Assistant Principal
Child Safety and Wellbeing at Eltham High School: Information for Families and the School Community
Link: Child Safety and Wellbeing at Eltham High School
Eltham High School is committed to providing an environment where students are safe and feel safe.
Our child safety framework https://www.elthamhs.vic.edu.au/policies-child-safety/ explains how we support and maintain child safety and wellbeing at Eltham High School. It includes our:
- Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy
- Child Safety Reporting and Responding Obligations Procedures, and
- Child Safety Code of Conduct, which outlines acceptable and unacceptable behaviours for all staff and volunteers at our school.
Our students and families are important partners in providing a child safe environment. These regular newsletter reminders are one of the ways we ensure our school community is aware of:
- our commitment to child safety, and
- how to provide feedback or raise child safety concerns.
If you have any concerns about child safety at any time, please contact Darren Squire on Darren.squires@education.vic.gov.au. Any child safety complaints or concerns are treated seriously. For more information about our school’s complaints process, see our Complaints policy available at https://www.elthamhs.vic.edu.au/policies-child-safety/
We also welcome your ideas on ways we can improve our approach to child safety and wellbeing. If you have any suggestions or comments, please contact Fran Mullins at fran.mullins@education.vic.gov.au/
Visitors to School
Link: Visitors to the School Policy
Eltham High School strives to create an open and inclusive school community and encourages parents and carers to be actively involved in their child’s development and education. We aim to provide a safe and secure learning and teaching environment for students and staff by establishing processes to monitor and manage visitors to the school. Our policy outlines requirements for visitors to the school, such as visiting during the school’s hours of instruction, sign-in procedures and requirements for Working with Children Check cards.
We further encourage all visitors to familiarise themselves with our school’s Statement of Values, Child Safe Policy, Statement of Commitment to Child Safety, and Child Safe Code of Conduct.
Yard Duty and Supervision
Student safety at Eltham High School is our highest priority and the safe and appropriate supervision of students is an important element of our duty of care to students. Part of this duty is ensuring parents and students are aware of our student supervision arrangements before and after school.
Before school: School grounds are supervised at 8.49am, with supervision provided at entries to the school from Withers Way and Ely Street.
FRAN MULLINS, Assistant Principal
Save the Date!
The Centennial Fete will be held at Eltham High School on Saturday 12 September.
We are in the early stages of planning for this momentous celebration but if you are keen to get involved please contact Lucy Blackburne on 9430 5157.
LUCY BLACKBURNE, Assistant Principal