From the Admin team

Office Hours:   8:30am to 4:00pm

Gates Locked: 9:15am / Opened: 3:15pm

Front Door Locked: 9:30am / Opened: 3:00pm

Students Arriving Late:

Please sign your child/ren in on the Compass Kiosk and ask a staff member to escort them to class if required.

Students Leaving Early:

Please send a note to your child/ren’s teacher in the morning to let them know and give an approximate time when you will be collecting them.  To make it easier for staff, and your child/ren, please do not come to collect them during outside play times.

Parents/Carers/Visitors:

For the safety of all at our school, all parents/carers and visitors must sign in on the Compass Kiosk and obtain a Visitor Pass to enter school buildings and grounds.  Wearing a pass means staff know immediately that you are an authorised visitor.

As well as this, we recommend that all visitors ensure they have a Working With Children Check (WWC).  These are free for volunteers.  Applications can be made through the Victorian Department of Justice.

Staff Toilets

Teachers and school staff kindly ask for your consideration when using our inside toilets. These toilets are for adults only in accordance with Child Safety Standards. If you need to use the restroom while you are at the school, please ask your children to wait outside. There is supervision for students from 8:45am until 3:45pm. If students need to use the restroom while you are still at school with them, they can continue to use the outside children’s toilets or the inside gender-neutral toilet. 

Teachers also ask other adults to be mindful of using the inside toilets between 8:45 and 9 am, as this is the last opportunity teachers have to use the restroom. After 9 am, they are in care of your children and are unable to leave to use the restroom. Please wait if possible until after the bell.

Thank you so much for your understanding. 

Students not collected at the end of the day:

If you are late picking your child/ren up, they may wait at the office up until 3:45pm.  We are unable to supervise them after this time.  We recommend that you register with the out of school care program, TeamKids, so that in an emergency, they can be properly cared for.

TeamKids Contact:  Tyne Email - ThornburyPS@teamkids.com.au 

Family Payments

Thank you to all of those families who have settled their extra-curricular payments so far.  2023 family payments are now on Compass.  Payments can be made by credit or debit card, BPay or cash.  Payment can be made in full or in instalments, please contact the office if you would like to set up a payment plan.  If you are unsure of your payments status, feel free to contact us.

Compass

Thornbury Primary School uses the Compass platform for almost all of our communications. If you are experiencing any difficulties accessing or using Compass, please drop by the office so we can help you.

Medication

A reminder that schools are not permitted to administer prescribed or over-the-counter medications without a Medication Authority Form completed and signed by the parent.  Forms are available at the office.  

Asthma & Medications

Asthma plans should be updated annually in consultation with your Doctor.  We have forms available at the office provided by the Asthma Foundation which are highly useful to us at school.  Even if your child is able to self-administer their medication, we still need to have the information for our records.

Dogs at school

A reminder to please not bring your dog/s into the school grounds.

Kind regards,

Kristie, Jasmine and Shirley