No School on Melbourne Cup Holiday

Please be reminded that Monday 1 and Tuesday 2 November are an extended long weekend for the College due to the Melbourne Cup. The College office and school will be closed on both these days and there will be no classes.

Return to school: Wednesday 3 November

All HCC students will be returning full-time onsite on Wednesday 3 November (rather than Friday 5 November as previously advised). We continue to have specific COVID guidelines in place to minimise the likelihood of any spread of the COVID-19 virus amongst the College community. These guidelines include:

Not sending your child to school if they are sick or feeling unwell
Compulsory wearing of masks for Secondary students inside and outside
Compulsory wearing of masks for Year 3 to 6 when inside
Recommended wearing of masks for Prep to Year 2 inside
Social distancing where practical
Regular washing and sanitising of hands
Parents to only come into the school building if absolutely necessary.

We would also request that you please notify the school if your child is unwell and awaiting a COVID test result, or if any family member has tested positive to COVID-19. We will continue to support the learning of any students who are required to isolate with remote learning work.

Collecting Students after school

In order to limit the number of people on-site at any given time, we will be staggering the finish times at the end of the day. The new finish times will be:

Prep to Grade 2 at 3:05pm
Grades 3 to 6 at 3:15pm
Years 7 to 12 at 3:25pm

Students will be brought to the portico outside of the auditorium for parents to collect at the end of the day. Grades 5 and 6 will be released to go their parents at their cars, while Prep to Grade 4 students need to be collected by their parents from the teacher. Please ensure that you are at school on time to collect your child and that you leave the premises as soon as possible after this.

Employment opportunities at HCC for 2022

HCC currently has two employment opportunities: Office Administration and Marketing/Event Coordinator to join our dynamic team.

The positions will commence in 2022. Position summary is as below:

Marketing and Events Coordinator

It is a full time, one year contract position replacing Kelsey Richards who will be on maternity leave.

This role will oversee our College marketing (for both internal and external HCC community). It will include the coordination of our social media and print marketing campaigns. It will also involve coordinating the numerous events to build a sense of community within the College.

Current qualifications in marketing is a necessity and experience in event management would be an advantage.

Office Administration (Reception, Attendance and First Aid Officer)

It will be a front of desk/reception role and will require excellent people skills and good office administration skills.

The details of the position description and requirements will be posted on the HCC website on Monday 1 November (click here).

World’s Greatest Shave

Heatherton Christian College will be supporting The World’s Greatest Shave campaign this term. We will be registering an 'HCC Team' fundraising page where our school community will have the opportunity to donate funds to support the Leukaemia Foundation.

Here is our HCC Team fundraising link! Please share and support this amazing cause 😊

IF WE RAISE $500

Mr Andy Watson will shave his beard!

IF WE RAISE $1,000

Mr Andy Watson will shave both his beard and his head!!!

If you know anyone who is a hairdresser in our HCC community that would be willing to help us out for this event, please let us know! The timeframe would a maximum of 2 hours.

To find out more about The World’s Greatest Shave, see https://worldsgreatestshave.com/about

Operation Christmas Child -Collection of Gift Items/Boxes

Prep to Year 11 students can bring in their gift items/boxes to HCC from Wednesday 3 November to Tuesday 9 November. Please refrain from bringing the boxes in any earlier than this, as we will only be able to store them during this timeframe.

Collection period: Wednesday 3 November – Tuesday 9 November
Final date for collection is Tuesday 9 November

If you are on-site, there are a limited number of official Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes at the College office that can be collected. However, please do not come onsite just to collect a box, any general shoebox or gift box is more than fine for your contribution.

Please also remember to donate $10 online at

https://www.samaritanspurse.org.au/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/

to help cover the cost of collection, shipping and distribution of the shoeboxes.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Cara Leigh at

cara.leigh@hcc.vic.edu.au. Thank you very much for your support!

Cara Leigh, Andrew Watson, Ashika Corera, Christy Marshall

Chaplains and the Wellbeing Team

Students Withdrawing in 2022

Parents are reminded that should your circumstances have changed and your child is not returning to HCC in 2022, the College requires one term’s notice in writing; please email to (both) enrolments@hcc.vic.edu.au and office@hcc.vic.edu.au. Failure to provide this notice will result in one term’s fees being charged in lieu of this notice.

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