Assistant Principal

Attendance

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.

Dress Code and Sun Protection

Link: Dress Code and Sun Protection Policy

Eltham High School does not have a uniform. The school’s Dress Code policy outlines expectations for students for appropriate clothing for a school environment. The specific aspects of this policy that relate to sun protection relate to the guidelines outlining that brief clothing is not appropriate for school – this includes singlets, short skirts and shorts and exposed midriffs.

In Sport and PE classes students are expected to wear the school’s sports uniform (Year 7) or change into appropriate sporting wear for classes. Teachers will remind students about the importance of being SunSmart, including encouraging students to wear hats.

As we are a secondary school, we expect students to take responsibility for being SunSmart by wearing a hat during outdoor activities or staying in the shade, if they are not wearing sunscreen.

FRAN MULLINS, Assistant Principal