Start of Year Information
Updating Contact Details
Does the College have your most up to date contact details? If not, please complete the Change of Details form available on our website http://bairnsdalesc.vic.edu.au/change-of-details.html.
Please include student/s name, parent/carer’s name, address, phone numbers, email address and emergency contact details.
Please remember to contact the College whenever your details change.
Student Accident/Medical Arrangements
If a student is ill or injured, the College may first contact the student’s parent/guardian to determine the medical attention they feel is appropriate. In an emergency situation, the College may call an ambulance or seek any necessary medical attention on behalf of the student’s parents/guardians.
Parents/guardians are reminded that DET does not provide personal accident insurance for students.
If a student is injured at school or during a College organised activity, then parents/guardians are responsible for the cost of medical treatment, including ambulance costs. Reasonably low cost accident insurance policies are available from commercial insurers and/or ambulance cover is available from Ambulance Victoria.
Damage to students’ personal items/property
Any personal item/property that is brought to school by a student is the responsibility of the student and is not the responsibility of the school, and is not covered by school insurance.
Students are responsible for personal items/property they bring to school. Neither the Department nor the school is responsible if any student’s personal item/property is lost, stolen or damaged.
Annual privacy reminder for our school community
Our school collects and uses student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ privacy policy and the Schools’ privacy collection notice.
Our Photographing, Filming and Recording Students policy describes how we collect and use photographs, video and recordings of students. The policy also explains when parent consent is required and how it can be provided and withdrawn.
We ask parents to also review the guidance we provide 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 eleven community languages:
- Amharic
- Arabic
- Chinese
- Dari
- Gujarati
- Mandarin
- Somali
- Sudanese
- Turkish
- Urdu
- Vietnamese
CSEF
The department administers the Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) to help eligible families with the costs of camps, sporting activities and excursions/incursions.
The Victorian Budget 2025-26 invests $152.3 million to significantly increase the funding available through CSEF.
From 1 January 2026, families eligible for CSEF will see an increase in support to $400 for primary and secondary school children, up from $154 and $256 respectively. Applications for 2026 CSEF support will open from 27 January 2026.
The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) provides payments for eligible students to attend activities like:
- school camps/trips
- swimming extension activities and other school-organised sport programs
- outdoor education programs
- excursions/incursions that are extracurricular as defined in the Parent Payments policy
- graduations/valedictories.
Schools can receive applications from families for 2026 until 26 June 2026.
Families can list more than one student in the one application form if they are attending the same school.