School News

Enrolments 2020

Application for new enrolments in 2020 school year is now open with a closing date of Friday 26th July 2019

You will need to apply to enrol for 2020 if :

•  Your child is starting Kindergarten in 2020 (Born 1st July 2015 - 30th June 2016)
•  If your child is in Burrendah Primary School Kindergarten in 2019 and you live outside the school intake boundary

 Please ensure you bring the appropriate documentation with you when enrolling students for 2020

• Child’s Birth Certificate if born in Australia
• If the child or parents were born overseas we will need to sight the child’s Birth Certificate, Passport and Visa Grant Notice details OR Australian Passport/Citizenship paperwork for the child/parent(s)
• Up to date Medicare Immunisation History Records
• Proof of Address:
  • Current Council Rates Notice; or
  • Current Rental Agreement
  • a copy of current power and gas utility bills
• If the child has had a change of name, supporting documents are to be produced at enrolment
• If there is an access restriction (e.g. Family Court Orders, Violence Restraining Orders) please provide supporting documents
• Any other documents that may relate to your child’s learning, behaviour and health.

All other children do not need to enrol. We will assume they are coming back to Burrendah in 2020 unless you tell us otherwise. Please inform Reception if for any reason your children will not be attending Burrendah next year.

Parents of Year 6 students must enrol their students in a secondary school. Please make sure you have enrolled your child at their local secondary school by the end of this term.

Pinetree Gully Road School Gate

The school gate on Pinetree Gully Road will be locked at 4:00 pm daily. Access from the school after 4:00 pm will be only available through the gate on Castlereagh Close.

Classroom Access

Throughout the school day parents/guardians must come through Reception and ‘sign in’ before going to classrooms.  Parents/guardians are asked not to go directly to the classrooms for any reason to avoid disrupting the learning program and to ensure the security of classrooms.

Morning Tea/Lunches

Please ensure your child has a morning tea and it is sufficient to sustain them to 1:05 pm.  Children cannot concentrate on their learning if they are hungry.

Crunch and Sip - between recess and lunch children have Crunch and Sip.  This is where a child brings their own piece of fruit or vegetable to eat (non-sharing) and has water to drink (from their own water bottle).  

The school endorses the Department’s Healthy Eating Policy and we ask parents/guardians to ensure the morning tea you provide is healthy and has a minimal amount of processed packaged foods.  These commercially packed foods generally offer limited nutritional value, are difficult for children to open and create excess litter around the school.  Parents/guardians are encouraged to include fruit and vegetables in their children’s lunch boxes.  Lollies and chocolates are not appropriate for school lunch boxes. Nuts or nut pastes are not recommended for inclusion in school lunch boxes due to some of our students having life-threatening allergies. 

As we are moving towards becoming an accredited Waste Wise school, it is Burrendah Primary School’s goal to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.  The school community can support this process by providing wrapper-free recess and lunch.  Packing lunches in reusable containers will reduce waste. 

If parents/guardians need to bring their child’s lunch to school, please go directly to Reception and your child will be contacted to collect their lunch from there.