Office Hours

8:30am - 3:00pm

(Closed during school holidays)

Telephone: 7379 1555

Email: brookside.p9@education.vic.gov.au

Last Day of Term

Please remember that school finishes on

Thursday 18 December, 2025

at 3:00pm

Friday 19 December is a student Free Day

Term Dates 2025

TERM 1

28 January - 4 April

TERM 2

22 April - 4 July

TERM 3

21 July - 19 September

TERM 4

6 October - 19 December

Did you know that you can now update your contact details via the Compass app.?

This way you will be kept up to date with all your children's school events and any important updates. eg: bus running late returning from school excursion.

Dear Parents and Carers,

To ensure the safety and wellbeing of all students, we would like to remind families of our supervision procedures before and after school, in line with the Child Safe Standards.

Before School – Breakfast Club and Supervision

Breakfast Club operates from 8:00am. All students arriving from 8:00am onwards MUST attend Breakfast Club, they should not be left unsupervised at the front of the school. *Please note the school grounds include all the area at the front of the school within the blue lined areas.
Students arriving before 8:00am must be booked into Camp Australia Before School Care, as there is no teacher supervision in the yard prior to this time. From 8:30am onwards, students may enter the school grounds as a staff member will be on yard duty from this time. Students are expected to go directly to their lockers and prepare for the day.

After School – Supervision and Collection

School dismissal is at 3:00pm.
Yard duty supervision ends at 3:15pm. After this time, students are unsupervised.
Please arrange to meet your child in the yard or in front of the administration building. Students should exit via the gate, not through the office/reception area, as the office is a working space. When multiple children walk through, it creates significant disruption.
Students must be collected by 3:30pm at the latest. If not collected by this time, parents/carers will be contacted.
If you are unable to collect your child by 3:30pm, they must be booked into the Camp Australia Out of School Hours (OSH) program.
We have noticed some students remaining in the office or on school grounds well after dismissal. This presents a duty of care issue and is not in line with our Child Safe responsibilities. Your cooperation is essential in addressing this.

Camp Australia OSH Program

The OSHC program is run by Camp Australia, located adjacent to the gym.
Even if you don’t plan to use the program regularly, we strongly recommend registering in advance. This allows your child to attend in the event of an emergency or unexpected delay.
For more information, please visit the Camp Australia room, click on the link above or contact the school office.

Thank you for your ongoing support in ensuring our school remains a safe and supervised place for all students.

All students can visit the canteen at any time during scheduled school breaks to purchase their food, and may also place lunch orders in advance.

Lunch Orders

Prep to Year 6:

Families can order online via Flexischools, or can place money in a paper bag with the student’s Name & Homeroom written clearly. These bags may be placed in their class lunch order basket during their Homegroup session in the morning.

Year 7 to Year 9

Families can order online via Flexischools only. Students may attend the canteen during lunch and use the express line to collect their lunch orders.

Families can download the Flexischools app and register their child(ren) using the following link:

www.flexischools.com.au.

Families experiencing any issues with the app will have to ring Flexischools directly on

1300 361 769 .

Please Note: If your child has food allergies or dietary requirements please note this in red on the child's lunch bag or when placing the order.

Parents and Carers, please LABEL all items of school uniform. Already we have lots of lost items without names. We cannot return items if they are not labelled with the student’s name. If your child has lost something the lost property is located just inside the foyer of the administration offices to the right of the Attendance Office. Students can check lost property at lunchtimes and recess, before and after school.

Thankyou

Suzanne Bugeja

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Community Partnerships

Caroline Springs Lions Club

A huge thank you to the Caroline Springs Lions Club for their ongoing support this year in funding our lunchtime fruit and food program.

We are very appreciative of this partnership and the impact it has our on our students who are able to grab something extra to eat if they need during breaks. We look forward to our 2022 collaborations!

Student Wellbeing

With Krissy Martin, Reginald Zafra, Valentina Zevallos and Emma Meissner