5.2 College Bell Times

College Bell Times

The school day at Lyndale Secondary College is broken up into four lessons each day. The school opens at 8:10, but the first lesson begins at 8:40 and ends at 3:00pm. This may seem like a very short school day, but lunch time in Australian schools are no longer than an hour. You will also receive an increasing amount of homework which you will be expected to complete in your own time by the set deadline.

The lesson times are detailed below:

Warning bells and locker bells are when students attend to their locker to retrieve learning materials in preparation for the next one or two lessons. They are then expected to be outside of their designated classrooms by the time the lesson bell sounds. If you wish to be outside of your classroom for any reason, you must seek permission from your teacher. If permission is granted your teacher will sign your diary, which you then take with you to show to teachers in the corridor if asked.

At the end of the lesson, students may not simply walk out of class. The teacher will give their permission for students to leave and will always strive to do this at the correct time so that students are not late for their next lesson or to make their way home. Please take note that classrooms are not to be entered when the teacher is not present, including lunch and recess times.