Please thank Gemma, Karen, Kanako and our volunteers on Friday for all their hard work in providing healthy meal choices for our students and staff. Tuckshop Day is held on the first Friday in November to recognise and give a special thank you to all tuckshop workers and volunteers across Queensland state schools.
It also highlights the important role tuckshops play in school life. Providing nutritious food and drinks means families can have one less task to worry about at the start of their day and helps students to concentrate and learn well in class.
Thanking our Volunteers
Encouraging students to say please and thank you every time they use the tuckshop is important but the work that goes on to prepare the food and keep the tuckshop well-stocked is done behind the scenes. Making an extra effort to show the volunteers and tuckshop staff that all their work is appreciated by the whole school community is a wonderful way to build school spirit. Tuckshop Day provides an opportunity to give a special thank you to all tuckshop workers and recognise the valuable role these teams play in every school.
Become a school volunteer
Family members including grandparents as well as local residents are welcome volunteers in schools and especially school tuckshops. The old saying 'many hands make light work' is never truer than in school tuckshops. Volunteers don't have to spend a whole day at the tuckshop. Parents or members of the wider community can make a real contribution by volunteering for as little as an hour. For more information about volunteering opportunities in schools contact
Volunteering Queensland.
All tuckshop volunteers, other than parents, are required to have a
Working with Children Blue Card to ensure the safety of students. Volunteers are not able to commence working at the tuckshop until they have been issued with a Blue Card, and the card must be linked to either:
- school - for tuckshops run by the school
- Parents and Citizens’ (P&C) Associations—for tuckshops run by the schools’ P&C.
People wishing to volunteer in their local school tuckshops should apply as soon as possible as the Blue Card process takes up to 8 weeks.
Tuckshop Day