College News

School Magazine- Faces 2022.

A reminder to all Brentwood families that you are now able to order your copy of the Brentwood School Magazine on Compass. The magazine will feature the highlights of 2022 as well as containing pictures of every Brentwood student. Cost- $25. Order your copy now .

Child Safety Commitment 

Brentwood Secondary College’s Child Safety Policy sets out the school’s commitment and approach to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where children and young people are safe and feel safe, and provides the policy framework for the school’s approach to the Child Safe Standards.  We encourage our community members to read the following policy also available on our website:  

https://brentwood.vic.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/Child-safety-policy.pdf  

Important Reminders: 

School Drop Off and Car Park 

Please note that the school car park is for staff only. There have been a number of parents driving into the school car park to drop their children off and reversing back onto Heath Street. This causes traffic to bank up on Heath Street and increases the risk of an accident or a pedestrian being hit by a car. Where possible, please drop your child off a short walk from the school to help minimise the traffic around the school.  

Out of respect to our neighbours, please refrain from parking across driveways and do not use the Glen Waverley South Primary School carpark as a drop off point for students. This simply creates similar issues for our neighbouring school.  

Your cooperation is much appreciated.  

School Yard Supervision Before School

A reminder that the schoolyard is actively supervised by staff from 8.30am in the morning. Any students who arrive before this time will not be under active yard duty supervision. 

Parking around the College

Parking inspectors from the local Council were out patrolling earlier this week and issuing fines to vehicles that were parked in drop off or no standing zones, as well as fines for parking across driveways.

Please ensure that if you are parking around the school that you adhere to all street and parking signs as well as all road rules.

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. 

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/ 

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

CURRENT STOCK

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.

2022 Parent/Caregiver/Guardian Opinion Survey

On 15 August 2022 an email was sent inviting (randomly selected) parents/caregivers/guardians to participate in this year’s survey. This year the survey is being conducted from Monday 15 August up until Friday 16 September 2022.

Thank you to the families that have already completed the survey as your opinions matter to us.

The Parent/Caregiver/Guardian Opinion Survey is an annual survey offered by the Department of Education and Training that is conducted amongst families. It is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of families’ perceptions of school climate, student behaviour and student engagement. Our school will use the survey results to help inform and direct future school planning and improvement strategies.

Please be assured that your responses are completely confidential. The survey is conducted anonymously, and it is important to us that you complete the survey as honestly as possible.

The survey is conducted online, only takes 10-15 minutes to complete. The online survey will be available in a range of languages other than English. These include Arabic, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Chin (hakha), Hindi, Japanese, Somali, Turkish, Punjabi and Greek.

NOTE: Only one parent/caregiver/guardian from your family is invited to complete the survey.