Starting at Fairholme Junior

The Junior School Office is open from 8am to 4pm, term time. 

Phone number: 07 4688 4647

Email: juniorinfo@fairholme.qld.edu.au 

On the first day of Term 1, girls should go to their classroom.

If uncertain, please go to the Junior School office and our administration staff will escort you to your classroom.

New starters during the school year should go to the Junior School office, where you will be met by a buddy and escorted to class. 

Kindy students will go directly to their Kindy classroom, which they will be familiar with from their enrolment tour and Kindy Entry Interview. 

Junior School 

Monday to Friday 8.25am to 3.10pm

Morning Tea 10.30am to 10.50am

Lunch 12.30pm to 1.15pm

Kindy 

Monday to Friday 8.30am to 3pm

Girls may arrive at 8am and play in the P&F Courtyard before school. Please make arrangements for Before School Care if your daughter needs to arrive before 8am.

Collection at the end of the school day is from the Rotunda. Please make arrangements for After School Care if your daughter is unable to be collected by 3.30pm. 

2024 KEY DATES

TERM 1

22 January - Students may bring their books to their classroom between 2 and 3pm

23 January – Term 1 Commences (Prep to Year 6, Kindy 2 and 5 day students)

24 January - Term 1 Commences (Kindy 3 day students)

26 January - Australia Day Public Holiday 

15 February – Year 3 to 6 Interhouse  Swimming Carnival

12 March - Year 3 to 6 Interhouse Cross Country Carnival

21 March - Prep to Year 2 Dolphin Interhouse Swimming Carnival

27 March – Term 1 Concludes

29 March – Easter Friday

31 March – Easter Sunday

1 April – Easter Monday

TERM 2

16 April – Term 2 Commences (Prep to Year 6, Kindy 2 and 5 day students)

17 April – Term 2 Commences (Kindy 3 day students)

19 April – Toowoomba Show Holiday 

25 April - ANZAC Day Public Holiday

6 May - Labour Day Public Holiday

16 May - Kindy to Year 2 Interhouse Cross Country

17 to 19 May – Fairholme Open Art Prize FACETS

7 June - Kindy to Year 6 Interhouse Athletics Carnival

13 June – Term 2 Concludes

TERM 3

9 July – Term 3 Commences (Prep to Year 6, Kindy 2 and 5 day students)

10 July - Term 3 Commences (Kindy 3 day students)

18 July - Founders' Day Celebrations

19 July – Fathers’ Dinner

26 August - Year 6 Canberra tour begins (returns 30 August)

4 September - Year 4 & 5 Camp begins (returns 6 September)

12 September – Term 3 Concludes

TERM 4

1 October – Term 4 Commences (Prep to Year 6, Kindy 2 and 5 day students)

2 October - Term 4 Commences ( Kindy 3 day students)

7 October - King's Birthday Public Holiday

19 October – Spring Fair

24 November - Community Carols and Thanksgiving Service

27 November – Junior School Presentation Morning

27 November – Term 4 Concludes at 12.30pm

Download the 2024 Term Dates »

HOLMEstore is the name of our uniform shop, where you purchase all the Fairholme uniforms that you require for your daughter. 

It is located beneath the Gym on the Bridge Street side of the College, with parking entry via Fairholme Street. 

Please feel free to visit us when it best suits you (within opening hours below). Fitting appointments for new students can be made by emailing HOLMEstore@fairholme.qld.edu.au or by calling 4688 4666.

Holiday Closure:

Closing Tuesday, 5th December 2023 and reopening on Monday, 8th January 2024.

The HOLME Store will be open from 7.30am-4pm on the Boarder Travel Day (Monday 22 January 2024). CLOSED Friday 26 January for the Australia Day Public Holiday.

Opening Hours:

Monday: 12.30 - 4.00pm

Tuesday: 12.30 - 4.00pm

Wednesday: 12.30 - 4.00pm

Thursday: 7.30 - 12.30pm

Friday: 7.30 - 12.30pm

For more information, including uniform details and pricelist, visit HOLMEstore.

Prior to commencing at Fairholme, you will receive an email from our HOLMEstore Manager enclosing your daughter’s booklist. 

Books can be ordered and collected through the HOLMEstore or families may choose to shop at another location using the list as their guide.

