 our school used the ‘Perspectives: Your School in Focus’ suite of surveys developed by AISNSW to support our school improvement endeavours.  The information gathered assists us in furthering the growth and development of our school and school community. We are using the survey results to help inform and direct future school planning and improvement strategies. 

The Perspectives surveys have been specifically designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of stakeholders’ perceptions of five important areas: School Environment, Teaching and Learning, Student Wellbeing, Leadership and Community. All staff, Y5/6 students, parents/guardians, leaders and board members were invited to participate. The input and contribution from all stakeholders has been important as we aspire to understand and improve the learning experience for everyone at our school.

Last year I presented a summary of the findings in the 29 October newsletter, linked here. 

Since then, our staff have begun to instigate a number of improvement areas, even though, as I reported last year, our data was presented to us as exceptionally strong across all areas. Our first improvement focus has been Goal Setting for students which we have spoken about in previous newsletters. In the coming weeks I will dive deeper into each of the five components. (NB Survey items are on a six-point Likert scale (scored from 1-6) with any score of 4.5 or above considered as a strong score.) 

Our overall aggregate score in each component is as follows. This week I will specifically focus on the School Environment part of the data.

The School Environment is made up of multiple levels and means a great deal to each student, to their personal and learning experiences and their success. The Perspectives Survey focussed on the following components of school environment:

Together giving our School Environment a score of 5.19, compared to a score of 4.76 for the 60 other Independent Schools who participated in the surveys.

The School Environment is obviously one aspect of the learner experience and student success that we value highly. However, we know all components will mean different things to different students, parents, and teachers. We believe every learner should be, and needs to feel, connected to their school, and to want to come to school, because of their connection with our Vision, Mission and Values, Religion and Faith, their Sense of Safety, the Physical Environment and/or their friends, teachers or other staff. 

Our School Environment data is excellent, however, it is now important that we do not ‘rest on our laurels’; we will continue to work hard to ensure that every child feels connected to Claremont College, as connectedness and belonging are highly valued aspects of schooling; ‘research has consistently shown the direct benefits of school connectedness or belonging to aspects such as academic motivation and achievement’ (Gorard and Huat See in Sime et al, 2021). 

It is now our aim to sustain the efforts from past years, to continue to achieve a school environment that is so highly regarded by so many. 

Please continue to pray…

For our school, for the people from Ukraine, and for the flood victims in northern NSW and Queensland. 

From Matthew 5:6-10 

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Have a great weekend everyone, 

Janelle Ford
Co-Principal

As mentioned last week we would like all of our students, staff and parents to get involved in raising money for the two recent humanitarian crises. Over the next 2 weeks we encourage you and your children to think of ways they can raise or earn money to donate. This way the students will have a greater sense of empathy and compassion, rather than just bringing in money from Mum and Dad, which also of course is important. 

Every child would have received an envelope with 2 stickers that we would like you to attach to a jar, cup or container of some sort, so they can see and be a part of contributing to the fund raising. 

Please fill both jars or one of your choosing, and bring these in during the week beginning 28 March, with the final collection day to be Friday 1 April 2022. 

The two charities we will be contributing to are:

• Save The Children (www.savethechildren.org) – for the children caught up in the Ukraine war; and
• Australian Red Cross (www.redcross.org.au) – for the NSW and Queensland flood appeal. 

Our suggestions to help get your children involved:

• Donate some of their pocket money to the jars;
• Do extra jobs around the house to raise money;
• Help to bake cakes to sell to neighbours (with parental support); or
• Phone relatives and ask them to donate as well. 

If you have some creative ways that your children are involved, please take a photo and send it in, we would love to include these in the ‘Inspired For Life’ section of our newsletters. 

Janelle Ford
Co-Principal

Thank you very much for the feedback we received on Wednesday night at the P&F meeting regarding our Traffic Management System. The parent consultation process has been most valuable. It has been helpful to hear what is currently working well and the challenges you have been facing. We thank you for offering your feedback. Ultimately, our decisions must prioritise safety first, followed by the impact on our students’ learning and then the impact on our families. 

