important information
Where to find information
Knowing where to find information is important for parents to feel informed and for students to be comfortable and confident at school.
BSC Study Planner
All Year 7 students receive a Study Planner. This planner explains the expectations, uniform, and bell times as well as providing tips regarding homework and time managment. It also has a place to record your timetable for the week.
Guides and Handbooks
The school has online Student Guides and Handbooks that can be found on the BSC website under Learning, or via Compass under the Favourites star. These include the School Handbook, Curriculum Handbooks for each Year Level, the Co Curricular Program Handbook and Instrumental Music Handbook. Each online handbook provides detailed information on their topic and outlines the expectations of our students.
Policies
The school’s policies for wellbeing and engagement, uniform, anaphylaxis, child safety, curriculum, privacy, assessment and more can be found on the BSC website under Our School.
The BSC Mobile Phone Policy and BSC Uniform Policy are included in this issue of the Brunswick Star for your quick reference.
Compass School Management
Compass is an app that you can download onto your SmartPhone or onto your computer. It allows the school to send excursion notes, reminders, announcements, school assessment and reports directly to Parent/Carers.
The Compass newsfeed acts as a constantly updating newsletter for all Parents/Carers. Compass also allows students to see their timetable, as well as their learning tasks, grades and reports.
Many links and documents are conveniently located via Compass, under the Favourites Star. The illustration below provides an example of this. Click on the image to enlarge it.
Refer to the article in this issue regarding how to use Compass.
The Brunswick Star
The Brunswick Star is produced twice per term and families are alerted via Compass newsfeed. The newsletter and archives can also be accessed via the school website (BSC website under News) and the current newsletter link is always available on Compass under the Favourites Star. The Brunswick Star is filled with photos of students and the regular and special events they undertake.
