GENERAL INFORMATION

School assemblies are held fortnightly on Fridays from 9.00 to 9.45am on odd weeks of the school term. Special assemblies are sometimes held at the end of term or on open days. Families are most welcome.

Please report all students absences by one of the following prior to 9.30am on the day of absence

• Email 0152.absences@schools.sa.edu.au
• Message the teacher through Seesaw
• Phone the school and leave a message through the absence message bank

Parents and carers wanting to take their child out of school for more than 3 consecutive days must apply for an exemption. Please contact the admin team by phone or email dl.0152.absences@schools.sa.edu.au, with dates and reason for exemption.

The Behaviour Support policy is available in the Policies section of the website.

In the interest of everyone’s safety students are asked to wheel their bikes and scooters in the school grounds.  Bicycle and scooter racks are available behind the front building

To ensure students are safe at school it is important the school Principal is advised of any custody orders or other issues. Documents pertaining to custody orders must be sighted by the Principal.

Glen Osmond Primary School students are eligible for dental care at the Linden Park Dental Clinic.

 Please phone for an appointment PH: 8379 8707.  

Students are dismissed at 2.10pm on the last day of each school term. Parents are reminded via the bulletin through the SeeSaw app.

ENROLMENTS 2025

Please contact the school by email on dl.0152.enrolments@schools.sa.edu.au to enquire about enrolment vacancies in Reception to Year 6 for 2025.

ENROLMENTS 2026

Registrations are now open for Reception to Year 6 enrolment.

Registrations close Monday 30 June (week 10, term 2).

• Click here to find out when your child can start school
• Click here to check your zoned primary school.
• Click here to check the Glen Osmond Primary School zone.
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 RECEPTION 2026

• Term 1 2026 : Date of birth 1st May 2020 – 30th April 2021
• Term 3 2026: Date of birth 1st May 2021 – 31st October 2021
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Register by clicking on the link below.

https://forms.office.com/r/m5SjHUcQzC

To finalise your registration, you will need to provide the school with the following documents:

Providing Proof of Age

In addition we require:

• A copy of Child’s Birth Certificate or Passport
• A copy of your child’s visa documentation (if applicable).
• A copy of your child’s most recent school report
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Proof of Residence

If you RENT your residence – all documents below must be provided:

• A rental agreement that covers the first 12-months at the school. The renting of a room does not constitute a primary place of residence. Families must rent an entire property
• A copy of your Bond Receipt, issued by Consumer and Business Services
• Current Electricity Bill:  If you have only just connected electricity, please provide a copy of your welcome email from your supplier, showing name, supply address and connection date.

If you have PURCHASED your residence- all documents below must be provided:

• A copy of your Contract of Sale
• Current Electricity Bill:  If you have only just connected electricity, please provide a copy of your welcome email from your supplier, showing name, supply address and connection date.

Please note that submitting the above documents with your registration it is not an enrolment at the school, it is an application for your child to be placed on our school Enrolment Register. 

Visa Details
If you have emigrated to Australia, please provide us with your Visa papers and Visa Number. If your child has limited oral and written English, we expect that they attend an Intensive English Language school to develop their English proficiency. The zoned IELC school for Glen Osmond Primary School is Highgate Primary School. More information (available in different languages) can be found at Support to learn English (www.sa.gov.au)

Families holding Visa 457 or 482 temporary resident
Please visit the Department for Education website link for further information regarding enrolment.  The school will require a copy of the ‘Letter of Confirmation’ provided by the Department for Education, to verify enrolment.

Families holding dependent visas:  500H, 500P, 500S, 500V

Please visit the Department for Education – International Education Services – website link for further information regarding enrolment.  The school will require a copy of the ‘Letter of Confirmation’ to verify enrolment.

It is the responsibility of the parents applying for enrolment to be able to verify to the satisfaction of the school that the information provided is true and factual.  If a child is enrolled on the basis of false or misleading information (including residential address) the Chief Executive may direct that the child be instead enrolled at another Government school pursuant to section 63(1) of the Education and Children’s Services Act 2019.

School Tours

School tours are held fortnightly on a Tuesday at 10am on even weeks of a school term. Please contact the school by email to book a tour. Please include names of adults attending, child’s name, year level/enrolment year, residential address and current school/pre-school.

