Key Dates and Policies 

Start of Year information

START OF YEAR INFORMATION FOR PARENTS

CHILD SAFE STANDARDS

The Child Safe Standards are at the core of how we operate at Sandringham College. 

At the start of the new school year all staff received training in the Child Safe Standards. We conduct this training each year to ensure that we are up to date with any adjustments to the standards and to ensure that we are cognisant of our obligations regarding the safety of students in our school. 

The Child Safe Standards 

The Standards are compulsory minimum standards for all Victorian schools, to ensure they are well prepared to protect children from abuse. Ministerial Order 870 — Child Safe Standards — Managing the risk of child abuse in schools outlines how the Standards apply in schools.

The Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) is responsible for ensuring school compliance with the Standards. Schools are required to comply with the standards for registration.

There are 11 standards - please click on the links for further information:

Standard 1: Culturally safe environments

Standard 2: Leadership, governance and culture 

Standard 3: Child and student empowerment

Standard 4: Family engagement

Standard 5: Diversity and equity

Standard 6: Suitable staff and volunteers

Standard 7: Child focused complaints process

Standard 8: Child safety knowledge, skills and awareness

Standard 9: Physical and online environments

Standard 10: Review of child safety practices

Standard 11: Implementation of child safety practices

Schools must take account of and make reasonable efforts to accommodate the diversity of all children in implementing the Child Safe Standards, including (but not limited to) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, children with disabilities, and children who are vulnerable.

Sandringham College Child Safe Policies are found on the College website

STUDENT HEALTH  INFORMATION

STUDENTS WITH DIAGNOSED MEDICAL CONDITIONS

To ensure that Sandringham College can appropriately support students with diagnosed medical conditions we ask that parents read the information below and provide the information/medical resources required.    For any serious medical conditions please ensure that you advise your students Year Level Leader and the College will follow up to ensure that the appropriate actions are taken.

ANAPHYLAXIS/EPIPENS

All students who are diagnosed as being at risk from an anaphylactic reaction must provide the school with an Individual Management Plan from the treating medical practitioner and a current adrenaline autoinjector (epipen).

We ask all parents and carers to ensure that the school has a current Management Plan including an up to date photo of the student and an epipen to be stored in the Admin Office of their base campus in case it is required.  

 https://www.allergy.org.au/hp/anaphylaxis/ascia-action-plan-for-anaphylaxis

ASCIA Action Plan: Anaphylaxis - Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA)   

ASTHMA 

All students who are diagnosed as being at risk from asthma must provide the school with an Asthma Action Plan from the treating medical practitioner and an asthma kit.  The asthma kit should contain the students prescriber reliever medication and their own spacer (if they use one).

We ask all parents and carers to ensure that the school has a current Action Plan and  student asthma kit to be stored in the Admin office of their base campus in case it is required.

https://asthma.org.au/manage-asthma/asthma-action-plan/

ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION - OTHER THAN FOR ANAPHYLAXIS OR ASTHMA

If a student requires medication Sandringham College encourages parents to to arrange for this to be taken outside of school hours.  When a student requires medication at school parents are asked to provide a Medication Authority Form from the treating medical practitioner and arrange to deliver the medication to the Admin office of their base campus.  Sandringham College will ensure that the medication is administered to the student in accordance with the Medication Authority Form and will keep a record of medication administered.

PRIVACY POLICY

Our school collects, uses, discloses and stores student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ Privacy Policy.  For more information about privacy, refer to: Schools’ Privacy Policy — information for parents. This information is also available in ten community languages:

• Amharic
• Arabic
• Dari
• Gujarati
• Mandarin
• Somali
• Sudanese
• Turkish
• Urdu
• Vietnamese

Please take the time to read our school’s collection notice, found on our website.

We ask parents to also review the guidance we provide on how we use  Microsoft 365/Compass safely at the school and what parents can do to further protect their child’s information. Sandringham College Digital Safety policies, including our Digital Technologies and Microsoft 365 policies may be found on the College website. If after reviewing the guidance, you have any questions or concerns regarding your child using Microsoft 365/Compass please contact the school.