School Information
General Office
General Office hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30am-4:30pm
Phone: 9480 4066 (ext 3)
Parents should always make contact with the General Office first when visiting the school or trying to make contact with their children. Appointments with teachers must be made via telephone or email.
Uniform Shop
Academy Uniforms has a uniform shop on site at Thornbury High School in Room 47.
Hours: Mon 1-4pm , Wed 1-2pm.
Sustainable School Shop
Second-hand textbooks and uniform can be purchased and sold online through the Sustainable School Shop website.
Absences
Student absences should be reported to the school before 8:50am, either through Compass, or by contacting one of our attendance officers:
Y7-10 Carol Marsh Ph: 9458 6125 email
Y11+12 Andrea Kantzidis Ph: 9458 6135 email
Staff Contacts
Principal - Michael Keenan
Assistant Principals:
Teaching & Learning - Paul Mameghan
Operations - Tayatea Mackenzie
Student Wellbeing & Engagement - Ryan Millar
Head of Year 7 - Pieter Oosterloo
Head of Year 8 - Ann Vassos
Head of Year 9 - Tim Polwarth
Head of Year 10 - Matt Lowe
Head of Year 11+12 - Tom Ding
Head of English - Robin Garden
Head of Mathematics - Diana Walder
Head of Humanities - Rick Manning
Head of Science - Lisa Pieropan
Head of Performing Arts - Emma McCulloch
Head of Visual Art - Sheraz Salama
Head of Languages - Max Tosi
Head of Health & PE - Saleem Nasser
Head of Technologies - Cameron Baird
Head of Professional Learning - Cara Martin
EAL/ELC Coordinator - Renata Tirabassi
VCAL/VET Coordinator - Maria Ioannidis
Student Leadership - Lucy Youston
Camps, Sports & Excursion Fund [CSEF] 2022
CSEF is provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.
If you hold a valid means-tested concession card or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible for CSEF. A special consideration category also exists for asylum seeker and refugee families. The allowance is paid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions or sporting activities for the benefit of your child.
The annual CSEF amount per student is:
- $125 for primary school students
- $225 for secondary school students
Payments are made directly to the school and are tied to the student. Most payments start from March onwards. Applications can be received during term one and two. Payments are for the year the application is made and cannot be claimed for previous years.
If you applied for the CSEF at this school in 2021, you will not need to complete an application form for 2021 unless there has been a change in your family circumstances.
You only need to complete an application form if any of the following changes apply to you:
- new student enrolments - your child started or changed schools in 2021 and/or you did not apply at Thornbury High in 2021.
- changed family circumstances; such as a change of custody, change of name, concession card number, or new siblings commencing at the school in 2022.
For further information and to obtain this information in different languages please visit the CSEF website . Application forms can also be found on Compass in School Documentation.
If you have any questions or are unsure about whether you received CSEF during the 2021 school year, please check with the General Office via email accounts@thornburyhs@education.vic.gov.au .
Applications must be submitted by 25 June 2022.
YEAR 7 2022 UNIFORM PACKAGE FOR CSEF RECIPIENTS
Year 7 students for 2021 that are recipients of CSEF automatically qualify for the SSR Year 7 Uniform Package.
The 2022 package contains:
- 1 x Dress or 1 x Trousers/Shorts/Skirt and 1 x Shirt (short or long sleeve)
- 1 x Pair of Shoes (Lace Up or T-Bar). Shoes must be requested in UK Sizes.
If your child has received CSEF at their primary school in 2021, you can apply for the pack now. If your child did not receive CSEF this year, you can still apply next year when you lodge your CSEF application at this school.
To make enquiries or submit your application please email Carol Marsh via marsh.carol.c@edumail.vic.gov.au
Applications can also be made in person at the general office.
Applications close 1 April 2022.
Privacy information for parents and carers
During the ordinary course of your child’s attendance at our school, school staff will collect your child’s personal and health information when necessary to educate your child, or to support your child’s social and emotional wellbeing or health.
Read our Secondary School Enrolment Privacy Collection Statement here.
The Thornbury High School policies on Privacy and Photography, filming & recording can be found on the school website here.