Assistant Principal

Camps, Tours & Excursions 

Link: Camps-Tours-and-Excursions-Policy.pdf (elthamhs.vic.edu.au) 

Camps, excursions, tours, and incursions are an integral part of the school curriculum as they enable students to explore, extend and enrich their learning and their social skills development in a non-school setting.  

Our Camps, Tours & Excursions policy is intended to complement the Department’s policy and guidelines on excursions, camps and adventure activities which all Victorian government schools are required to follow. Eltham High School will follow both this policy, as well as the Department’s policy and guidelines when planning for and conducting these activities. 

Attendance  

Link: Attendance Policy 

Eltham High School’s Attendance Policy outlines the shared responsibilities in promoting attendance and encouraging engagement and participation at a whole school level. We recognise that effective monitoring and early intervention, by responding quickly with offers to work in partnership with students and their families, is crucial in managing non-attendance so that patterns do not become entrenched. Students are expected to attend school during normal school hours every day of each term unless there are approved exemptions. 

Eltham High School aims to ensure that all students enrolled at the school attend regularly to maximise access to learning opportunities, and outlines the processes used to monitor student attendance in our Attendance Policy accessible on our school website or the link above. 

Student Mobile Phone Management  

Link: Student Mobile Phone Management Policy  

The Victorian Government views the safe and responsible use of digital technologies, student safety and wellbeing, and the development of social skills and positive behaviour as paramount. From Term 1 2020, students who choose to bring mobile phones to school must have them switched off and securely stored during school hours.  

Opportunities for students at recess and lunchtime to communicate with each other face-to-face or be involved in physical activity are valued over and above the use of mobile phones and social media. Eltham High School’s Student Mobile Phone Management Policy outlines the requirements of the Minister for Education relating to students using mobile phones during school hours. 

Upcoming Student Progress Interview Dates

In semester 2 the Student Progress Interviews will be running in the following format.

VCE Student Progress Interviews

Student Progress Interviews for students studying at VCE will be held in week 4. These interviews will be held onsite at school.

Monday 11 August 4:00 - 7:00pm (Monday will not be a shortened day)

Bookings for these interviews will open on Monday 4 August. Families will have access to VCE Interim reports from Wednesday 6 August.

Year 7 – 10 Student Progress Interviews & Instrumental Music Interviews

Student Progress Interviews for students in Year 7 - 10 and Instrumental Music Interviews will be held in week 8 of term 3. These interviews will be held onsite at school.

(Note that Year 10 students doing Unit 1&2 Enhancement studies will need to attend the VCE Interviews for that subject)

Tuesday 9 September 11:00am - 7:00pm

Bookings for these interviews will open on Thursday 28 August. Families will also have access to 7-10 Interim reports on this date.

FRAN MULLINS, Assistant Principal