GENERAL INFORMATION
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.
Conveyance Allowance Lodgement Dates 2022
Due to strict lodgement date criteria, late applications will be submitted in the following terms submission. Lodgements must be submitted to the college no later than 4PM on the due date listed below. Our Accounts Team will contact parents/carers regarding reimbursements once funds have been allocated to the College.
Term 3: Friday 19 August 2022
Term 4: Friday 18 November 2022
If you have any questions, please contact the College on 5261 6633.
Annual Privacy Reminder for 2022
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. 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.
Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund Applications
Please Note: The last date for 2022 applications is Friday the 24th of June 2022.
The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund helps eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.
If you have a valid means-tested concession card, such as a Veterans Affairs Gold Card, Centrelink Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card, or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible. There is also a special consideration category for asylum seeker and refugee families.
The payment amount this year is $225 for eligible secondary school students. Payments are made direct to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions and sporting activities for the benefit of your child.
It is important that funding made available in 2022 supports students to participate in school trips, camps and sporting activities this year rather than being held for future years. This funding can also be used in conjunction with any funding accrued from previous years. Please note these activities will only take place if they meet COVID Safe requirements.
If you applied for CSEF through our school last year, you do not need to complete an application form this year, unless there has been a change in your family circumstances.
If you would like to apply for the first time, please visit the College’s website at www.surfcoastsecondarycollege.vic.edu.au and download an application form from the Enrolments page. You can also download the form, and find out more about the program and eligibility, on the Department of Education and Training’s Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund web page.
If you have any questions regarding the Camps, Sports & Excursion Fund please contact us on 5261 6633.
DET Mobile Phone Policy Reminder
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 (including in the Canteen for payments), unless an exception has been granted.
E-Scooters
In cooperation and support with our local police, please take time to have a look at the attached flyer. This flyer will be handed out by police to students if they have been intercepted as a formal warning before adopting a zero tolerance approach in regards to E-scooters.
If you have any further queries, please contact your local police station for further information.
Road Safety - A Message from Local Police
Local Police from Torquay and Geelong Highway Patrol are actively patrolling all schools areas within the Torquay township. This is in relation to parents parking in and around the schools, along with speed zone enforcement. The purpose of the patrols is to ensure the safety of students of all ages and that they can attend to and depart school in the safest manner possible. Local police are committed to the safety of students within the Torquay area.
Whilst parking issues may seem minor, the impact of vehicles obscuring roadways and preventing students having a clear line of sight in regards to oncoming traffic, have to potential for serious injury. Speeding through school areas also has the potential to result in serious injury and complying with reduced speed limits during school times, can mean the difference between avoiding a collision or having local students seriously injured.
College Bus Information
School bus services will continue to operate. Bus staff, adult travellers and students are required to wear face masks as is the case for public transport
SCSC has now updated the College bus information on our website, including:
- Updated bus routes to/from the College
- Links to timetables
- 2022 PTV Student Application Form
- 2022 Conveyance Allowance Application Forms & lodgement cut off dates
CLICK HERE to be taken directly to our website. 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.