VUSC News

VUSC News Issue Two

Dear Families,

Thank you to the families who attended our Year 12 Success Information Evening and the Year 7 Meet the Teachers evening last month. Both events were extremely well attended. We hope that parents enjoyed meeting some of their children's teachers and were able to gain a deeper understanding of how to support their child in their secondary schooling. 

 

Year 12 Tertiary Offers

I am pleased to say that 97% of students in the Year 12 group last year who applied for a tertiary place received an offer this year. They will be studying courses in Engineering, Law,/Justice, Accounting, Aviation, Criminology, Education, Finance/Commerce, Computer Science, Media, Music, Nursing, Pharmacy, Science, Sports Sciences and Youth Work, as well as others. We congratulate all of these young men and women, and wish them all the very best in their careers.

 

Swimming Carnival this Friday

Our school community is greatly looking forward to the Swimming Carnival this Friday at the St Albans Leisure Centre. Students will be transported to and from the Leisure Centre, and will return by dismissal time at 3.03pm. Payments have now closed for the Swimming and Athletics Carnivals. Any student who is not attending will be supervised at school. 

 

Parking at the Junior Campus

Parents are reminded not to park across the school driveway or residents' driveways at the front of the Junior Campus when dropping off or picking up their children. Could I ask parents to please park responsibly as the Brimbank Council has advised that they will be sending parking inspectors out regularly. 

 

Doctors in Schools Program

We are very excited to have the Doctors in Schools program back up and running. Our new doctor Daniela and nurse Jessica will be at the Senior Campus every Tuesday. Please see page 4 of this newsletter for more information on the Doctors in Schools service.

 

VUSC Open House

Our Open House is coming up on Tuesday 19 March at the Junior Campus in C Block. There will be campus tours in the morning and an evening presentation with interactive tours, starting at 6.00pm.

Staff and students will be demonstrating classes during the evening including AVID, English, Maths, Music, Chinese, Science and Technology, Sports Academy and lots more. If you have a child in Grade 5 or 6 or know someone who does, we invite you to come along and see our College in action. Our new school plans will also be on display. 

 

We are excited to announce that in 2021 we will be running a SEAL Program at Year 7. The accredited Select Entry Accelerated Learning Program will pathway into our Deep Learning program offered at Year 9 and 10 to challenge and extend high achieving students. 

 

Year 7 Scholarships

Scholarship applications for Year 7 entry in 2021 are now open and will close on Tuesday 14th April. Scholarships are available in Academic Excellence, Leadership and Community Contribution, Music Excellence and Sporting Excellence. Applications are available on our website or at the Junior Campus office.

 

Maths Tutoring Available

Jimmy Truong and Kitty Gao who are both Year 12 students at our school are available for assistance in maths for any Year 10, 11 and 12 students. Jimmy and Kitty will be in the study centre during recess and lunchtimes as well as in room B9 for Math tutorials every Monday lunchtime.

Furthermore Tommy Le , who was a student at our school last year and is now at Melbourne University  is available as a Math Methods and Physics tutor after hours and can be contacted on 0414051716 or on email  Tommyle48@hotmail.com.

 

Congratulations

Our College congratulates the following students who were selected to represent Victoria recently. Well done to you all for your efforts and for modelling our school value 'Aspire to Achieve' : 

Rugby League

  • U/18 Thunderbolts – Harry Sio, Poasa Telepe, Neti Latu, Noah Natapu, Jake Fox, Ramond Po Ching
  • U/16 Boys – William Afualo, Vincent Fifita, Sitiveni Eli
  • U/18 Girls – Xryian Pakoti

Rugby Union

  • U/18 Boys– Simon Fautuaali
  • U/16 Boys - Samipeni Otukolo

 

Elaine Hazim

College Principal

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Child Safety at VUSC

Victoria University Secondary College is a child safe organisation committed to protecting students from all forms of abuse.

Our College has stringent protocols in place and endeavours at all times to be fully compliant with the Child Safe Standards set out under Ministerial Order 870.

Our College has the following documents and policies in place to achieve compliance with the Standards. All of these documents are available for downloading on our website or contact the school for a copy.

  1. Commitment to Child Safety
  2. Child Safety Policy
  3. Child Safety Code of Conduct
  4. Child Protection Policy and Procedures