School Life in Australia

Presented By Kiahna Bailey and Paige Herford

School Times

• Dapto High School starts at 8:28 every morning and finishes at 2:40 every afternoon.

• On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday we have 5 classes as well as recess and lunch

Thursday School Times.

• On Thursday we only have 3 classes and recess and lunch because we have sport so school finishes at 2:30.

Canteen

• At Dapto High, students have the choice to bring their own lunch or purchase something from the school canteen.

• The canteen operates every day, recess and lunch.

What Can You Buy?

At the canteen you can buy:• Hot Food• Ice Cream• Drinks• Sandwiches • Cakes

Uniform

• At Dapto High School, we have to wear school uniform.

• Every student also has to wear leather enclosed shoes.

• On Thursday we wear a yellow and maroon shirt with black DHS shorts for sport.

Specific Uniforms

• All girls must wear a polo shirt or a blouse and the maroon shorts and skirts.

• All boys must wear grey polo shirts and grey shorts.

Holidays

• Dapto High School has 4 lots of school holidays.

• We have 3 lots of 2 weeks and 1 lot of 6 weeks for our Christmas Holidays.

Sport

• Every Thursday is Dapto High Schools sport day. Every student picks 1 sport to do on the Thursday afternoon.

• This goes on for 1 ½ hours after lunch.

Sporting Carnivals

• Every year Dapto High School students participate in 3 sporting carnivals. The Swimming Carnival, Athletics Carnival and Cross Country.

Sporting Carnivals

• Cross country is just long distance running around the school ovals.

• The athletics carnival has a variety of sports such as high jump, long jump, shot put, discus, javelin and running.

Subjects

At Dapto High School, year 9 have the option of picking 2 out of 8 elective subjects along with the normal subjects of:• Maths• English• Science• P.E• Health• History and Geography.

University

• Students have the option to go along to year 12.

• This year, students sit examinations that rank them for university admissions. (HSC)

• Once they complete year 12 and their HSC they can go to university if they get a high enough score.

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