PH: 8560 6079

Email: dohertys.creek.p9.co@education.vic.gov.au

2023 TERM DATES

Term 1 - 31st January - 6th April (2pm finish on last day of term)

Term 2 - 24th April - 23rd June

Term 3 - 10th July - 15th September

Term 4 - 2nd October - 20th December

SCHOOL TIMES

08:40am - School Begins

08:50am-09.40am Session 1

09:40am- 10.30am Session 2

(Fruit Break in this session)

10:30am -11.20am Session 3

11:20am-12:00am - Lunch

12:00pm - 12.50pm Session 4

12:50pm -1.40pm Session 5

01:40pm - 02:10pm - Recess

02:10pm - 3.00pm Session 6

03:00pm Students Dismissed

2023 Curriculum & Other Contributions

A big thank you to all of our families who have paid the 2023 curriculum & other contributions to date. These contributions are essential in supporting the school to provide an engaging curriculum program above the standard curriculum that we are required to provide to all students. Without these funds we would not be able to provide:

Digitial resources such as the online learning apps - Mathletics, Reading Eggs, Seesaw and Wushka
Classroom libraries & take-home readers.
Items that allow our students to create and innovate (for example, clay, lino, pipe cleaners, feathers, wood, canvas)
Items used for gardening in the kitchen garden / cooking within the classroom.
Provision and upkeep of class sets of specialist digital equipment used across all subjects and Year Levels.
Class sets of textbooks / digital resources in lieu of students having to purchase individual textbooks.

For those of you that may not have contributed yet - it is not too late. Payment can easily be made via Compass or in person to the office. Please do not hesitate to contact the school should you have any questions.

Glass Bottles and Glass containers

Just a reminder for Parents and students not to bring any glass bottles or glass containers to school.

COMPASS COMMUNICATIONS & NOTIFICATIONS

Please note it is imperative you use compass as all school communications are sent through this platform. It's a good idea to get into the habit of checking your notifications in compass each morning. This will ensure you do not miss anything.

Choose your preferred family language for our Newsletter

Families can choose their preferred language to read our newsletter. Scroll down to the bottom of any page to see the 'select language' drop down box. Click on the arrow and choose your language!

Discover how to get the most from your Compass Parent Portal

This FAQ will answer any questions you might have about how Compass works and guide you to getting the most from your Parent Portal.

https://www.compass.education/support/parent-faq

Change of clothes:

If your child is in Prep, or is prone to having “accidents”, please leave a change of clothes in their bag as the school has very little spare uniform to be able to supply a change.

Uniform - Buy, Swap, Sell

Dohertys Creek College BSS uniform page

https://www.facebook.com/groups/247480763606501/?ref=share

Lost Property:

We always aim to return what we can but often when items are unnamed, they are added and remain to the ever increasing lost property pile.

We hope to reunite as many items as possible with their rightful owners. If you think your child may have misplaced anything at the school, please take a moment to look through the wooden create located in the library entrance.

Please LABEL your children's belongings!

We have an enormous amount of lost property that was not labelled. Please make sure that all of your child’s uniform is labelled with their FULL NAME, as well as their lunch boxes, drink bottles etc, so that we can ensure that the lost hats, jackets, jumpers are returned to their rightful owners.

If you have already labelled these items, it is also a good idea to check that they are still legible, as a lot of them have faded or smudged in the wash, making it difficult to identify them.

Annual privacy reminder for 2023

Our school collects, uses, discloses and stores student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ Privacy Policy.

Please take time to remind yourself of our school’s collection notice, found on our website to your school’s collection notice. For more information about privacy, refer to: Schools’ Privacy Policy — information for parents.

This information is also available in ten community languages:

* Amharic * Arabic * Dari * Gujarati * Mandarin

* Somali * Sudanese * Turkish * Urdu

* Vietnamese.

Classroom Volunteers Needed!