Brookhill

Mr David Murphy

Welcome back to a new term. As Term 2 is the longest, it is a very important term for the academic program. In particular, I would like to start the term by encouraging Year 12 students to renew their commitment to achieving their personal best academic results.

Housekeeping Matters

There are several important procedural and housekeeping matters I would like families to take notice of:

• All students must attend morning Homeroom. This is an important time for recording attendance and distributing information. Students not attending Homeroom will be issued with after school detentions.
• Winter uniform is now compulsorily. As of Monday 30 April, students must be in full winter uniform. This includes long trousers for boys; shorts are not part of winter uniform.
• Families’ attention is drawn to the College’s policy on hairstyles: exaggerated hair styles are not permitted. Boys’ hair styles which have the sides shaved and long hair on the top are considered to be exaggerated and are not permitted at the College. Students presenting with exaggerated hair styles will be asked to rectify the situation, or stay home till the style grows out.
• Girls’ skirts must be at or below knee length. Girls who roll their skirts up will be withdrawn from class for a period of time.
• Students must not be consuming take-away food obtained from fast food outlets while at school. Please do not allow your child to arrange to have take-away food brought to them at school.

Students Driving to School

Students who turn 18 and obtain their driver’s license may drive to school and park in the Western Staff Carparkprovided they have filled in the driving to school application form and obtained a swipe card. Students must not drive to school before they have completed the required paperwork, including obtaining parental signatures, and had their application approved.