What we need to know
Japanese Visit in August - We need hosts to sign up!
This year is the 20th time Castlemaine Secondary College we will be hosting students from Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. This is a great achievement and one we couldn’t do without everyone’s support.
To enable this to again run smoothly, we are looking for CSC families to host these students whilst here. This is a truly rewarding and worthwhile experience.
Application forms are available from the reception office and library.
We will be organising another trip to Japan in 2019, so this may be a wonderful opportunity to establish some rewarding friendships.
If you would like more information or have any queries please contact the reception office on
5479 1111. Thank you.
French Exchange Opportunity – Information Night
If you are studying Year 9 French or Year 10 French and continue with your French studies next year you are eligible to participate in the Castlemaine Secondary College French exchange.
We will host French students and teachers from Baudimont School in the town of Arras around April /May in 2019 and then a group from CSC will go to Paris to stay in a hostel for about 3 days and then to Arras to stay with host families weeks for 2 ½ weeks in September. There are lots of day trips and excursions sight-seeing in France during this time as well as being part of a French school.
This two way exchange has been going for 9 years and has been a big success. Come and hear about it at our information night at CSC.
What: French exchange information night
When: Wednesday May 23rd
Time: 6.30pm
Where: Well-being building large space
Jane Macdonald and Mark Johansson
Admin Update
Family Statements
Family statements will be sent out shortly giving families the opportunity to check that their finances for the College are in order. For those students participating in the music program, term 2 music tuition has now been added to your account. Payment for music tuition must be paid on a term by term basis to enable your child/ren to participate in the program, ideally within the first 2 weeks of term.
Payment plans for all fees, camps and music tuition are encouraged for families with financial difficulties, bearing in mind that if you are using payment plans for music tuition and camps the full payment is required prior the camp departing and within the first 2 weeks of each term for music tuition. Unfortunately, excursions cannot be added to payment plans and we can no longer accept excursion forms at the office without the payment attached – for those families who have a credit or CSEF funding available to use please make a small note on the excursion form advising of this.
CSEF Applications
Just a reminder for families to submit their Camps and Excursion Fund application forms to the college if they haven’t already done so.
Update of family details
It is very important that families are keeping the school informed about any change of details for a student or their family. This information is vital for us to communicate with our families, so drop into the office or send us an email or update on XUNO.
Notes to explain coming and going from school
When a student comes in late, they need to sign in at the office and provide a note to explain why they are late so we can correctly enter the data for their attendance at school. Sometimes things happen and in the haste to get there in the morning it may not be possible to do on the day but we still need the note to come in the next day to cover the absence reason.
Students signing out without an adult also need a note to explain why they need to leave. It is our duty of care to make sure that we know that you as parents/carers approve or know why they are leaving.
Bus Passes
As part of the refinement process for students travelling on the "School Bus" we are required to issue a bus pass to explain why a student is not travelling to their regular destination on their assigned bus. The bus driver has a duty if care to transport your child to and from your residence to school. They should not be letting children off at non allocated stops with out a pass to explain that we know where they are going to be dropped off.
As from Monday the Office will only be issuing bus passes to students who have a note from parents/carers to explain why they need to make an altered stop.