In response to the feedback, we will be investing in some ‘walkie talkies’ for staff further up Coogee Bay Rd and further down Judge St, and we will also establish a quieter and calmer ‘waiting zone’ at the gates. 

We cannot make the Traffic Management System successful without your help. We ask parents’ cooperation by following these expectations:

• Do not arrive before 3:10pm to pick up your child/ren. If you start queuing before then, the line of cars extends into Belmore Rd (!) and doesn’t move because the children are not at the gate at that time to keep the line moving. The queue must only begin when the children are at the gate, ready to be collected.
• Do not make U-turns. This is extremely dangerous.
• Do not cut in from Judge Lane or in front of a queue on either street. This is rude and dangerous. Judge Lane must not be used at all.
• Do not be disrespectful to our staff if they ask you to drive around the block. They are providing a generous service and they have a duty of care to the children.
• Drive as far as possible in the pick-up bay. This way, more children can be collected at the same time.
• We recommend that you collect your child/ren from 3:20pm. The queue moves much more quickly from that time.
• Do not sign your child up to after-school activities that start too close to bell time. It is not acceptable to collect your child before the bell or to insist on arriving early in the queue so you can arrive at an after-school activity in time, as you  increase the safety risk to our community. We recommend that offsite after-school activities should not begin before 4pm.
• Be patient with our younger students. No Kindy parent should feel the pressure to start driving before their child is buckled in properly.
• Do not block laneways or driveways. Neighbours need to be able to access these laneways and their driveways.
• Please think ‘bigger picture’, rather than how this only impacts your family life. Keep safety for all the highest priority. It would be devastating for all in our community if a tragic accident occurs.

We understand that the traffic can be frustrating and challenging. During the P&F meeting it was raised that the car line-up this year has been different to other years. Perhaps this is because of the ongoing wet weather, or that many more people are working from home and are therefore able to collect their child at the gate in the afternoons, rather than attending TeamKids after school or after-school activities. Now that COVID-19 restrictions are easing, we encourage parents to consider using our after-school program ‘TeamKids’, to sign up to onsite after-school activities or to encourage your older child/ren, in preparation for high school, to ride, walk or catch a bus home.

We thank you for your patience and support. This is a difficult issue, and is not an easy one to solve. But we will not give up - our kids are too precious and their safety is absolutely paramount.

Larissa Cameron
Co-Principal

Today is ‘National Day of Action’. This year's theme is ‘Kindness Culture – It Starts with You’. At Claremont College we take bullying very seriously and we actively seek opportunities to teach our students about the different forms of bullying, and how they can respond if they see or experience bullying. Bullying may be physical, social, cyber or verbal. It may involve racism, sexism or classism. We know how serious the impact can be on people’s lives. Claremont College does not tolerate bullying.

Interpersonal relationships are complex. As children grow and change, shifts in friendship groups are common, with conflict being a normal part of any relationship. However, targeted and ongoing bullying behaviours are not. Next week your child's grade will discuss how conflict within healthy relationships differs from unhealthy bullying behaviours. It is important we focus on the ways we can all help create a safe, positive and compassionate community for everyone.

Bullying… what is it exactly? Many people think that their child may be bullied when in fact their child has just had a one-off disagreement. So here is what we teach our students:

"Bullying is more than just a fight, being mean or disliking someone. Bullying is when someone or a group of people who have more power than you, repeatedly use words of actions to hurt you. It can happen anywhere – at home, with friends, in a group, on the bus or at school."

The national definition of bullying in Australian schools is:

"Bullying is an ongoing misuse of power in relationships through repeated verbal, physical and/or social behaviour that causes physical and/or psychological harm. It can involve an individual or a group misusing their power over one or more persons. Bullying can happen in person or online, and it can be obvious (overt) or hidden (covert). Bullying of any form or for any reason can have long-term effects on those involved, including bystanders. Single incidents and conflict or fights between equals, whether in person or online, are not defined as bullying. However, these conflicts still need to be addressed and resolved." (Bullying No Way!)

