VUSC News Issue Five

Dear Parents/Guardians,

This week we welcome back our staff and our VCE, VCAL and VET students. It's great to see everyone back again in the classroom. We also look forward to our Year 7-10 students returning on 9 June. I would like to thank and commend our entire school community for their amazing work, tenacity and resilience during the remote learning period. 

 

Students are reminded to be in their full winter uniform this term. The school scarf can also be worn and is available for purchase at the office for $15. 

 

Please ensure your child brings their device to school every day and their headphones in case they need to access online learning, with their teacher's permission. The computers at school are not available for use. 

 

We have put into place a number of safety and hygiene measures at school to ensure the health of all our staff and students. We have hired cleaners to spot clean surfaces and high touch areas constantly during the day. Social distancing is not required between students but we do not encourage students to hug each other or shake hands for the time being. Teachers are required to maintain a 1.5m distance from students and each other. 

 

Of course if your child is unwell, please keep them at home. 

 

More information is available in our Return to School Operations Guide: 

 

It is extremely important that the school has the correct contact details for parents/guardians on Compass. This also includes email addresses wherever possible. This is particularly important as we will be conducting parent teacher interviews by telephone this term. Your contact details can be updated easily on Compass using the instructions below, or call your campus office. 

 

Attendance at school is only available until 9 June to Year 7-10 students whose parents are working and no other supervision arrangements can be organised.

Parents must fill out the Onsite Supervision Request Form below each week if they require their child to attend school. This must be emailed to victoria.university.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au by 10am Thursday for the following week. The learning delivered at school will be the same as the learning delivered to students at home. The teacher in attendance will be supervising students only, not teaching them. 

 

The College bus service will resume on 26th May for VCE, VCAL and VET students. Current 7 -10 bus passengers who require the bus service and will be attending school between 26th May and 5th June MUST notify the office, otherwise your bus service will resume on 9th June.

 

Charges for Term 2 will be as follows:

College Bus Run Passengers

26th May - 26th June = $100.00 for 5 weeks

9th June - 26th June - $60.00 for 3 weeks

 

Shuttle Passengers

26th May - 26th June = $57.50 for 5 weeks

9th June - 26th June - $34.50 for 3 weeks

Payment is due by the end of Term 2, 2020.

 

We have been advised by the Dept of Education that the Victorian Young Leaders to China program will not run this year. I have notified the families involved. Unfortunately we have also cancelled all excursions, camps and inter-school sport. Students may still use the gym for PE classes. 

 

Thank you once again for your continued support during this term. Please stay safe and healthy, and as always, contact your child's Coordinator or our general office if you need any assistance. 

 

Elaine Hazim

College Principal

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Child Safety at VUSC

Victoria University Secondary College is a child safe organisation committed to protecting students from all forms of abuse.

Our College has stringent protocols in place and endeavours at all times to be fully compliant with the Child Safe Standards set out under Ministerial Order 870.

Our College has the following documents and policies in place to achieve compliance with the Standards. All of these documents are available for downloading on our website or contact the school for a copy. 

  1. Commitment to Child Safety
  2. Child Safety Policy
  3. Child Safety Code of Conduct
  4. Child Protection Policy and Procedures