Commencing in Term 1 2024 Flinders has introduced a new schedule for student breaks.

“Play First Before Eating” is a reversal of the traditional lunch and recess breaks. This is a student wellbeing initiative that we believe better supports students in a variety of ways.

"Play First Before Eating" means the students will go out for breaks and play first, then sit to eat before
returning to their classroom. As part of this change, we have also reversed the lunch and recess break times.

We introduced this concept for many reasons, including lunch eaten closer to midday, calming students before
returning to the classroom, increasing consumption of food and water, and reducing food waste.

Break One is from 11:00-11:40am. This will be structured as follows:

11:00 – 11:25 am (Free play)
11:25 – 11:40 am (The bell sounds, and everyone sits down in their eating areas to eat lunch)

Break Two will be from 1:40-2:10. This will be structured as follows:

1:40 – 2:00 pm (Free play)
2:00 – 2:10 pm (The bell sounds, and everyone returns to their eating area to eat a snack)

At any stage, any student may eat if they choose instead of playing. The critical point is that all students

must come and sit together at the end of each session before returning to class.

Daily Schedule

8:50 - 9:00 Morning
Organisation 10 min
9:00 - 10:00 Period 1 - 60mins Crunch ‘N’ Sip/Inside Movement break (10 mins max) to occur
between 9:50 – 10:10 am (not in Specialist lesson time).
10:00 - 11:00 Period 2 60 min
11:00 - 11:25 Break 1 - (play) 25 mins A siren goes at 11:25 am
11:25 - 11:40 Break 1 - (eating) 15 min Music plays to return to class.
11:40 - 12:40 Period 3 - 60 min Crunch ‘N’ Sip/Inside Movement break (10 mins max) to occur
between 12:30 – 12:50 am (not in Specialist lesson time).
12:40 - 1:40 Period 4 - 60 min
1:40 - 2:00 Break 2 - (play) 20 mins A siren goes at 2:00 pm
2:00 - 2:10 Break 2 - (eating) 10 min Music plays to return to class.
2:10 - 3:10 Period 5 - 60 min

Canteen Orders

The main difference for orders is:
• Ordering the “main” meal (Break 1) for the morning and a “snack” meal (Break 2) for the
afternoon.
• Limited time for counter sales at Break 1. There will be counter sales at Break 2.
• Break 1 non-order foods will be limited. This means parents/students should order their Break 1
meal before school (at the canteen or online).
• Break 1 orders will be collected by allocated students and handed out by the assigned duty
teacher.

This was implemented for all grades (Kindergarten to Year 6).

Please note the cut-off time for canteen orders is 8:30am.