Preparing for the School Year 2025
Welcome to the new school year at St Joseph's Nudgee College, and a warm welcome to all families joining our community in 2025. Below is some information to help you navigate the start of the school year.
All Students - Important Times and Dates
- January 28: New boarders enter the Bathersby Boarding Village.
- January 29: Year 5, 7 and 12, plus new students from Years 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11
and existing boarders enter the Boarding Village.- Summer Uniform is to be worn.
- Arrive by 8.15 am.
- January 30: All students return
- Summer Uniform is to be worn.
- School starts at 8.20 am.
- Year 12 Senior Investiture & Blessing. Parents and guardians of all Year 12 students are welcome. Year 12 should wear their Winter Uniform.
We invite guests to arrive at the Edmund Rice Mall from 5.30 pm for the 6.00 pm ceremony. A live stream link via the app will be available for those who can’t attend.
- February 4:
- Commencement Mass will be held for students at 9.00 am.
Parent Information Evenings
- Tuesday 4 February - Year 12 (Online only)
- Wednesday 5 February - Years 8 and 9
- Tuesday 11 February - Years 5, 6 and 7
- Wednesday 12 February - Years 10 and 11
- Invitation details will be sent to all parents to attend via the app.
Boarding Students
Day Students
- Quick Guide for Year 5 and Year 6 New Students First Day at Nudgee College
- Quick Guide for all New Students Year 7 to 12 along with returning Year 7 and 12 Students’ first days at Nudgee College
Best Contact
- Your son’s House Dean and/or PC Tutor.
Timetables
- Students in Years 5 - 7 study all subjects and should purchase all items identified on the College’s resource list.
- All students entering Years 8-12 received an email in Term 4 of 2024 advising them of their subject allocations for 2025.
- At the beginning of Week 1, Term 1, the actual timetable schedules will be visible to students via the Student Café and parents via the Parent Lounge.
Parking, drop-off, and pick-up
- Please refer to the Nudgee College Map - Pick up and set down area (P2)
- Parents picking up students are encouraged to park in the P1 and P7, adjacent to the Conference Centre, and walk to the ‘Pick Up’ area.
- Due to the high volume of student movements in the area, access to the Purton Car Park (P3) and Bus Transit Area via College Gate 2 near the Junior School building is restricted to Staff vehicles and Buses only.
- The Mary Rice Early Learning Centre car park is strictly unavailable for Nudgee College parking or student drop-off/pick-up.
Uniform, Hair, Grooming Policy
- During Terms 1 & 4, all students wear the summer uniform. In Terms 2 & 3, students wear their full winter uniform.
- All boys should have a Nudgee-branded school bag. By keeping all required items uniform, students experience less nervousness about what is acceptable. We recommend that you ensure that your son’s bag is easily recognisable to him (either by clearly labelling the bag or by adding visible keyrings or bag tags). Some parents report using air tags to reduce the stress around lost bags.
- Please refer to the College Policy/Standards.
- The Dean of Students, Ms Lynsey Hale, is happy to discuss some exceptions to the above standards based on religious, cultural, or medical grounds with parents.
Uniform List, Appointments and Labelling
- Please view our current uniform list.
- Please book your Locker Room appointment here for uniform fittings.
- Nudgee provides Uniform labelling services through NC Laundry. During the school term, the laundry is open daily from 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, click here.
Tech and Equipment
- Nudgee is a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) school. Visit Nudgee BYOD
- https://byod.jbhifi.education/ - Code NUDGEE2025
- As a Google school, students use Google Calendar to track their homework and assessment due dates rather than a supplied diary.
- Please find a list of stationery items required for each Year Group. Please note book list orders through Campion can still be made in January, but they can't guarantee delivery before school starts.
Bag Tags
- All new students will receive two bag tags, one for their NC school bag and another for their NC sports bag. The bag tags will have the student’s name and PC class.
- For returning students - who received two tags last year - additional or new tags can be ordered and purchased at the end of Term 1 after all new students have been processed.
Buses
- The College bus services will operate as normal from Wednesday 29 January.
- In response to the Annual Bus Survey, there have been some timetable changes and an additional service, so please check your Bus Runs at Nudgee College Bus Runs.
- Nudgee College operates the BusMinder Bus Travel Management System to track student travel and payment from the Student ID Card. For further information, please visit NC Transport - College Bus Travel Site
- For questions regarding buses, please email transport@nudgee.qld.edu.au.
Nudgee College App
- The Nudgee College App is the main form of communication for school notices and updates. It is important that you set up the app correctly to ensure you receive relevant communications, so please read the Download Information.
- If you require your password, please click here.
- Please watch this quick and informative video to ensure you have set yourself up correctly. After watching, please check that you are subscribed to the right ‘tags’ on the app. This will ensure that you see the notices relevant to you and your son.
- If you are unsure what tags you are subscribed to or would like to subscribe to a tag (e.g., your son's House), please go to Settings and then Subscriptions. From here, you should be able to select the relevant subscriptions.
- We would recommend subscribing to:
- General,
- Parents,
- your son's House/Boarding House,
- All Learning and Teaching tags
- and your son's Year Level.
- Of course, you can subscribe to as many areas as you like. If you have questions regarding the App's content, please contact Ms Mishka Boath in our DevComm office via devcomm@nudgee.qld.edu.au.
- For all sport and co-curricular activities starting in Week 1, please refer to Team App as the best source of information. If you have specific enquiries regarding schedules, please email sport@nudgee.qld.edu.au or performingarts@nudgee.qld.edu.au.
Fees
- In January, parents received an annual School Fees Account for 2025. All accounts must be finalised in full by the due date on your fee statement unless a payment plan or a direct debit is in place.
- Please refer to the College Fee Statement Handbook.
- You can also view your account in the Parent Lounge.
eSafety Free Webinars
eSafety’s Term 1 webinars for parents
How to keep your kids safe online - Wed 29 Jan
eSafety information
How to help a child experiencing online abuse
Social Media Age Restrictions - Learn more
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the College reception at 3865 0555 or email contact@nudgee.qld.edu.au.