We explain that bullying can come in different forms, including physical, social, cyber and verbal bullying. Your child/ren is learning ways they can respond if they see or if they experience bullying. The following are some of the strategies that have been discussed with your child:

If it happens in person, try these strategies:

• Ignore them (try not to show any reaction);
• Tell them to stop and then walk away;
• Pretend you don’t care;
• Go somewhere safe;
• Get support from your friends; and
• Speak to a trusted adult.

Remember, different things work for different types of bullying.

If it happens online, try these strategies:

• Avoid responding to the bullying;
• Block and report anyone who is bullying online;
• Protect yourself online – use privacy settings and keep records; and
• Tell a trusted adult.

If you see someone being bullied:

• Leave negative online conversations – don’t join in;
• Support others being bullied; and
• Tell a trusted adult.

If it doesn’t stop:

• Talk to an adult (parent, teacher) who can help stop the bullying; and
• Keep asking for support until the bullying stops.

‘Bullying No Way’ advises parents that if your child talks to you about bullying:

• Listen calmly and get the full story;
• Reassure and ask your child what they want to do about it and how you can help;
• Contact your child’s Class Teacher;
• Visit www.bullynoway.gov.au to find some strategies; and
• Check in regularly with your child.

Further reading:

Kids Helpline www.kidshelpline.com.au 1800 551 800

Headspace www.headspace.org.au 1800 650 890

Online bullying www.esafety.gov.au

Take a Stand Together is a free app that has tips and advice about bullying for young people.

The Allen Adventure is an interactive story for children to help develop social skills.

Larissa Cameron
Co-Principal

Congratulations to Anthony Segaert (Yr 6 2011) on his recent appointment as a trainee journalist with The Sydney Morning Herald. (https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/powering-the-newsroom-meet-the-herald-s-new-trainee-journalists-20220314-p5a4jq.html).

We are very proud of you.

Just a reminder that Monday is Harmony Day and students can wear something orange WITH their school uniform. It is NOT a mufti day. Perhaps orange hair ribbons, an orange wristband or orange shoelaces for the day? 

Harmony Day Event Note

COVID-19 continues to be present in our school community across a number of cohorts. Thankfully with the easing of restrictions, there is far less disruption to student learning and a sense that we are truly ‘living’ with COVID-19 in a school setting. 

Despite the easing of restrictions for schools, we continue to follow NSW Health advice and AIS guidelines to ensure our school is as COVID safe as possible. 

• If your child/ren are displaying symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, runny nose, loss of smell/taste, muscle/joint pains, diarrhoea, nausea/vomiting, extreme tiredness, unexplained chest pain or conjunctivitis (eye infection), please keep them home and complete a RAHT test. If the RAHT test is negative, please keep your child home until they are symptom free.
• If your child returns a positive RAHT result, please log it via the Service NSW app or website, and inform the school via email [email protected] 

Thank you for your ongoing support, flexibility and understanding. 

Mrs Alanna James
Acting Deputy Principal

When someone does something that upsets you, tell them you don't like it. If they do it again, tell the teacher. Never retaliate by hurting someone, either physically or with nasty words. 

Larissa Cameron
Co-Principal

Congratulations to the following students who received their Gold Certificate and/or Pennant at Monday’s Merit Assembly

Gold Certificate

Chelsea J-Yr 2, Imara R Yr 2, Rafael G-Yr 2, Lucas B-Yr3, Jai P-Yr 3, Lachlan T-Yr 3, Amelia T-Yr 3, Catherine K-Yr 4, Matilda N-Yr 5, Leni O'L-Yr 5, Simona P-Yr 6, Poppy QR-Yr6, Isabella G-Yr 2, Rosie MC-Yr 2, Lola S-Yr 2, Juliette F-Yr 3, Angus K- Yr 4, Maya MZ-Yr 5 and Julian S-Yr 5  

Pennant

Esther L-Yr 3, George P-Yr 3, Lennox R -Yr3, Lucas B-Yr 3, Jai P-Yr 3, Lachlan T -Yr 3, Amelia T-Yr 3

Term 1 2022

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2022 Term 3

Term 4

The children in Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 are very excited about welcoming their Grandparents and/or Special Friends to the school on Friday, 25 March (9:00am - 10:40am). 

