PARENT RESOURCES
BHCS CANTEEN
PREP – YEAR 6: The canteen is available for lunch orders on Monday, Wednesday & Fridays. Primary students (Prep - Year 6) may pre-order lunch orders via the Flexischools app only. No window service.
YEAR 7 - YEAR 12: Are welcome to order at the Canteen window during recess and lunch
TREETOPS CAFE
The Café will be running every day except Wednesday. Senior students (Year 7 -12) are able to order food from the Café during break times. Only Year 11 & 12 students may use the tables and chairs in the Café.
ARE YOU IN FLEXISCHOOLS?
Families are reminded to download and subscribe to the Flexischools app. This is the portal where day to day reminders and information is distributed to the school community. To subscribe to your child's 2024 class group, please follow the below instructions.
PERSONAL DETAILS
We would like to remind families that if your circumstances change in any way - this includes address, phone numbers, email address, custody arrangements and fee arrangements - please update your Operoo profiles and then contact the School as soon as possible. This will assist us in ensuring that any communications sent reach you. Please feel free to email any updates
to office@bhcs.vic.edu.au, so this can be passed on to the relevant departments.
2025 SCHOOL DATES
WELLBEING RESOURCES
We know that it can sometimes be hard to find the necessary resources in relation to mental health, bullying and family violence, especially when things are tough. For this reason, the School has a small webpage with links related to health and wellbeing resources. This can be found on the School's website under Other Resources or can be found here.
eSmart Matters
In a connected world, students spend a significant amount of time in front of a screen. Devices are a crucial part of their study, as well as being used for social and recreational reasons. As a result, it can seem like they are always on their computer or other devices, and it may be hard to know exactly what they are doing at any given time.
The recommendations from the Australian Government state that school-aged children should have “no more than two hours of sedentary recreational screen time per day for children and young people aged 5–17 years (not including schoolwork)” (Australian Institute for Family Studies, https://aifs.gov.au/resources/short-articles/too-much-time-screens). How this looks for your children is up to you as parents, and we encourage you to discuss this with your children once they are old enough to take responsibility for their own time.
Realistically, this is just part of life in our modern society, but more important is building a generation of responsible Cyber-Citizens. This includes being aware of what they are doing, who they are doing it with and understanding that there are potential dangers online as well as the need to be accountable for their own actions in an online environment.
Video games make up a significant part of recreational screen time for most children, and the Australian eSafety Commissioner has helpful resources available to parents and children to facilitate greater awareness of the risks and responsibilities involved. We encourage parents to look through these resources and use them to start a conversation with your children about their online activities. For more information, please go to the Australian eSafety Commissioner’s website - https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/resources