Semester 2 Learning and Wellbeing Conferences - Parent/Carer Feedback

We hope you were able to engage with your students' teachers via the recent Learning and Wellbeing Conferences to discuss your students' learning progress. As part of the continual improvement for the Learning and Wellbeing Conferences, your feedback would be appreciated.

Please access the Insights survey via your Compass parent portal homepage or via the

link here

Support Our School – Every Contribution Counts!

Did you know that voluntary contributions from families help us provide the very best for our students?

Your support helps us:

Purchase up-to-date classroom resources
Maintain essential teaching software
Enhance learning programs and activities

These contributions directly benefit your child and their classmates by supporting high-quality teaching and a richer learning environment.

Many families choose to contribute because they see the difference it makes.

No matter the amount, your support is deeply appreciated and truly impactful.

Please remember, you can make a payment of any amount at any time through the Compass Payments Centre, or you are welcome to come into the office to pay via EFT or cash.

Thank you for being part of our school community.

Electives

If you see an event on Compass asking you to contribute to an elective that your student is no longer studying, please contact the school office at business.manager@whsc.vic.edu.au so that we can make the change. We do try to keep this information accurate but occasionally we may have missed an update. Thank you for your understanding.

Student Absences

If your student will be absent from school please login to the Compass Parent Portal and add an Attendance Note. If you are having difficulties logging into Compass please contact the General Office.

Judith Walsh

Business Manager

Container Deposit Scheme

Wheelers Hill Secondary College are now registered with Return It. You can help us fundraise for student-led projects by donating your refund to us when you recycle your eligible containers.

There are several local Return It depots. Locations can be found at: https://www.returnit.com.au/vic/recycling-locations-return-it-vic/

To donate your refund to Wheelers Hill Secondary College, please use our donation partner ID C2000065374

Thank you for your support! We will let you know what exciting student-led projects our CDS funds are being put towards.

School Uniform Update

As part of a State Government review of public school uniform codes to ensure affordability, schools can no longer offer clothing items with logos below the waist. For WHSC this will have minimal impact. We have only have 2 items that have logos below the waist, our sports shorts and navy tracksuit pants.

Our uniform supplier, Lowes, will still provide the same items but without the logos. The new policy will come into effect at the end of Term Four, 2025. All other items remain in place. Students who currently wear plain, navy tracksuit pants or shorts, without the logo on their Sport or PE days are within our current WHSC uniform dress code. Black tracksuit pants, black shorts, hoodies and leggings are not permitted within the policy approved by School Council.

If you would like any additional information about our uniform policy or the Government policy changes, please do not hesitate to contact the College.

Sustainable School Shop

Families and students can buy and sell second hand text books, uniforms, calculators and musical instruments via the Sustainable School Shop. To find out more information or to register to buy and sell please visit their website here

Parking Information

Please find attached a map of the parking restrictions on Raphael Drive as provided by City of Monash Council. The safety of our students at drop offs and collections is a genuine concern for us all and we ask that you respect the parking signage and speed limits so that everyone is safe.

A message from PTV

We’re improving Victoria’s public transport ticketing system to make travel easier and more convenient.

To get there, we’ve started progressively rolling out new ticket readers across the rail network, line-by-line, with bus and tram to follow.

At first, the new readers will accept myki only - so keep using myki for now.

If you see a new platform or gate reader, simply:

tap on with your myki or with Mobile myki in your Google Wallet™ app
tap on the ‘tap zone’ of the reader, not the screen
tap off on any reader on the network, as normal.

This is a critical step in enabling contactless payments by credit or debit card, smartphone or smart devices.

Learn more

Campion have introduced vouchers that can be purchased throughout the year then redeemed online or in-store for all your booklist items. Please see details on the flyer.

WHSC Newsletter

Respect | Excellence | Creativity

Issue 13 · 12 Sep 2025

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