PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT (PISA)

Frankston High School has been sampled to participate this year in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). This is the world’s largest student assessment with around half a million participating students from close to 85 countries. PISA assesses students’ skills and knowledge in reading, mathematics, science and creative thinking, providing both a national and international perspective. Twenty six (26) students in Years 9 and 10 have been randomly selected by ACER to participate in the assessment on Tuesday 16 August, along with around 25 teachers who have been sampled to complete the Teacher Questionnaire. Thank you to all involved with this internationally significant event.

PARENT STUDENT TEACHER (PST) Conferences

Monday 5 September 2022

PST Conferences for Years 7-12 are being held on Monday 5 September 2022.

PST Conference bookings can be made via Compass School Manager

Years 7-12 Reports available 12.00pm, Friday 26 August 2022
Years 11 and 12: Bookings open 12.00pm, Friday 26 August 2022
Years 7-10: Bookings open 12.00pm, Monday 29 August 2022

There are no formal classes on this day as students are expected to participate in these conferences.

Conferences will be conducted remotely, via Microsoft Teams.

Further information and instructions will be provided prior to the conferences.

CHILD SAFETY AND WELLBEING AT FRANKSTON HIGH SCHOOL

Information for families and the school community

The Victorian Government has announced new Child Safe Standards to further strengthen child safety across organisations, including schools. The new standards recognise the critical importance of families and the broader school community in maintaining and promoting child safety and wellbeing.

Frankston High School has reviewed and updated our child safety policies and procedures to ensure they meet the requirements of the new standards. These are available to view on the school’s website or upon request at the front office.

We are committed to continuous improvement in our approach to child safety and wellbeing and welcome feedback from families and members of our school community on ways we can further strengthen our child safety policies, procedures and practices.

If you have any suggestions, comments or questions, please contact the school via the email: office@fhs.vic.edu.au titled attention ‘Child Safe Standards’.

NATIONALLY CONSISTENT COLLECTION DATA (NCCD)

The NCCD is an annual collection of information about Australian school students with disability. The NCCD enables schools, education authorities and governments to better understand the needs of students with disability and how they can best be supported by schools. Below is a fact sheet for parents, guardians and carer explaining the purpose of this data collection.

FINANCE OFFICE

Monday to Friday

8.00am - 4.00pm

Call 9783 7955

or email

financeoffice@fhs.vic.edu.au

UNIFORM PURCHASES

PSW Mornington

1/22 Watt Rd, Mornington

SECOND HAND BOOKS

PFA Second Hand Book Sale

STUDENT ABSENCE NOTIFICATIONS

Please be aware that when approving your child’s absence, we are required to select an appropriate DET code to correspond with your reason (ie if you say your child is sick we use the Medical/Illness code).

If you do not provide a reason (ie Johnny won’t be at school today) we are required to use the code Parent Approved – Unauthorized.

To ensure that the correct code is applied to your child’s absence, can you please advise of a reason when calling or emailing your approval.

Please see below for the correct procedures for notifying the school of your child’s absence:

Phone:

CALL 9783 7955 and PRESS 1

for the absence line.

Email:

year7absences@fhs.vic.edu.au year8absences@fhs.vic.edu.au year9absences@fhs.vic.edu.au year10absences@fhs.vic.edu.au

year11absences@fhs.vic.edu.au

year12absences@fhs.vic.edu.au

COVID POSITVE

If your child tests positive to COVID-19, when notifying us can you please also advise us of the date the positive result was received so we can schedule the correct days of isolation. If we aren’t told of a positive date we will assume it is the date that we are advised and schedule your child’s absence for 7 days from the date of notification.

STUDENT SUPERVISION BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL

Please be aware that teachers are on duty in the grounds on the:

7-10 Campus: from 8.30am until 3.40pm.

Senior Campus: from 8.00am until 3.40pm.

It is advisable for students to arrive at school after supervision begins unless they have:

scheduled class time
a planned activity (eg semper squad)

Please note that some buses leave after the conclusion of yard duty. Students are expected to behave in a responsible manner when in school uniform, before and after school. The public often contact Frankston High School to comment on the excellent behaviour of students in public areas.

COMPASS APP

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Compass App is a great way to access your child's timetable, see scheduled learning tasks, approve events, read latest school notifications, school reports and many more.

STUDENT COMPASS CARDS

Keep your card in your laptop bag, student diary or pencil case and present to:

sign in and out of the Compass Kiosks
borrow books from the library
access printers/photocopiers around the school
borrow sport equipment
purchase items at the canteen and
also use as an ID Card for public transport/concessions.

Lost cards must be replaced. Replacement cards can be ordered from Compass for $10.

SCHOOL DROP OFF AND PICK UP

As we are all aware, we have very limited parking in the Frankston High School grounds for parents picking up their children at the end of the school day. If you organise to meet your children in the drop off zone and they are not waiting for you when you arrive, please do not block the passage of cars trying to get through. If all of the unofficial spaces to the sides of the drop off zone are occupied when you arrive, please continue through the centre of the drop off zone, turn left out of the school into Foot Street, proceed down to the roundabout at Baileyana Street and then do a loop back up and around the Towerhill Road roundabout and back into the drop off zone.

Our preference has always been for parents to park in one of the side streets surrounding the school and wait for children to come to you. Thank you very much to the many parents who already do this.

It is much safer for students to be dropped off to school at the gate of Baileyana Street and then for them to walk across the oval.

Also, a reminder, face masks are mandatory on public transport.

We thank you for your cooperation.

CROSSING THE ROAD

REMINDER TO BUS TRAVELLERS

All students who travel to and from school via the public buses are reminded to only use the black and white ‘zebra crossings’ on Towerhill Road and Foot Street to get to and from bus stops, before and after school.

Traffic is extremely congested on the streets before and after school. It is not safe for students to cross the roads anywhere but the zebra crossings at any time, but especially before and after school. Parents are asked to discuss with their children, the importance of this matter.

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SAVERPLUS

Saver Plus is a free financial education and matched savings program offered to lower-income families to help them budget and save for education costs. In the 10-month program, participants gain financial knowledge, learn healthy savings habits by saving $50 a month, and have their savings matched up to $500 to be used towards school costs such as uniforms, books, laptops, and sports fees.

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