General Information

Office Hours: 8.30am to 4.00pm on school days Postal Address: The Riverina Anglican College PO Box 5467 Wagga Wagga NSW 2650

Phone: 02 69331811 Fax: 02 69331812 Email: office@trac.nsw.edu.au Website: www.trac.nsw.edu.au

The College Administration is available from 8.30am to 4pm each day of the school term. If you wish to speak to a teacher please leave a message with the office, as it is often difficult for teachers to come to the phone during class time or at lunch when other duties take priority. The office will normally close during the designated vacation period. An answering service will be available and cleared during these vacation periods.

The school day commences at 9.00am and concludes at 3.10pm. The daily programme is divided into 8 forty minute lessons with a twenty minute recess at 11.00am and a forty minute lunch break commencing at 12.40pm. School sport is set down for Friday afternoons and appropriate sports wear should be worn to school. No student should be at school before 8.15am or after 4.15pm unless involved in an activity with a staff member.

Student diaries are issued on the first day of Term 1. Students are expected to take their diary to each lesson and record details of assignments, homework and other school related activities. The diary is also the first method of communication between school and home. If a diary is lost or damaged, a new one can be purchased from the school office.

Lockers are available for students to use at the College. To apply for a locker, students are to bring in a locker request form with a $10 deposit for Kim who will provide a key. When the key is returned, the deposit is refunded.

The College does not have a canteen. However, lunch orders can be left at the Maths Staff Room before Roll Call and are taken by CSU catering who have with a wide variety of cold and hot food and drinks available. Students complete an order by writing their name and choice on a paper bag and including the correct  money. Change is not given. Late students may order until 9.10am. Lunches are delivered at 12.40pm. Click Here  to see the price list/menu.

Students are assigned to one of four Pastoral Houses when they arrive at the College. Siblings are generally all in the same House. There is healthy competition betweent the Houses at College Sport Carnivals and at various other events at school. Each House is divided into 6 Homerooms which meet for 10 minutes(9:00am – 9:10am) four mornings per week for roll call and messages. On Wednesday mornings roll call is taken during the Year meetings.

Sheppard (Green) Named after George Sheppard. He owned the school site in the 1880’s and was responsible as Colonial Architect for planning forty schools in the Wagga District. He also laid out the avenues of trees along the city streets of Wagga Wagga.

Browning (Red) Named after George Browning. Bishop Browning is the Regional Bishop of Canberra Goulburn and provided the impetus for the establishment of the College.

Fox (Gold) Named after Elizabeth Fox. Mrs Fox was the wife of the first Anglican Minister in Wagga Wagga. She and both of her children died during their mission work.

Stanley (Blue) Named after Professor Fiona Stanley. Professor Stanley was named Australian of the Year in 2002 for her work in children’s medical research.

School Sport is held every Friday afternoon and is compulsory for all students. Awide variety of sports are offered. For those who are taken to venues outside the school for sport, a note from a parent must be given to the supervising teacher if the student is to be dismissed from the venue and not return to school. If a parent/guardian collects a student from sport they are required to personally inform the teacher.

There is a weekly Chapel serviceand combined assemby in which all students participate. The service is usually led by the College Chaplain.

The College operates a textbook rental plan which covers textbooks in all subjects, and represents a considerable saving to parents. Textbooks will be issued to the students during the first week of the school year. Students are asked to sign their name into each book and accept the responsibility for returning the text at the end of the year. A charge will be made for any textbook which has been lost, damaged or defaced. Exercise books, folders and student diaries will be distributed to all students over the first week of Term 1 and the cost included in the Term 1 account.

A weekly Newsletter is issued to all students during Roll Call on Thursday morning. Additional notes and information are often placed inside the Newsletter. The Newsletter contains important information and is the chief method of communication between the school and home. It is also available on this Website.

All students are required to attend every day that the College is open. Parents are requested to send a signed note to the College Administrative office or email absences@trac.nsw.edu.au if the student is to be absent on a particular day explaining the reason and dates of the absence. Alternatively a fax may be sent.  If the absence was unplanned, a note must be brought to school within a week explaining the circumstances of the absence. Sample notes may be found at the back of the Handbook. The School roll is marked as soon as possible after 9.00am every school day. If students arrive late they are required to report to the office before going to class where a late pass will be issued and the time noted. A note of explanation is required either on that day or on the next school day. Persistent lateness disrupts school life and will be further investigated. Click here to see more about school attendance requirements.

If your child has an appointment to attend during the school day it would be appreciated if you could provide them with a note stating what time they will be leaving the school and whether or not they will return. The student should bring this note to the office when they sign out.Alternatively, parents are able to sign their children out at the office if they need to leave the school during the course of the day and have not brought a note.

School Sport is held every Friday afternoon and is compulsory for all students. A wide variety of sports are offered. For those who are taken to venues outside the school for sport, a note from a parent must be given to the supervising teacher if the student is to be dismissed from the venue and not return to school. If a parent/guardian collects a student from sport they are required to personally inform the teacher.

Friday sport is organised for Year 12 students and it is compulsory for them to attend. Year 12 students wishing to sign out early on Friday at lunchtime must have their parental note signed by their Year Co-ordinator or Mr Stubbs. Where there are custody and access orders from the Family Court parents/guardians should provide copies to the Principal.

Please  read and print the Policy for driving to School. This needs to be signed by parents and returned to the School for students intending to drive themselves to school and for their passengers.

Any student who falls ill or is injured at school should report to the Administrative office for treatment. Ill or injured students will be admitted to the sick bay. Parents will be called if the Sick Bay staff consider it necessary. Students are not to call parents asking to be collected without the knowledge of staff.

No medication is provided by the school for students. Parents of students who need to take medication during school hours should provide the medication with instructions for administration to the school office. The notification should include any possible adverse side effects and the recommended administering times and dispensing instructions. All medication is kept in a locked cupboard in the Sick Bay area. Where a student needs to carry asthma medication or an epipen, parents are asked to advise the school of this.

Insurance for injury at school is taken out for each student at the beginning of Term I. The fee is added on to the Term 1 fee statement. Claims are made on forms available through the Administration office. Please click here for details on the cover offered and the procedure to make a claim.

It is not appropriate for students to use mobile phones or electronic music/game players during the school day. Mobile phones must remain in bags and must not be used during the day. This includes recess and lunch times. If mobile phones and electronic music/game players are being used during the day they will be taken from the students, placed in an envelope and kept in the administrative office. Students may then collect them at the end of the day from the office.