Attendance Reminders

It is a requirement of the Department of Education and Brentwood Secondary College that all student absences are acknowledged by a parent/guardian. This means that the school must be notified of the reason for the absence in writing or by logging onto the Compass Portal. This procedure helps both parents and the school to provide for the safety of students.

Information regarding attendance is available through your Compass parent portal. You are reminded that you can communicate with the House Leaders and/or Attendance Officer by phone or email regarding absences. The school should be contacted if it is expected that your child will be away for more than two days.

See Compass Guide on your Compass parent portal (2 head icon) for entering an attendance note.

Subject confirmation for 2022

During Week 3, students will receive their allocated subjects for 2022. This will be sent by automated email from the timetabling software to students email accounts.

If students wish to request a subject swap, there will be set days to do this on. Depending on restrictions and days at school, some course confirmation days may take place virtually. They are:

Year 10 2022: Wednesday 3rd November
Year 9 2022: Lunchtime on Thursday 4th November and Lunchtime on Friday 5th November.

Details about how to make an appointment for this will be posted on Compass once the emails have been sent out. This will be in the same method of booking Learning Conferences; however, it will appear on student Compass pages. On-site appointments will take place in the SLC. Virtual appointments will take place via Teams, with the Course Counsellor calling the student via Teams at the set appointment time.

It is vital that students follow the set timeline as this allows for equity and the smooth running of the college. No requests can be made before these days.

Camps, Sports & Excursions Fund (CSEF) 2022

CSEF will be provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to help cover the costs of school camps, sports and excursions. Families holding a valid means-tested concession card for e.g. Veterans Affairs Gold Card, Centrelink Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card and Temporary Foster Parents are eligible to apply.

A Special Consideration category exists for:

Families on a Bridging Visa, Temporary Protection Visa, are in community detention or are asylum seeker or refugee families
Students in out of home care
Students in statutory kinship care

Please also note the parent/carer of a student who is 16 years or older and who holds a valid concession card (such as a Youth Allowance Health Care Card or Disability Support Pension Card) are eligible to apply.

The allowance is paid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, sports and excursions for the benefit of your child. The annual CSEF amount per student is $225 for secondary school students.

CSEF Application Forms 2022 are attached on Compass or can be downloaded on Compass under School Documentation (two head icon on Compass dashboard).

Please scan the completed Application Form and a copy of your Centrelink Card and Email to brentwood.sc@education.vic.gov.au

CSEF Applications for 2022 are Now Open and will Close for processing End of Term Two

The 24 June 2022.

For more information about CSEF and information in other languages CSEF Information Click Here

Please Note late applications can not be accepted.

State Schools Relief Year 7 CSEF Uniform Package 2022

Year 7 students for 2022 who receive CSEF are entitled to a Uniform Package.

Information and Application Forms are attached on Compass under the Compass Newsfeed “State Schools Relief Year 7 CSEF Uniform Package 2022” or can be downloaded on Compass under School Documentation (two head icon on Compass dashboard), CSEF.

Applications for the Year 7 Uniform Package for CSEF Recipients are Now Open and will Close at the End of Term 1, 2022 The 08 April 2022.

Please Note late applications can not be accepted.

PSW During Lockdown

Public Transport - Prepaid Buses

To support safer bus journeys and the rollout of all door boarding , cash transactions were permanently removed from myki-enabled buses from 13 July 2020. Parents and students can ensure they continue to travel with a valid ticket by using the following:

Online at ptv.vic.gov.au/myki
New PTV app
Auto top up
Myki Retailers
Quick top up machines
Myki machines
Ticket offices including train stations and PTV Hubs

Prepaid boarding will help reduce travel time for passengers as well as increase the reliability of services and Public Transport Victoria is continuing to make improvements to help passengers' transition to this new model. More information is available at ptv.vic.gov.au/tickets/myki/buy-a-myki-and-top-up/

Annual Privacy Reminder

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 remind yourself of the school’s collection statement, found on our website [add link to your school’s collection statement].

For more information about privacy, refer to: Schools’ Privacy Policy — information for parents. This information is also available in nine community languages:

Amharic
Arabic
Dari
Mandarin
Somali
Sudanese
Turkish
Urdu
Vietnamese

College Canteen

Please Note late applications can not be accepted.

Discounted School Uniforms

Brentwood has minimal stock of the following items to be cleared out at heavily reduced prices. Please note these items are ONLY available at the reduced price through the school, NOT at PSW. If you are interested in purchasing some items please contact Kellie Rosenfeld Kellie.Rosenfeld@education.vic.gov.au

OLD STOCK CLEARANCE

Item	Size/s	Price
Microfibre Trackpants - Lined – Navy (old style)	10/3XS, L, XL, 2XL, 4XL	$25
Mesh Sport Shorts – Ink (old style)	10/3XS	$15
Short Sleeve Shirt	10/3XS	$15
Long Sleeve Shirt	3XL	$15
Short Sleeve Jacquard Blouse	10G, 18L, 20L, 22L	$25
Long Sleeve Jacquard Blouse	10G, 8L, 18L, 20L, 22L	$25
Sports Polo (Brentwood Colours NOT House Colours) Year 8-12 students only	M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL	$25

CURRENT STOCK

Item	Size	Price
Blazer (current style)	90	$120
Blazer (current Style)	100	$120
Blazer (current style)	105	$120
Blazer (current style)	110	$120

PWS - Brentwood's School Uniform Provider

Excursion Payment and Consent

It is a legal requirement that consent is given for students to attend and or participate in events such as excursions and sport. Payment and consent on the day or the day prior to an event is not sustainable for the college. Teachers and coaches need to know who is attending events with sufficient notice for buses, providers and fielding sporting teams.

Consent and payment for events is due two school days before the event at midnight – for example if an event is on a Friday, consent and payment will be due by midnight on Wednesday. If the event is on a Monday the consent and payment will be due by midnight on the Thursday prior.

Parents and students will no longer be able to consent and pay for events on the day before an event or on the day of an event. If consent and payment are not received by midnight two school days before an event the student will not be able to attend.

Payment and consent can be completed on Compass, if you do not have a Compass log in please contact the office on 8545-0300.

For families who would like to use Camps Sports and Excursion Fund (CSEF) for payment of an event, please print out students excursion form via compass, complete the written consent and have students hand forms in to the general office with an instruction to use CSEF for the payment using the same timeline as above, two school days prior to an excursion or sporting event. Students can print their excursion forms in the library.

The college appreciates your cooperation and if you have any questions, please contact the general office on 8545-0300.

Upcoming Events

November