Unfortunately, with so many visitors at the school on this day, we cannot extend the invitation to parents and younger siblings on this occasion. We would ask that you assist us in this matter by explaining to your child that this is a day for their Grandparents and/or Special Friends and that you will come and visit them in their learning space on another day. 

We ask that visitors be seated in the playground by 8:50am. The area directly in front of the school on Coogee Bay Road will be a drop off zone between 8:30am - 8:45am and pick up zone between 10:15am - 10:40am. There are always some mums and dads who drop visitors to the school for this event. This is a great idea as it alleviates parking issues. We will have some helpers at the gates to direct our visitors and to provide assistance if necessary. 

In the case of wet weather, we will relocate from the playground to the undercroft. 

We will commence our morning on the school playground with some entertainment provided by each grade starting at 9:00am. The children will then show their visitors around their learning space (we do have a small lift for those who require assistance) and will return with them to the playground for morning tea. Our Year 2 Parent Reps will be providing refreshments and morning tea for our visitors on the playground.

We are looking forward to this very special occasion and we thank you for your cooperation and support. 

Mrs Emily Eu
Head of Infants

An Invitation to Parents of Students in Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2.

School photographs are scheduled to be taken by Advancedlife on Monday 2 May. Whilst an envelope and flyer is available from the school office, it is our preference for ordering to be completed online. This is to reduce administration and potential security issues related to the return of cash and envelopes on photo day. 

Package details can be found by clicking HERE.

Orders for packages and sibling photographs can be placed securely online at www.advancedlife.com.au using our school’s unique 9 digit advanced order code (537 6V3 2EM) or by clicking the link above. Portrait and group package orders are due by photography day. 

Should you wish to purchase a sibling photograph online, the order must be placed no later than the day before photography day (ie Sunday 1 May). Sibling photographs will only be taken if an order has been placed. 

Should you have any queries concerning school photographs or online ordering, please contact us at www.advancedlife.com.au/contac... 

Important Information:

• School photos purchased online DO NOT require envelopes to be returned to school*
• Don’t forget to order your sibling photos now
• Late fees/additional charges will be applied for purchases after photo day
• Photos will be returned to your school for distribution approximately six weeks after photos are taken
• Past years’ photographs including sports, co-curricular and representative groups are available at school’s advancedlife & your advancedyou photo sites (follow the link above) 

*Sibling photographs must be ordered either online or by an order envelope prior to the day of photography.  A photograph will not be taken without an order. Sibling photographs only apply to children enrolled at the school. 

advancedlife would like to express their appreciation to Claremont College. They offer a 100% money back guarantee on our products to ensure your peace of mind. If you have any questions, comments or feedback relating to your advancedlife experience please contact them at [email protected]

advancedlife Photo Day Information 

Dust off your disco shoes as the Claremont P&F School Disco is finally coming in 2022. Bring the whole family to join in and celebrate being able to come together as a school community. This will be the P&F's first major community event in the school since the pandemic began in 2020. 

Year 4 presents ‘Rainbow Disco Fever 2022’ so let's dress up and fill the school with a rainbow of colours for an evening of fun! There will be a professional DJ to help us boogie the night away, authentic Italian woodfired pizza truck, sausage sizzle, popcorn, gelato and activity stalls to keep the whole family entertained if they aren't boogieing on the dance floor.

Book now on Flexischools for Early Bird specials on entry tickets, coupons and food vouchers. Please note the children 4 years and under are free and all children must attend with a supervising adult.

