GENERAL INFORMATION

Administration Office Hours

Monday - Thursday: 8am to 4pm

Friday: 8am - 3:30pm

Closed public holidays and school holidays.

Important Dates

Open Evening - Monday 24th February 

School Photos 2025 

Our annual school photos will be taken by Arthur Reed Photos on Friday 21st February 2025.

There is no need to return any forms or money to school.

Unique image codes will be issued to all students on/after photo day so families can register online to view images when they become available in the webshop.

Registration is simple, just follow the 3 simple steps on your child’s personalised flyer once you receive it and remember to add the codes for all your children attending this school.

Even if you registered last year, it’s important that you do again this year using your child’s 2025 image code to link their images for the current year with your contact details.

When images are ready to view and in the webshop, all parents who have registered will be notified by SMS and email.

Once registered, please wait for notification that 2025 images are online to view before making your purchase.

Host Families Needed!

Dear families at Surf Coast, 

We are fortunate enough to have several International students arriving here in Torquay from our sister-school in Lombok, Indonesia. 

These students ages will be in the range of 15-17 years and will be here with us from 

Saturday, April 26th until the 8th of May, 2025. 

We are looking for families that would be interested in hosting one of these students. 

If you are interested in this at all, we would love to hear from you so we can provide you with more details. 

Thank you for taking the time to read this and we look forward to hearing from you.

watson.sam@scsc.vic.edu.au or Ph: (03) 52 616633. 

College Bus Information

SCSC has updated the College bus information on our website, including:

• Updated bus routes to/from the College

• Links to timetables

• 2025 PTV Student Application Form

• 2025 Conveyance Allowance Application Forms & lodgement cut off dates

CLICK HERE to be taken directly to our website, select Enrolments/Bus Information. 

We encourage families to familiarise themselves with this information.

MYKI Card Reminder

An important reminder that students require a MYKI card with sufficient funds to cover their bus journey to and from the College whilst travelling on the below services:

T5: Grovedale

T6: Jan Juc

T7: Ocean Acres

T10: Ocean Views

and all public transport services.

McHarry's Buslines have advised that students may incur a $200 fine if they do not have sufficient funds or have a valid card.

For more information regarding public bus travel information, please contact McHarry's Buslines MCHARRY'S BUSLINES .

SCSC Uniform

Formal Uniform

• Grey shorts or pants (from Surf Coast School Stuff or PSW. Dickies pants only 874J – Original Relaxed Fit Pant in Charcoal permitted.)
• White long or short-sleeved shirt with SCSC logo
• Skirt (must be approximately knee length)
• SCSC school dress (must be approximately knee length)
• Outer garments
  • SCSC knitted jumper
  • SCSC hooded jumper
  • SCSC spray jacket
  • SCSC puffer jacket
  • SCSC blazer
• Grey, black or white plain socks

• Black shoes

Active Uniform

• Navy shorts or navy track pants with SCSC logo
• Polo shirt with SCSC logo

• SCSC hooded jumper

• SCSC spray jacket
• SCSC puffer jacket
• Sports shoes

Other

• A navy blue, white or teal scarf may be worn with the school uniform in cold weather
• If a further garment is needed under the school shirt, it must be a plain white t-shirt or singlet

• SCSC beanie

Uniforms may be purchased via the following stores:

Surfcoast School Stuff: https://www.scss.shop/

PSW: https://www.psw.com.au/schools/surfcoast-secondary-college.html

Student Lost Property

To assist staff with returning items that may have been left behind in class, we strongly advise families to ensure the student name has been written on the tag so we may return them to the rightful owner.  

Any items that are found without a name will be kept for 2 weeks and if unclaimed, will then be donated. 

Sick Bay

If a student is feeling unwell, to keep in line with the Department of Education & Training's Mobile Phone Policy, students are required to go to the Administration Office where a trained First Aid Officer will provide assistance and call parents/guardians if they are too unwell to remain at school and need to go home.

Please note, that the school will only call parents/guardians in regards to an unwell child. The school will never send a text message to advise that their child is unwell and requires collection.  

If you have any questions regarding the above or other queries, please call our Administration Team on (03) 5261 6633.

Phone Payments in the Canteen

A reminder that in accordance with the Department’s Mobile Phones Policy issued by the Minister for Education, personal mobile phones must not be used at Surf Coast Secondary College during school hours, including lunchtime and recess, unless an exception has been granted. Where a student has been granted an exception, the student must use their mobile phone for the purpose for which the exception was granted, and in a safe, ethical, and responsible manner.

This means that no student is to use their mobile phone to make a payment in the Canteen.

Students who use their personal mobile phones inappropriately at Surf Coast Secondary College may be issued with consequences consistent with our school’s existing student engagement polices. At Surf Coast Secondary College inappropriate use of mobile phones is any use during school hours including recess and lunch time.

A copy of the Mobile Phone Policy is available on our website at www.surfcoastsecondarycollege.vic.edu.au

More information can also be found on the Department of Education’s website.

Annual Privacy Reminder for Our School Community

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

Our Photographing, Filming and Recording Students Policy, describes how we collect and use photographs, video and recordings of students. The policy also explains when parent consent is required and how it can be provided and withdrawn.

We ask parents to also review the guidance we provide on how we use Google Workspace for Education safely at the school and what parents can do to further protect their child’s information. If after reviewing the guidance, you have any questions or concerns regarding your child using Google Workspace for Education, please contact the school.

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

Insurance Reminder 

Schools and parents/carers are reminded that the Department of Education does not provide personal accident insurance for students. 

Parents and guardians are responsible for paying the cost of medical treatment for injured students, including any transport costs. 

Student accident insurance policies are available from some commercial insurers. These cover a range of medical expenses not covered by Medicare or private health insurance. 

Personal Property Reminder

The Department of Education does not have insurance for personal property of staff, students, and visitors. Surf Coast Secondary College and the Department of Education do not take responsibility for items of personal property that are lost, stolen or damaged at school or during school activities. 

Damage to personal property brought to school is the responsibility of the owner of that property. This includes motor vehicles.

Surf Coast Secondary College encourages staff and students not to bring items of value to school, or to obtain appropriate insurance for such items.