From the Office
Do you have a child starting school in 2024?
2024 Foundation Enrolments CLOSE Friday 28 July, 2023
A reminder that in accordance with the Department of Education state-wide Foundation (Prep) enrolment timeline, ALL Enrolment Forms and Application to Enrol in a Victorian Government School Forms for students seeking a place in Foundation 2024 MUST be submitted by Friday 28th July, 2023.
If your child is starting school next year and you are yet to submit a form for your child, please contact the office. Forms are available for collection for we can email you one.
Please refer to the 2024 Foundation Enrolments CLOSING soon! page of this newsletter for further information.
Friday Lunch Order Service
A reminder that we run a lunch order service on Fridays. The Deli Platter Café in Olinda have developed an online shop with some items from their café that are suitable for schools. The lunch orders are delivered to school just prior to lunch eating time.
If you would like to order a special lunch for your child/ren on a Friday, please order online by 5:00pm on the Thursday afternoon prior, using the link below:
The password is billanookprimary
Please note that if your child is away on the Friday and you have ordered a lunch order, there is a 'Contact Us' button in the school's section so that you can inform the cafe and organise a credit.
Staff Car Park Reminder
The staff car park is out of bounds to children at all times. Please donot deliver your children to the staff car park gate and allow them to walk through the staff car park.
Similarly, if parking in the top car park near the basketball courts, please use the stairs near the gym to access classrooms, donot use the stairs that lead to the staff car park. The only exception to this rule is when parents deliver or collect children from the OSHCARE program.
Parents are asked not to use the staff car park immediately before or after school or during the school day as there are insufficient parking spots for staff.
We also ask you to be mindful of the ‘No Standing’ signs along the school boundary on Taruna Rise. Parking in this area is an infringement that may incur a fine.
Can’t make it to Billanook for the Monday afternoon assembly?
It’s now LIVE STREAMED for everyone to watch from home or work!
We would like to invite our Billanook community - parents and grandparents, to tune in online using the link below to see our amazing Billanook kids in action.
Time: 2:30pm-3:30pm
Day: Mondays
Meeting Link: https://eduvic.webex.com/eduvic/j.php?MTID=meb89713740479d3ac38ba576c434a37a
Meeting Number: 2652 671 7276
Password: Billanook
Working With Children Checks For Volunteers
A Victorian Government Working With Children Check (WWC) will be required by all adults who undertake any voluntary work at Billanook. This means anyone working in the school canteen, helpers in the classroom, school camps, computer lab etc.
Holding a Police Check is not enough. WWC is ongoing monitoring of the criminal records of those who hold a WWC Card. Since the 30th June 2008 it is compulsory for all volunteers to provide a current WWC.
To obtain a Working With Children Check you must now apply online at https://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/
To complete the application form you must have:
- an email address, so you can contacted
- the address of every place you have lived in the last 5 years in Australia
- the name, postal address and phone number in Australia for each organisation you will be doing paid or volunteer child-related work for
- a printer that will print a legible copy of the Application summary.
After filling in the online form, finalise your application at a participating Australia Post retail outlet, by presenting your application summary, proof of identity documents and a passport quality photo. Employee WWC Check applicants need to also pay a fee. Fees are non-refundable.