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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Important Dates

  • Last day term 4 2024 is Friday 20th December - Students dismissed at 12pm 

     

  • First day term 1 2025, for all students, Wednesday 29th January 

Compass - Student Management Solution

 

Compass is a school management solution that allows parents and carers to access up-to-date and meaningful information about your school and your child’s progress. Compass includes many different features, including the ability to:

  • Monitor your child’s attendance, and enter an explanation for absence or lateness
  • Communicate with your child’s teachers
  • View your child’s timetable and the school calendar
  • Monitor your child’s homework and assessment tasks
  • Download and view your child’s academic reports
  • Book parent-teacher conferences
  • Pay and provide consent for events and school fees

 

For more helpful information on how to use Compass and answers to FAQs please see the following links:

 

A guide for parents & families | Compass Education AU

 

Parent FAQ | Compass Education AU

Camps, Sports and Excursions Payments

Did you know there are a variety of ways to provide ease of payment for students extra curricular activities? 

 

As we advise families of upcoming events e.g. camps, sports and excursions via Compass, our preferred payment method is via the Compass event, as this enables families to make a payment and provide consent for your child to attend at the same time.

 

Using the Compass App:

  1. From the homepage, click on the blue shortcuts button from the bottom taskbar

  2. Click on 'Pay for an events'

  3. In your Action Centre, click on any events still requiring your payment and/or consent

 

For events with fees of over $200.00 and all camps, we are introducing the ‘recurring contribution’ feature in Compass events, where families can make instalment payments on the specified dates using a debit or credit card saved to your Compass Pay account. 

If you have any queries regarding this feature, or if you would like to request a custom payment plan, please email events@scsc.vic.edu.au.

 

 

Alternatively, you may make a payment, as follows:

 

Direct Deposit

To make a payment by direct deposit please use the following bank details:

 

Account Name:         Surf Coast Secondary College Council Official

BSB:                              033-608

Account Number:     246907

 

Please be sure to put your child’s name in the reference and payment type, then notify the college of the payment by emailing us at accounts@scsc.vic.edu.au

 

Important Dates: 2025 Year 7 Transition

 

 

Student Bus Travel Update

 

Please see below information from the Department of Transport and Planning regarding changes to the public bus network, which may affect student travel.

 

From 2 June 2024, changes will be introduced to the Geelong, Charlemont, Armstrong Creek, Torquay and Jan Juc bus network that will better match the travel demands of the community. Armstrong Creek, Charlemont, and Torquay residents will benefit from more frequent, fast, and reliable bus services, improving access to jobs, education, shops, and health facilities.

The community and visitors will be able to choose from an extra 500 weekly bus services, including around four buses an hour along the Surf Coast Highway in each direction. The changes include:

  • Existing routes 50 and 51 will be retired. The three new routes, 52, 53 and 54 are replacing these routes. 
  • Route 45 Armstrong Creek – Waurn Ponds SC via Waurn Ponds Station will be extended along Central Boulevard to service Oberon High School and nearby housing estates.
  • New Route 52 Jan Juc (Torquay) – Marshall Station will provide a local service between Jan Juc, Torquay, Torquay West, Armstrong Creek, Charlemont and Marshall Station via the Surf Coast Highway and Boundary Road.
  • New Route 53 Torquay (Bell Street) – Geelong Station will provide a fast and direct service between Torquay, Torquay North, Armstrong Creek, Belmont, Geelong CBD and Geelong Station via the Surf Coast Highway and High Street.
  • New Route 54 Torquay (Bell Street) – Marshall Station will provide a local service between Bell St Torquay, Horseshoe Bend Road, Torquay, Armstrong Creek’s growing areas, Charlemont to Marshall Station via Surf Coast Highway and Burvilles Road.
  • There will minor timetable changes for passengers on routes 45, 55 and 60.
  • We’re trialing a late Friday night V/Line service between Torquay and Lorne via Anglesea.

 In 2022 and 2023, we asked the community what bus network changes were needed. We listened, and now we’re making changes to deliver a more frequent and direct bus network, offering better coverage in fast-growing areas. 

New timetables and routes information are available at ptv.vic.gov.au, the PTV app or by calling 1800 800 007.