Important information for 2024
What families need to know about Glenroy College
Important information for 2024
What families need to know about Glenroy College
Our school day starts with a locker bell at 8.53am for students to gather their books and head to class. The day is split into five hour-long periods, with a 35-minute lunch break.
Period 1: 8:55am -9:55am
Period 2: 9:58am -10:58am
Recess: 10:58am-11:18am
Period 3: 11:18am -12:18pm
Lunch: 12:18pm – 1:02pm
Period 4: 1.02pm – 2.02pm
Period 5: 2.05pm – 3.05pm
School day ends: 3.05pm
Back on Track and Homework Club operate after school from 3.10pm.
** Please note, these bell times will change from the start of Term 3.
Student absences or late attendance must be reported to the relevant sub-school.
Junior Sub-school: 9304 0441
Senior Sub-school: 9304 0410
You can also reply to the text message sent to your mobile phone.
Glenroy College has an active Facebook page and Instagram page. Follow us to see snippets and news from our school.
Term 1: 29 January – 28 March
Term 2: 15 April – 28 June
Term 3: 15 July – 20 September
Term 4: 7 October – 20 December
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.
Please take time to read our school’s collection notice, found on our website.
We ask parents to also review the guidance on how we use Microsoft 365 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 Microsoft 365 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
* Dari
* Gujarati
* Mandarin
* Somali
* Sudanese
* Turkish
* Urdu
* Vietnamese
Please be aware of the following information as per the Department of Education & Training’s website.
Emergency medical situations
If a student is ill or injured, in an emergency a school may:
The legal authority to do this arises from the principle of “agency of necessity”. This means that the law recognises that the authority to act on another’s behalf is implied in case of emergency.
An ambulance will always be called in a medical emergency.
Ambulance Cover/Costs
We strongly encourage parents to have up-to-date ambulance cover and also inform parents that they are responsible for any medical expenses such as ambulance costs incurred if their child is injured or requires an ambulance at school, or whilst participating in a school activity.
Department of Education and Training Victoria (DE&T) Policy
Please note as per DE&T policy, the cost of any medical attention or ambulance for a student will be borne by the parent/guardian. Parents are liable for all medical expenses incurred as a result of student injury, including transport costs such as ambulance or air ambulance costs.
If you have any questions in relation to this policy please contact the