College Notices
Important information from the Business Manager
Student accident insurance arrangements
Families are reminded that neither Koonung Secondary College nor the Department of Education and Training provide personal accident insurance for students. Parents and guardians are responsible for paying the cost of medical treatment for injured students, including any transport costs. Student accident insurance policies are available from some commercial insurers. These cover a range of medical expenses not covered by Medicare or private health insurance.
It is recommended that families seek assistance in this matter with their insurance broker or find a suitable personal accident insurer.
Collection of receipts
Receipts for payment of monies may be collected by students from the accounts receivable office before or after school, at recess or lunchtime. We will also be emailing statements of outstanding charges each month so that you have a current record of payments made to date.
Occupational Health & Safety at Koonung
The Department of Education and Training has a comprehensive Occupational Health and Safety Management System which has been in place at Koonung for some years. This helps to provide a safe school environment for staff, students, parents and contractors.
Please take note of the following:
Traffic within the College grounds
Student drop-off and pick-up is not permitted within the College grounds unless the student is injured or disabled. All traffic entering the school grounds must observe the speed limit of 10kmh (ie walking pace).
Smoking
It is an offence to smoke anywhere within the College grounds and within 4 metres of all school ground entrances. This applies 24/7 regardless of whether or not students are at school.
Asbestos
A comprehensive audit has been carried out, testing all building construction materials. Material containing asbestos was found to be in a safe condition and consisted largely of the comparatively low risk asbestos cement (AC) sheet with the majority located out of the way in eaves and ceilings. The results of this audit were used to update our existing asbestos register.
Note that a health risk exists only if safety precautions are not observed if the AC is disturbed.
To guard against any such risk:
- All asbestos containing material is labelled either with a sticker (at eye level) or a painted red dot (high points e.g. eaves, ceilings).
- Our computer based Maintenance Reporting System allows staff to remotely log any damage. This immediately generates an alert to our maintenance and facilities staff.
- Before any construction work is started, the asbestos register is checked to determine whether the area to be worked is listed.
- Only contractors with the appropriate licensing are permitted to work with asbestos.
- A whole school inspection is carried out each quarter to check for damage or wear and to ensure advisory labels are in place.
Stace Kerr
Business Manager
Camps, Sports and Excursions Funding (CSEF)
The CSEF will ensure that no student will miss out on the opportunity to join their classmates for important, educational and fun activities. CSEF will be provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.
If you hold a valid means-tested concession card or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible for CSEF. The allowance will be paid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions or sporting activities for the benefit of your child.
The annual CSEF amount per secondary student is $225.
The CSEF application form is attached or it may be downloaded from:
For more information about the CSEF visit www.educationa.vic.gov.au/csef
Second hand books
The PFA has a range of good quality second hand books available. Please see the attached list for availability.
If you are interested in purchasing any books please enquire by e mail to
Booksale@ koonung.vic.edu.au
Welcome BBQ - Year 7 students and parents/carers
Koonung Secondary College welcomes you to their Annual Year 7 BBQ to be held on Wednesday 7 March, 6:30pm. This is a wonderful opportunity for families to join together to meet Year 7 teachers and fellow parents to further enhance the relationships our Year 7 students have developed both at school and on camp.
Our student leaders will be selling gourmet burgers, sausages and drinks on the evening to raise funds to improve the physical amenities for our Year 7 students.
Alternatively, parents can choose to bring their own picnic hamper. All families are encouraged to attend. To assist the College with catering requirements and numbers for the evening please book via link (no cost) https://www.trybooking.com/356041.
Hot Cross Buns for Sale
The Interact Club will be selling Hot Cross Buns to raise funds for the upcoming Good Friday Appeal. Every single bun sold will mean that $1 dollar will go to sick kids in need. Well done Interact to once again helping those people less fortunate.
Fossicker
If you paid for a Fossicker last year and haven't yet received it please ask your child to go the general office to collect it.
Sports for Schools 2018
We have joined the 2018 Sports for Schools program to help boost our sporting equipment supplies. The program starts from February 7 and concludes on May 11, during which time you will be able to collect Coles Sports for Schools vouchers from all Coles stores and Coles Express stores. You can also collect electronic vouchers if you are a Coles online shopper. The vouchers can be handed into the collection boxes located at the general office or the middle school office.
Host family required, February - May 2018
We have a European cultural exchange student that is in Year 12 that we are looking for a new family.
He has really enjoyed his exchange so far and he is a very positive and happy student. He is interested in tennis and sailing.
If you are interested in in finding out more about this opportunity, please call Genevieve Eyre at Southern Cross Cultural Exchange on 1800 500 501.
Compass Photos
Parents can now order individual Compass photos online. Compass advised that sibling photos will not be available for another four weeks, at which time they will send out another notification. Parents may wish to wait until then to place their orders.