Parents are invited to nominate for Governing Council at the Annual General Meeting and/ or join one of the council sub-committees: Out of School Hours Sports, Community Engagement, OSHC Advisory, Finance Advisory and Grounds.

All school and community fundraising activities will be managed through the GOPS Fundraising policy and procedure. Where required, an ad-hoc committee will be established and operate within the relevant terms of reference.

Parents are encouraged to discuss any concerns they have regarding their child’s education with the class teacher.  The school’s Grievance Policy describes steps parents, students and staff should take to resolve grievances. For a further guide to raising concerns go to: Feedback and complaints about a school or preschool (education.sa.gov.au)

Students and staff are required to wear hats in line with our SunSmart policy. Hats must be legionnaire style, broad brimmed or bucket style in the school colours and must not have cords attached.  They are available from the front office or through the online uniform shop on our website.

As all classrooms are heated in the winter and cooled in the summer consequently the weather does not generally affect our school activities. In cases of extreme heat (36 degrees or above) or wet weather students are supervised indoors during lunch and play periods and physical education lessons are modified and conducted in the gymnasium or classrooms.

Glen Osmond Primary School has a well- resourced library. Students have access to a range of resources including Picture Books, Non Fiction Books, Novels, Audio stories and Graphic Novels (comics). Student’s visit the library weekly with their class teacher and may borrow resources to enjoy at home. Students Reception to Year 2 are encouraged to use a material library bag to carry books to and from home. 

Opening Hours
Before school from 8.30am Monday to Friday.
The library is also open during lunch times.
Students and caregivers are welcome to visit before and after school for borrowing and returning of books.

Borrowing

The borrowing period is two weeks. Once a book is overdue, the student is no longer able to borrow until the book is returned.

Overdue Notices
If a book is overdue, your child will be notified. Please assist your child to locate the book if needed. If a book cannot be found, please inform the school. Misplaced books are often returned to the library or they simply “turn up”. If you have any queries, please phone or come in to see us. We endeavour to clear up any issues immediately.

Lost or Damaged Books
From time to time books will get lost or damaged. If this occurs please contact the school. You may wish to replace the book or make a donation of $15 dollars towards the replacement/repair. Please do not make repairs at home. Send the damaged book back to the Resource Centre with a note. Once we know an item is lost or damaged, we can alter our cataloguing system to reflect this.

Library Events

Throughout the year Glen Osmond Primary school library participates in several events including:

• Premier’s Reading Challenge Home | Premiers Reading Challenge SA
• Children’s Book Council of Australia Bookweek – Assembly and Parade

Homepage – The Children’s Book Council of Australia

• Book Fair
• Author Visit
• Scholastic Book Club – The Scholastic Book Club leaflets are distributed to classes twice a term. If you would like to place an order, please do so online via the LOOP app or via Scholastic website. (please note we do not accept payments at school).

scholastic.com.au/LOOP 

All unlabelled lost clothing is stored in the lost property box. In the Conference room near the Library.  Please label all children’s clothing and other belongings with their names.

Private music lessons are available for students during school times. Availability of places and payment is organised by the music instructors. The range of instruments taught will depend on instructor and facilities availability and student demand.

In recent years the school has typically hosted guitar, ukulele and piano. Further information and contact details for our instructors is available from the office

A wide variety of healthy hot and cold lunches can be ordered online through Linden Park Friendly Grocer which is accessed via the Qkr! App. Lunches are made off-site and delivered to our school. You will need to have your credit card handy to place an order.

School fees are set each year by the School Governing Council based on the recommendations of the Finance Committee. Please contact the Finance Office if you need to discuss options for a payment plan.

The Sway Newsletter comes out every 3 weeks via SeeSaw (weeks 3, 6 and 9)

The school office is open between 8.00am and 4.00pm each school day.

The school has an Out of School Hours Care program that is available on a regular or occasional basis from 7.00 am to 8.30 am each morning and from 3.10pm to 6.00pm in the evening in the Coach House.

Bookings can be made directly with the OSHC Director 0411 138 748.

Parents are not to use the staff car park. Be aware that there are No Standing zones surrounding the school that operate before 9.00AM and after 3.00PM. Parking fines apply. Please be respectful and considerate when parking. Avoid parking in front of driveways and council bins on collection day.