If you have any questions, Tina Forbes is the HOLMEstore manager and can be contacted via email holmestore@fairholme.qld.edu.au or phone (07) 4688 4666.

From 2024, the Junior School iPad program will be replaced by usage of laptops for all students in Years 4 to 6. 

These will be issued by the College and a general purpose levy will be charged to your account. This brings the Junior School in line with Middle and Senior School laptop usage.

Laptops will be supplied by the College, have Microsoft Office suite products installed, with IT support by our College IT staff. Laptops will remain at school, in the classroom.

My Fairholme

The myFairholme (Parent Portal) is where you will receive Happenings@Holme messages and important documents about school activities, access your child’s reports, book parent teacher interviews, access academic reports, view the parent handbook, and more.

myFairholme can be accessed online or via the mobile app. Upon enrolment, you will receive an email with your family’s personalised myFairholme login information. 

For more information about accessing myFairholme, visit myFairholme FAQs.

Social Media

Regular updates are shared on the College’s social media channels.

Facebook

Instagram

Tik Tok

LinkedIn

Fairholme Junior operates year level Facebook pages for parents. These groups can be helpful with reminders and sharing of information, locating of lost property, etc. Membership of these pages is optional and this is not a formal method of communication. Links to access Facebook pages are shared at the beginning of each year.

‘At Holme’

‘At Holme’ is our monthly online publication where we share updates, community stories and celebrate the achievements of Fairholme girls. To explore past editions on our website, visit Publications.

‘At Holme’ podcast

Our 'At Holme' podcast is where we share inspiring conversations from within and beyond the school grounds. To access the podcasts, visit Podcasts.

Due to their teaching commitments during the day, teachers prefer initial contact from parents via email.

Email addresses at Fairholme are firstname.surname@fairholme.qld.edu.au. 

Please be aware that we do not expect our teachers to respond to emails out of hours.

You are welcome to email your daughter's teachers to arrange a face-to-face meeting or phone call if necessary.

Parent/Student/Teacher interviews for Prep to Year 6 students are conducted at the end of Terms 1 and 3. Bookings are made by accessing myFairholme - Parent Teacher Interviews

We encourage parents to contact their daughter’s class teacher in the first instance. Email is the best method of contact initially and a face-to-face meeting or phone call can be arranged if required.

If the concern is of a more serious nature, please be in contact with the Deputy Head of Junior School. 

Absence due to illness

We encourage Day student parents to use the Absentee button on the MyFairholme App. 

This can be used if your daughter is unwell for a day or two due to illness, or if she needs to arrive late or be collected during the day for a medical appointment.

Absentees can also be emailed to absent-today@fairholme.qld.edu.au, or phone the Junior School Office on 4688 4647 before 9am. 

Junior School Office staff will phone parents to check on the whereabouts of a student if contact has not been made by the parent. 

Extended absences

If your daughter is expected to have an extended absence for family reasons, leave needs to be requested from the Head of Junior. Please email juniorinfo@fairholme.qld.edu.au

Fairholme Junior offers a wide variety of cultural, sporting and academic Co-Curricular activities throughout the year. 

Prior to the start of each term, a Co-Curricular Calendar is published on the Junior School Parent Info page of myFairholme, and as a news item. 

The calendar will outline the activity, day, date, teacher in charge, and which year level the activity is for. 

For specialist Arts tuition in instrumental music, piano, singing and Speech and Drama lessons, please complete the Arts Tuition Application Form. Parents are invoiced directly for these activities.  

For more information, visit Junior Arts and Junior Sport

Fairholme College does not have a tuckshop, however we do offer a dining room lunch (the same as provided to our boarding students) Monday to Friday, at a cost of $5 per day. This includes morning tea and lunch. 

While special dietary requirements can be catered for, e.g. gluten free, individual preferences are not.

Junior School students can order Fairholme Fare (boarder lunches) a week in advance, for the whole week or any particular days. 

A copy of the menu for the following week is provided to parents and ordering is via the Events page in myFairholme. Orders close at 9am on a Friday. 

Year 3 Sleepover in Greta Junior Library  – 17 November

Year 4 and 5 Camp at Alexandra Headland - 4 September to 6 September

Year 6 Canberra Tour - 26 August to 30 August