MAIN ADMINISTRATION OFFICE:
- Located in A Block
- Hours: 8.00am – 3.30pm on school days
- Services include: General Enquiries, Sick Bay, Enrolments, Payments, Visitor Sign-In
STUDENT ADMINISTRATION OFFICE:
- Located in B Block
- Hours: 8.00am – 3.00pm on school days
- Services include: Student Absences / Attendance, Student Early Departures & Late Arrivals, Uniform Passes, Lost Property
Full day absences and late arrivals
Please use one of the following options to report an absence:
Please ensure you clearly state the student's name, class and expected duration of absence.
Early departures
For a known early departure:
- advise of early departure via QParents app, our designated text message number, email, or phone call. We are unable to accept written notes.
- your student should go to Student Administration in the morning to obtain an early departure slip (B Block)
- student shows their teacher the early departure slip and is permitted to leave class
- student meets parent/guardian at Main Administration Office (A Block)
For an unplanned early departure
- phone 5459 7333 and press option 1
- please phone ahead to give staff time to locate your student so they are waiting on your arrival
- please avoid arriving at either Administration Offices to request collection of your student without prior notice
Sick Bay (Located in the Main Administration Office / A Block)
- if a student becomes unwell during school, they come to sick bay admin staff will phone a parent to advise of illness and request early collection of student
- students MUST NOT contact a parent directly
SCHOOL TERMS 2025
Term | Start Date | End Date |
Term 1 | Tuesday 28 January | Friday 4 April |
Term 2 | Tuesday 22 April | Friday 27 June |
Term 3 | Monday 14 July | Friday 19 September |
Term 4 | Tuesday 7 October | Friday 12 December |
- Year 12 students finish school on Friday 21 November 2025
- Years 10 and 11 students finish school on Friday 28 November 2025
- Years 7, 8
and 9 students finish Friday 12 December 2025
PUBLIC
HOLIDAYS 2025
- Australia Day - Monday 27 January
- Good Friday - Friday 18 April
- Easter Monday - Monday 21 April
- Anzac Day - Friday 25 April
- Labour Day - Monday 5 May
- Nambour Show Holiday - Friday 13
June
- Queen’s Birthday - Monday
6 October
STUDENT-FREE
DAYS 2025
BUS INFORMATION
For information regarding bus routes, schedules, passes and fares please
contact the following bus companies that service Burnside State High School:
MOBILE PHONE POLICY
- Students MUST NOT use their mobile phone at any time whilst at school
- Staff will confiscate a phone being used by a student
- A student can collect their confiscated phone from the Main Administration Office (A Block) at the end of the school day