Ref., Nottingham, Nottingham & Renton, 2017

Every week our staff has a one hour Professional Development session on a Monday afternoon. This week we revised some of the work we have done in previous years working through the educational text, Challenging Learning Through Dialogue. 

The key areas we have studied so far include ‘Why Dialogue’, ‘Dialogue Essentials’ and ‘Dialogue to Engage Students’. 

While the strategies in the text are explicitly for teaching students at school there are some great ideas that you might like to try at home as well. Remember good dialogue takes time because we are engaging students in thinking processes rather than telling them what they need to do or to know, and we are not solving problems for them. 

Why Dialogue

Key Take-aways

Dialogue:

• Builds good habits of thinking;
• Allows us to model structures of thinking;
• Takes students from surface to deep levels of thinking;
• Builds trust and respect;
• Helps build a classroom of empathy and trust; and
• Ensures students are listening to others.

Try This at Home

• Wait 3 seconds for an answer, this allows for thinking time
• Encourage your child to join the family conversations, with ‘what do you think’, ‘do you have another suggestion’, ‘do you agree with your sister - why’ 

Dialogue Essentials

Key Take-aways

Dialogue:

• Can ensure the students are doing the thinking;
• Should challenge our ideas, reasons and assumptions;
• Should make us wobble;
• Does not always have to arrive at an answer, the dialogue is just as important as the end result; and
• We co-construct meaning by accepting that all responses have meaning, are valid and valuable.

Try This at Home

• When reading a book with your child, ask questions but don’t settle for their first answer, try ‘that’s a good idea, what else could the character have done?’
• When having a discussion with your child when they are upset, ask multiple questions, don’t accept the first answer, ‘what’s on your mind?’, ‘and what else?’, ‘and what else?’, ‘so, what is the most important thing right now?’.

Dialogue to Engage Students

Key Take-aways

Dialogue:

• Needs ‘intellectual encouragement’;
• Underpins high-quality dialogue;
• Includes listening, questioning and giving feedback; and
• Is useful when used to re-state a person’s idea, to check for meaning.

Try This at Home

• When engaged in dialogue with your child, reformulate what they say with, ‘So I guess what you’re saying means that…’, ‘Is that all you are saying?’, ‘what else is on your mind?’.
• Show your child you are interested in what they are saying (intellectual encouragement), ‘tell more more about that’. 

“Dialogue should motivate and engage students (children) 
as well as deepen their understanding of concepts and connections.”

Janelle Ford
Co-Principal

Kindergarten News - Term 1 Week 7

Year 4 Ukuleles

In Year 4’s first ukulele class today, it was apparent that a significant amount of new ukuleles are faulty. The fault in particular is in the tuning pegs with some ukuleles unable to be tuned accordingly. 

To determine if your child’s ukulele is faulty or not, I shall be holding onto ukuleles to troubleshoot until Monday afternoon. If it is found to be faulty, I will work hard with the supplier to issue an immediate, working replacement. 

Thank you so much for your understanding and support through this issue. 

Kind regards,

Miss Laura Gilbert
Music Teacher

Year 5 Excursion to the Rocks - Event Note

Year 6 Electricity Showcase - Save the date!

An exciting aspect of Year 6 is the larger take home projects students experience, with one of these being the Electricity Project. This project requires students to demonstrate their understanding of energy transformations and for them to showcase their knowledge through a creative project which demonstrates one of these transformations. A variety of transformations are being illustrated through these projects, with students creating projects that showcase solar energy, chemical energy and hydroelectric energy being transformed into electrical energy.

On Friday Week 9, 1 April, Year 6 will be showing these projects to other students throughout the school in a COVID safe environment. It is very exciting to also be able to invite Year 6 parents into our learning space to admire the students' creations. We are currently working through the specific details and time slots where parents will be invited in. This information will be available in next week's newsletter. We are very much looking forward to seeing everyone in a few weeks!

