Our policies and reports

Our policies and reports help families understand how our school works. Our annual report and school plan show what we’ve done and how we’re improving each year.  Our policies address attendance, absences, behaviour, uniform and how we respond to your concerns.

Annual school report

Each year, we share our progress in the annual school report. It gives families a clear picture of how our school is performing and how we’re supporting every student’s success. The report reflects our commitment to openness, accountability and continuous improvement.

The report includes:

• what we’re doing well and where we’re improving
• student achievement and academic progress
• our school vision and goals
• key highlights and milestones
• challenges we’ve faced and how we’re addressing them.

School excellence plan

Our school excellence plan (SEP) is a working document that shows our priorities in learning, teaching and leading. It explains our focus areas for improvement and how we plan to get there. We write our SEP with help from our school community so it reflects our shared priorities.

School behaviour support and management plan

Our school has a school behaviour support and management plan (SBSMP). The SBSMP helps us create a safe, respectful and supportive learning environment for all students. It sets clear expectations for student behaviour. This includes how we respond to bullying and cyberbullying. We work together with our school community to shape the plan and review it each year.

Cronulla South Public School Behaviour Support and Management Plan 2025

School frameworks and expectations

Bring Your Own Device

Cronulla South Public School has as an option a  BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) program across Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 classes. Our vision is to encourage creative and innovative learning opportunities for students using BYOD as a tool to facilitate and maximise learning.

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) refers to students bringing a personal technology device to school to use for educational purposes under the direction of a teacher. For BYOD, ‘device’ refers to a privately owned wireless laptop. This will also ease transitions into high school, where students must bring laptops. Please Note: Cronulla South Public School has decided that mobile phones/smartphones/smartwatches that allow communication with others throughout the day and tablets will not be accepted, as stated in the NSW Department of Education's Digital Devices and Online Services for Students.

Students can connect compatible devices to a filtered DoE internet service, providing students with safe and secure internet access.

There are many reasons to go BYOD at Cronulla South Public School. These include:

• Increased access to online resources.
• Increased access to develop the skills to use technology efficiently and effectively.
• More personalised and differentiated learning is available, eg. Using Google Classroom as a platform and various apps to produce quality work, adjusted to individual learners’ needs.
• Allows students more control of their learning.
• Develops student organisation skills and a sense of responsibility.
• Creates future-focused learning environments that can increase student engagement.
• Eases transition to high school where students must use laptops more frequently.

Equity is integral to the BYOD initiative at Cronulla South Public School. This is an opt-in program for students who can bring in a device. Bringing a device for BYOD is not compulsory, and devices will be available at school for students who cannot provide their own. However, students will not be allowed to take the school devices home; this is where the advantage of having your device comes in. BYOD also provides a level of responsibility to students and allows them to look after a device and manage things like charging. The school will be providing help to parents on how to ensure that devices are kept safe.

Cronulla South Public School - 2025 BYOD Intention - Permission and Agreement

Homework at CSPS

Homework allows for practising, extending and consolidating work done in class. It can provide training for students in planning and organising time and can assist in developing a range of skills, such as identifying and using information resources. Additionally, it establishes habits of study, concentration and self-discipline.

• CSPS Homework Policy

CSPS Wheeled Device Procedures

Our school encourages all students and their families to be safe active travellers. This guide below outlines our expectations of students as bicycle/e-bike and scooter riders when travelling to and from school.

Transport for NSW advises for wheeled device riders and school guidelines:

• riders must wear an approved helmet – it’s the law
• riders under 10 years of age should be actively supervised by an adult
• riders aged between 10 and 12 should ride away from busy roads.
• riders under 16 and adult riders accompanying and supervising them may ride on the footpath unless there are signs specifically prohibiting cycling.
• at intersections, riders must dismount, walk their bike or scooter and cross the road as a pedestrian
• bicycle and scooter riders must obey the bicycle road rules. https://roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov.au/stayingsafe/bicycle-riders/laws.html
• Skateboards, e-scooters and roller skates/blades are not permitted on school grounds

Personal e-scooters are illegal on NSW roads and road-related areas, including footpaths, shared paths and bicycle lanes. You can only use these on private property.

Parents and carers are responsible for:

• how their child travels to and from school
• maintaining their child’s bicycle/e-bike or scooter. Bicycles/e-bikes must be safe and in working order, and by law must be fitted with a working brake and a bell.
• maintaining their child’s scooter so that it is in safe working condition
• ensuring their child correctly wears an approved helmet
• teaching their child the bicycle road rules
• completing and returning the Bicycle/e-bike/ scooter rider - safety agreement

Students who ride wheeled devices to and from school are responsible for:

• completing the Bicycle/e-bike/ scooter rider - safety agreement, issued by our school
• dismounting their bicycle/e-bike/scooter before entering the school grounds
• using the school entry and exit points via Trevellyan Street pedestrian entrance or via the side pedestrian entrance on Lucas Street
• walking bicycles/e-bikes/scooters on school grounds
• storing bicycle/e-bike/scooter in the bicycle rack. Bicycles/e-bikes/scooters must be locked with a chain and padlock supplied by the owner.

Wheeled devices and helmets are bought and stored at school at the owner’s risk.

Parents and carers will be notified if their child does not follow the conditions of the school’s Wheeled Device safety guidelines and agreement. Students may be banned from bringing their wheeled devices onto school grounds if they breach school rules.

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