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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 w e have 5 classes as well as recess and lunch. Thursday School Times. .
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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.