A Day at Cairns Primary

On our return to school after Lockdown, some of our morning and after school routines have changed.  Classes arrive at the school through designated gates and line up in designated areas.  Our school start times are staggered with some pupils starting at 9.00am and others starting at 9.10am.  Children are collected from their designated area and taken into the school building by their class teacher.  They follow the in-school one-way system to their classrooms.  

Our children will work in their classes until their break time.  Again, these times are staggered and our playground has been split into zones to ensure safe, socially distanct playing.  Children are encouraged to bring a healthy snack to eat during their playtime to ensure that they are ready to return to class ready to learn.  Children will then continue their learning until lunchtime.  Our lunch times are now split into 3 waves.  During these times, children will have 15 minutes to play outside it the fresh air with their friends and will also have 30 minutes in the school dininghall to eat their lunch.    

Afternoon teaching then commences and the children remain with their class until their finish time of either 3.00pm or 3.10pm when the home time bell rings.  At this time children follow the in-school one-way system to leave the building through their designated playground exit. Children who are attending After School clubs or travelling home on the school bus go to the previously established meeting point.   

Many children at Cairns start their day a litle earlier in the morning by attending the Breakfast Club.  This runs from 8:15 until 8:45 and the children can enjoy a healthy breakfast for a small cost.  The Breakfast Club takes place in the school dininghall. 

Under normal circumstances, we offer a wide range of After School Clubs led by staff which are available to all children attending Cairns Primary School.  These clubs are free of charge and generally run from 3pm - 4pm.  At present, we are not operating any of our After School or Lunch time clubs, but hope to get this back up and running as soon as possible. Please click on the link below to see what clubs were on offer in a previous school year. 

After School Clubs