Mr Angus Ryan & Miss Sophie Valdeck
Year 6 Teaching Team

After much deliberation, it has been decided that there will be two rehearsals for Choir per week. 

The two rehearsals are as follows: 

• Mondays at primary lunch (1:10pm to 1:40pm) in the hall
• Fridays at 8:00am in the Year 3 learning space

Two rehearsals per week means that the Choir can cover more content in preparation for upcoming performances such as ANZAC Day and the school concert. Not only this, but it gives us more time to focus on leisurely singing as well!

Thank you for your understanding and flexibility.

Miss Laura Gilbert
Music Teacher

New To the Collection

The following new titles to the library collection are perfect additions this week as we celebrate Australia’s cultural diversity and cultural respect. 

The text of this book is written as a poem. It is a poem about peace, friendship and welcoming people, whatever their background and sharing culture. Written into the poem are several translations of the English word welcome.There are thirteen languages represented in the book. It also expresses the specific cultural meanings and customs linked to such welcomes.

This title is suitable for all children aged 5 years and older.

Today, across Australia, children everywhere will acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of the land where we live. The authors wanted this book to build on that, by helping parents and carers have vibrant conversations with their children about what acknowledgement means, and why we do it. 

Adam Goodes is an Adnyamathanha and Narungga man and community leader. He is a former Australian Rules footballer and in 2014 was named Australian of the Year for his public work in the fight against racism and his advocacy in First Nations affairs. Adam was motivated to publish a series of books for children and families about Australia’s First Nations history. Ellie Laing, a political adviser and former journalist was inspired to collaborate with Adam on writing this series of books. This is the first title in the series designed to introduce First Nations history, community and rich cultures to a wide general audience. This title combines stunning illustrations with a powerful yet hopeful message from the authors. 

Recommended for children aged 4 years and older. 

Mrs Susan Kesur
Teacher Librarian

Key Dates

Important Dates for Term 1

K-6 Wednesday Sport 
Wednesday 2 February - 6 April

Important Dates for Term 2

IPSHA Cross Country
Wednesday 4 May

IPSHA Cross Country 

Congratulations to the following students who have qualified to represent Claremont at the upcoming IPSHA Cross Country Carnival. 11 and 12 year age groups will run 3km. All other age groups will run 2km. 

IPSHA Cross Country Team list 

Unfortunately, the scheduled carnival for 26 March has been postponed due to the ground conditions at the King’s School after the recent weeks of rain. The new date will be Wednesday 4 May. As it will be occurring during the normal King’s school day, no spectators will be allowed and the Claremont team will catch a bus to and from the carnival. More details such as bus departure time etc will be communicated to the IPSHA team once the program has been confirmed. In the meantime, it’s a great opportunity to use the holiday break to train! 

Term 2 Extra Curricular/Morning Skills Sport

Term 2 Sport information and registration form have been made available on the Claremont app. Please remember to register online for all morning activities as soon as possible to avoid disappointment as some sports have limited positions. 

For billing purposes, registrations will close on Wednesday 30 March. 

Programs commence from Week 2, Term 2 

Monday: Year 3-6 Tennis (Eastern Suburbs Tennis Centre)
Tuesday: Year 1-2 Tennis at school
Wednesday: Year 3-6 Athletics (Grant Reserve)
Thursday: Year K-2 Dance (hip hop), Year 3-6 Basketball both at school
Friday: Year K-2 Football (soccer) at school 

Term 2 Extra Curricular/Morning Skills Information booklet

Claremont Champions

Congratulations to Jade J (Year 6) who was selected to represent IPSHA at IPSHA Netball trials this week. Jade and her IPSHA teammates will compete at a CIS tournament in May. Well done, Jade and good luck at the upcoming tournament! 

School Holiday Tennis Camp

Gavin from Smart-Fit Training, who runs our infants morning skills tennis program, is offering tennis camps in the April school holidays at the Parklands tennis courts. If you are interested, please see the flyer below for more details. 

