Oatley West Public School

Great Kids, Great Teachers, Great School!

Telephone02 9580 5048

Emailoatleywest-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

What we offer

Each school in NSW offers something slightly different depending on the community. Here's what we offer for you.

Canteen

All canteens in NSW public schools must meet certain requirements. These include providing more healthy food and drink options – to make the healthy choice an easy choice for students. Visit Healthy school canteens to learn more.

Our Canteen

Here are the answers to some commonly asked questions about our canteen.

Who Runs The Canteen?

The canteen is operated by Made Fresh.  The canteen staff are available 5 days a week.

When is The Canteen Open?

During the COVID-19 period, the canteen is operational between 9am to 2pm Monday - Friday during school terms.

If the canteen closes on a particular day, a notification will be sent via the SkoolBag app and/or the school newsletter. 

What Does The Canteen Sell?

The menu and food items can be viewed on the Flexischools website/app. 

Go to www.flexischools.com.au

The canteen’s menu and food items comply with the NSW Healthy Canteen Strategy administered by the NSW Health Department and Department of Education. 

What Is Flexischools?

Flexischools is an online application available for parents/carers to place a lunch order or make a purchase for their child/ren. 

In order to make an online lunch order for your child/ren, the parent/carer needs to register an account at www.flexischools.com.au

How Can I Order Lunch For My Child/ren?

All lunch orders are to be made online via Flexischools. 

Please go to www.flexischools.com.au to register for an account. 

The canteen will also accept written lunch orders.

Lunch orders can include sandwiches, hot and/or cold food items, snacks and drinks. 

Additional food items like sushi are available every day. 

Cut Off Times For Lunch Orders

The cut off time for online lunch orders is 9am (Monday - Friday). 

If you miss the 9am cut off time, lunch orders can still be placed after 9am to 10am by visiting the canteen with a written lunch order.

After the final 10am cut off time, your child(ren) will need to come up to the canteen at lunchtime to ask for lunch. The canteen will be able to offer a choice of sandwiches, and hot food options as well as drinks, fruit and snacks.

An invoice will then be sent to the parent/carer with the student, and payment can be made at the canteen the following day.

Parents/carers are encouraged to place lunch orders the day before or in advance for a whole week or more if desired.

Unless otherwise advised by the parents/carers, the canteen will not allow a child(ren) to go without something to eat at lunchtime. 

How Do Lunch Orders Work?

A label with your child's lunch order is printed and then placed on a white paper bag and processed. 

At lunchtime, lunch order monitors (assigned from each class) collect the lunch orders from the canteen in their designated class baskets. The baskets are taken back to the classroom for distribution. 

Lunch orders which contain any frozen treats/items must be collected from the canteen. The student is required to present their lunch bag which lists frozen food item for collection.

We encourage students to collect their food items before 2pm. 

Over The Counter Sales

Students can buy over the counter food such as popcorn, drinks, icy treats, snacks etc. during recess and lunchtime periods. 

What Happens If Your Child Has Forgotten Their Lunch?

The child is encouraged to speak to their teacher and the canteen will provide them with a sandwich. An invoice will be given to the student to take home with the total amount owing. This invoice can be paid at the canteen the following day.

How To Pay Your Invoice

Cash is accepted over the canteen counter.

Communication With Canteen Managers

Please ring between 9am - 2pm if you wish to speak to a canteen manager. 

Uniforms

When students wear a school uniform, they feel included in our school community.

Students, teachers, parents and carers, as well as members of our local community helped develop our school uniform to make sure it:

  • meets the requirements of occupational health and safety, anti-discrimination and equal opportunity legislation

  • includes items that are affordable, comfortable and made from easy-care and easy-wear fabrics

  • is appropriate for the full range of school activities

  • is suitable for all body shapes.

Learn more about the NSW Department of Education’s School Uniform Policy.

Click on the link for  Uniform Shop Order Form Jan 2018 (pdf 440 KB)

Manager – Sia Coelho                                                                                                                               

E-mail: scoelho@iinet.net.au

We take great pride in the appearance of the children at Oatley West Public School and encourage all students to wear the correct school uniform.

Purchases

The Uniform Shop is open every Thursday from 9-10am outside the C Block, under the COLA. Payment for items purchased can be made by Master Card, Visa Card, cash or cheque (made payable to Oatley West Public School Uniform Shop).

Uniform Orders

If you are unable to get to the Uniform Shop when it is open, an order form can be completed and dropped in to the school office. All orders will be delivered to your child's classroom on Thursday when the shop is open. Order Forms are available at the Uniform Shop, on the School's Website, Facebook Page and Schoolbag Application.

Parent Volunteers

Uniform Shop is run by volunteers. If you have an hour to spare weekly, fortnightly, monthly or even just once or twice a Term, your help will be greatly appreciated. Please contact Sia Coelho on scoelho@iinet.net.au 

Summer Uniform

The Summer Uniform is worn Monday to Thursday from the beginning of Term 4. The summer uniform consists of the following:

Girls 

Summer Tunic is worn with blue socks, black shoes, zip jacket (as required) and school hat.  Culottes with the short sleeve blue polo shirt (with school logo) are also available as an alternative to the tunic, however, traditionally the children in years K-2 wear the tunic.  Blue socks and black shoes are to be worn with the culottes.

Boys 

Grey shorts with short sleeve blue polo shirt (with school logo), grey striped school socks, black shoes zip jacket (as required) and school hat.

Winter Uniform 

The Winter Uniform is worn Monday to Thursday the day after Mother's Day. The winter uniform consists of the following:

Girls 

Winter Tunic (pinafore) worn with long sleeve blue polo (with school logo), grey tights, black shoes, zip jacket and school hat.  Charcoal Bootleg pants with the long sleeve blue polo shirt (with school logo) are also available as an alternative to the tunic, however, traditionally the children in years K-2 wear the tunic.  Blue socks and black shoes are to be worn with the bootleg pants.

Boys 

Gabardine pants with long sleeve blue polo shirt (with school logo), grey striped school socks, black shoes, and zip jacket and school hat.

Sports Uniform 

The Sports Uniform is worn every Friday all year round.  There will be occasions where your child will be required to wear their sports uniform on other nominated days. This will be with prior notification.  

The Sports Uniform consists of the following:

Girls 

Gold polo shirt (with school logo) and unisex sport shorts (with embroidered OWPS). Sport socks, joggers, zip jacket (as required) and school hat.

Boys 

Gold polo shirt (with school logo) and black sport shorts with red and gold stripes. Sport socks, joggers, zip jacket (as required) and school hat.  Unisex sport shorts will only be sold as each size of the existing boys sport shorts is sold out. The unisex shorts will then be offered in those sizes.

If your child feels the cold, they are permitted to wear black tracksuit pants with their gold polo shirt.

Hats 

All children must wear a school hat. Caps are not part of the School Uniform. Oatley West follows guidelines set by the Department of Education in respect to Safe Sun practices. If your child does not wear a hat, they will be instructed to go to a shaded area.

Shoes

Boys and Girls are to wear black shoes Monday to Thursday. Joggers are to be worn for sport on Friday.

Clothing items in similar colours are NOT acceptable uniform.

Hiring our facilities

You may apply to use our school’s facilities for appropriate purposes provided your hiring of the facility doesn't interfere with our teaching and learning programs.

We assess each application on a case-by-case basis. Find out more at Using school facilities.

If you’re interested in hiring our facilities, contact us for details.