School Phone - 03 7033 2444

The College now has a landline telephone number, please update your phone contacts and use this number to contact us. The phone is staffed on school days between 8.00am and 4.00pm.

School Times

Students are to arrive before 8.50am so they can gather the appropriate resources to arrive at their first class which commences at 9.00am. The School Day ends at 3.12pm.

Travel to School Costs - Conveyance Allowance

Conveyance Allowance is a form of financial assistance for parents/carers to transport children to and from school, it is a contribution towards costs and is not intended to cover the full cost of transporting children to and from school.

Eligibility:

The student must reside 4.8km or more from the school; and
Attend their Designated Neighbourhood School (DNS) as per the Find My School website

For more information and to apply, please contact the school’s administration office.

Personal Accident Insurance and Ambulance Cover

Parents and Guardians are reminded that the Department does not provide personal accident insurance or ambulance cover for students.

Parents and guardians of students, who do not have student accident insurance/ambulance cover, are responsible for paying the cost of medical treatment for injured students, including the cost of ambulance attendance/transport and any other transport costs. Please note that if First Aid trained staff believe an ambulance to be necessary they will ring for one immediately. Parents and Guardians are not consulted before this decision is made.

Student accident insurance/ambulance cover policies are available from some commercial insurers.

Canteen

Lunches are available to be ordered on Tuesday and Thursday. Meals are prepared offsite and delivered fresh to the school. Orders can be placed online at: https://flexischools.com.au/ or via the Flexischools app. Orders close at 9am on the day of order delivery. Click on the link below for the Lunch Menu.

Uniform Shop

Uniform can be purchased from the PSW Uniform Group at Unit 4, 18 Harrison Court, Melton. For further information click on the link below:

Lost Property

Please ensure that all children's belongings are clearly labelled with their name (not just initials) and grade. Sometimes items are not returned to their rightful owner because they are not labelled correctly or clearly. If you find named belongings in your child's possession, could you please return them to the school office.

Annual privacy reminder for our school community

Our school collects and uses student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ Privacy Policy and the Schools’ Privacy Collection Notice.

Our Photographing, Filming and Recording Students Policy, describes how we collect and use photographs, video and recordings of students. The policy also explains when parent consent is required and how it can be provided and withdrawn. The link for this policy on the college’s website is as follows:

https://yarrabingsc.vic.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Photographing-Filming-and-Recording-Students-Policy-2025-.pdf

We ask parents to also review the guidance we provide on how we use Google Workspace for Education safely at the school and what parents can do to further protect their child’s information. If after reviewing the guidance, you have any questions or concerns regarding your child using Google Workspace for Education, please contact the school.

For more information about privacy, refer to: Schools’ privacy policy: information for parents. This information is also available in ten community languages:

· Amharic

· Arabic

· Chinese

· Dari

· Gujarati

· Mandarin

· Somali

· Sudanese

· Turkish

Yarrabing Secondary College Newsletter

Respect, Responsibility, High Expectations, Collaboration

Issue 2 · 31 Mar 2025

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