Tennis School Holiday Camp PDF

Mr Joel Geering
Head of Sport

St. Nicolas’ Anglican Church invites Claremont families to participate in an Australian wide community survey being conducted as part of the 5 yearly National Church Life Survey. 

It aims to gather thoughts on the local community and its needs, personal spiritual beliefs or religious practices, and peoples experience of church and their involvement in its activities (such as preschool or school scripture).  The results of the survey will help local churches better connect with people in their local community. 

We kindly invite you to participate in this survey to help with our planning.  It will take you less than 4 minutes. 

Please go to communitysurvey.ncls.org.au and use the code ANS04401.

The survey is available until the end of March. 

Looking for a great preschool to prepare your children for Kindy?

TeamKids have another amazing AUTUMN Holiday program planned!

• Learn new skills and make new friends
• Qualified and REMARKABLE Educators
• Digital detox with our no screens policy
• Delicious and nutritious morning and afternoon snack
• CCS approved care 

Head to teamkids.com.au to secure your spot! 

For information on the Autumn Holiday Program click HERE. 

A reminder for ALL families to BOOK & VERIFY their bookings for the term. If there are no confirmed bookings the service will be closed. 

Please visit teamkids.com.au to secure your spot! Alternatively, call Customer Service on 1300 035 000.

ORDERING

Orders can be placed for both recess and lunch through an online ordering system called Flexischools (www.flexischools.com.au). You can also download the app and order from any smartphone or tablet device. Orders are required to be placed by 8:30am on the day the order is required, however, you can place orders up to four weeks in advance. 

Recess orders are collected from the canteen by each child who has an order. Lunch orders are collected by class lunch monitors from each grade and brought back to the learning space. Each child’s order is placed in individual bags with their name and ordered item on the bag.  If frozen items are ordered, your child will receive either a separate slip from the canteen or a stamp on their brown bag and will need to collect it from the canteen. The slip or bag will need to be presented to the canteen staff. 

If you have any concerns with your orders or would like to discuss anything with the canteen staff, please feel free to email us at [email protected]

Out of Stock Items

School bags: We are currently waiting for our order of new school bags to arrive. For the interim, students may use the school sports bag or alternate backpack until they are able to be purchased. We also encourage those seeking bags to reach out on WhatsApp groups as some second hand bags may be available. We will advise you when they are back in stock. 

Boys summer socks: Some sizes of boys socks are unavailable. In the interim, the uniform shop will stock a plain grey sock that can be worn until the correct socks arrive.

Please continue to check the newsletter for stock updates. 

The Uniform Shop is run by Ranier on the school premises during school terms on the following days:

Monday: 2:30pm – 5:30pm
Wednesday: 8:00am - 11:00am 

Methods of Payment: Cash, EFTPOS, MasterCard and Visa.

For new students, fittings are by appointment. Simply book online at ww.shop.ranier.com.au 

The Uniform Shop is located within the main body of the School. Please access the Clothing Pool via Coogee Bay Road lower side gate.

CONTACT

Email: [email protected] 
Phone: 9213 0720

Responses will be provided during opening hours. 

Note: The website can answer most of your questions at www.shop.ranier.com.au 

For more immediate assistance, head office details are:

Online: ranier.com.au/contact
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 02 8337 7290

Code Camp

Code Camp will commence their lessons in Term 2. More information will be available shortly. 

Curtain Call

There are still spots available if you would like to register by clicking HERE. 

Lessons are held each Wednesday as follows: 

Kindy to Year 2 - 3:10pm - 4:00pm

Years 3 to 6 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm 

Greek

Greek lessons will recommence in Term 2. Please register by clicking HERE. 

Chess

Sydney Academy of Chess teaches students the fundamentals of Chess on Friday mornings from 8:00am - 8:40am in the school library. Enrolments for Term 2 are now open. 

If you are interested in your child learning chess, CLICK HERE to find out more.