Assistant Principal
Scholarships
A number of scholarship opportunities were recently published in the Compass news feed. There are opportunities available from Year 7 - Year 12 including further study post secondary schooling. Information was released on 1 October.
If you would like support in putting together an application please email me at Lucinda.blackburne@education.vic.gov.au or come and see me.
LUCINDA BLACKBURNE, Assistant Principal
Photographing, Filming and Recording Students at Eltham High School
There are many occasions during the school year when staff photograph, film or record students participating in school activities or events. We do this for many reasons including:
Celebrate student participation and achievement,
Showcase learning programs,
Document a student’s learning journey/camps/excursions/sports events etc,
Communicate with our parents and school community in newsletters and other communication channels.
Our Photographing, Filming and Recording Students Policy (available on the school website) describes how we will collect and use photographs, video and recordings (images) of students.
Parents and carers provide consent for use of photographs, video and recording (images) of students as part of the Year 7 enrolment processes. In 2026 the school will seek consent from all families as part of this updated policy.
In the interim we are contacting parents and carers to provide an opportunity for you to withdraw consent for use of photographs, video and recording (images) of students.
Use of images within the physical school environment
Photographs, video or recordings of your child may be used by our school within the school environment in any of the following ways:
For display in within the school (e.g. in displays of student work, on noticeboards to celebrate achievements)
Use of images within the school community
Photographs, video or recordings of your child may be used by our school within the school community in any of the following ways:
In the school’s online communication, learning and teaching tools
In school and classphotographs that are available for purchase by families
In Year 12 Formal photographs that are shared with students
In the school magazine - Mercury
Use of images beyond the school community/publicly
Photographs, video or recordings of your child may be used in publications that are accessible to
On the school’s website (including in the school newsletter which is publicly available on the website)
On the school’s social media accounts
We will notify you individually if we are considering using images of your child for specific advertising or promotional purposes.
If you would like to withdraw consent for use of images in the above ways, please complete the form accessed by this link – WithdrawConsent.
Please note, it may not be possible for the school to amend past publications or to withdraw images that are already in the public domain.
We will provide an annual reminder to parents about our Photographing, Filming and Recording Students Policy via the school newsletter. We will also notify parents when implementing software that may include photos of students, giving parents an opportunity to discuss any concerns or preferences.
FRAN MULLINS, Assistant Principal