New Bell Times for 2026
After a comprehensive review of our school day, we will be updating our bell times at the College next year. These adjustments have been made to provide the optimum learning environment for all of our students. In simplest terms, our current four 75 minute period day will be replaced by five 60 minute periods, with Home Room providing an additional 10 minutes at the start of the day.
For the first time we will also be uncoupling the Junior School from the Middle and Senior School bell times – making the school day more conducive to the needs of our younger students.
Other features of the new bell schedule include:
- More frequent contact periods for a shorter duration in subjects
- Earlier morning recess and longer lunch time making breaks more beneficial to student learning. The longer lunch will also allow more time for clubs and rehearsals that operate at this time
- Increased learning time for literacy and numeracy programmes
In addition to a change in period times, we are implementing a ‘Purple Day’ three times a fortnight, where we incorporate two 90 minute periods into the day. This is for the benefit of those subject areas that value longer learning periods.
School Day will start at 8:50am – five minutes earlier
One consequence of these changes will be that our school day will start five minutes earlier. Based on our current bus schedule, nearly all of our buses arrive more than five minutes before the bell, so for many students, their travel time would not be affected.
As is usual, our bus routes do vary each year anyway. A schedule of bus pick up times will be available prior to the start of school next year.
2026 Bell Times
The 2026 bell times are below:
In Quietness and Confidence Shall Be Your Strength
Tony Corr
Principal