Please read the attached document regarding keeping our students safe around schools.

keep-kids-safe-road-safety-around-schools.pdf

The School Card Scheme is administered by the Education Department and provides financial assistance towards the cost of school fees for eligible families. All queries about School Card should be directed to staff in the Office.

To apply for school card click on this link.

The school hosts a range of in school and outside of school hours sports. Weekend sports run by parent volunteers currently include: soccer, cricket, football, netball, softball and basketball. All volunteers must be registered with GOPS before commencing volunteer duties.

The South Australian Department of Education & Child Development maintains a table of school term dates for the current and upcoming year here: https://www.education.sa.gov.au/teaching/south-australian-state-schools-term-dates 

Parents may use the adult toilets located on the northern side of the Upper Primary building. There are separate toilets for Upper and Junior Primary students.

Prior to commencing reception at Glen Osmond, pre-school and kindergarten students are invited to attend our transition program. During the visits children spend time at the school in classrooms and in the school yard. Parents are also invited to meet key staff in the school. Details of these visits are available at the Office.

All visitors to the school must sign in via the iPad in the front office please also collect and wear an identifying badge. This does not include parents picking up and dropping off children. 

Volunteers are welcome at our school. Children love to see their parents and extended family involved in their school. You can help by assisting with:

• Governing Council and/ or sub-committee representative
• classroom support
• library support
• camps and excursions
• community engagement
• co-ordinating and/or coaching after school sport

If you would like to volunteer you must have completed full Volunteer registration. Contact the school to find out more

We believe that wellbeing is at the forefront of educating students at Glen Osmond Primary School as it involves the teaching of the “whole child” and incorporates mental, social, physical, intellectual and emotional factors. How a child feels about themselves, and their life is strongly connected to their ability to thrive and succeed in a school setting. We support the Department for Education’s, Wellbeing for Learning and Life framework which encapsulates the link between student wellbeing and their ability to learn.  At GOPS we provide a variety of strategies to cater for the unique needs of all students throughout their educational and life journey. These include:

• Whole school implementation of the Zones of Regulation curriculum (see outline below).
• SSO Support providing supportive networks for students social, emotional and cognitive engagement.
• Buddy System which pairs older students with younger students to support and develop social skillsets.
• Child Protection Curriculum, teaching all students to recognise harm and develop strategies to keep themselves and others safe.
• Student Support Services, working with the Department in offering specific supports such as social workers, behaviour support coaches, psychologists, special educators, speech pathologists where required.

Student Support Services

Zones of Regulation

We teach The Zones of Regulation curriculum across all classes at GOPS to provide each student with coping and regulation strategies to use when they experience anxiety, stress and lack of focus. In the classroom, students are faced with an array of emotions, including tricky social situations and learning challenges. By teaching them how to cope with these feelings we allow them to become more proficient at tackling learning challenges and work together to build resilience and emotional intelligence. We want all students at Glen Osmond Primary School to grow into successful teenagers then adults. Teaching children at a young age about managing their feelings supports them in developing positive coping strategies, emotional competence, resilience and confidence to enable them to achieve positive mental health and wellbeing.

Zones of Regulation teaches students to:

• Develop emotional literacy to notice, share and articulate their emotions.
• Develop skills in recognising other’s emotions and builds empathy.
• Gain an awareness of internal body sensations- interoception/warning signs.
• Develop strategies and skills to move from one zone to another to assist themselves in regulating their emotions and readiness to learn.
• Understand that emotions, environment and sensory experiences such as lack of sleep or hunger might influence which zone they are in.
• Develop problem-solving skills and resilience.
• Identify and practice a range of calming, organising and alerting strategies for regulation (personal ‘toolkit’).

What are the different Zones?

Blue Zone: low level of alertness; brain is moving slowly; feeling sad, sick, tired, bored, lonely; feeling sluggish.

Green Zone: calm state of alertness; optimal level to learn; feeling happy, calm, focused, content.

Yellow Zone: heightened state of alertness; elevated emotions; has some control; feels frustrated, worried, silly/wiggly, excited, starting to feel less in control.

Red Zone: heightened state of alertness and intense emotions; not an optimal level for learning; out of control; feels angry, terrified, panicked, devastated, overwhelmed or elated.

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