College Notices
Important parent information
Annual privacy reminder
Our school collects, uses, discloses and stores student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ Privacy Policy.
Please take time to remind yourself of the school’s collection statement, found on our website: https://www.koonung.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/privacy_collection_statement.pdf
For more information about privacy, refer to: Schools’ Privacy Policy — information for parents. This information is also available in nine community languages:
- Amharic
- Arabic
- Dari
- Mandarin
- Somali
- Sudanese
- Turkish
- Urdu
- Vietnamese.
Student accident insurance arrangements
Families are reminded that neither Koonung Secondary College nor the Department of Education and Training provide personal accident insurance for students. Parents and carers are responsible for paying the cost of medical treatment for injured students, including any transport costs. Student accident insurance policies are available from some commercial insurers. These cover a range of medical expenses not covered by Medicare or private health insurance.
It is recommended that families seek assistance in this matter with their insurance broker or find a suitable personal accident insurer.
Collection of receipts
Receipts for payment of monies may be collected by students from the accounts receivable office before or after school, at recess or lunchtime. We will also be emailing statements of outstanding charges each month so that you have a current record of payments made to date.
Occupational Health & Safety at Koonung
The Department of Education and Training has a comprehensive Occupational Health and Safety Management System which has been in place at Koonung for some years. This helps to provide a safe school environment for staff, students, parents and contractors.
Please take note of the following:
Traffic within the College grounds
Student drop-off and pick-up is not permitted within the College grounds unless the student is injured or disabled. All traffic entering the school grounds must observe the speed limit of 10kmh (ie walking pace).
Parking arrangements: Box Hill Crescent
Families are advised that Whitehorse City Council implemented ‘No Stopping 8-9am and 3-4pm School Days’ parking prohibition along the west side of Box Hill Crescent between Cairo Road and Belmore Road. This restriction is in place to protect our students and wider community so ease be courteous and adhere to the restrictions as stated.
Smoking
It is an offence to smoke anywhere within the College grounds and within 4 metres of all school ground entrances. This applies 24/7 regardless of whether or not students are at school.
Asbestos
A comprehensive audit has been carried out, testing all building construction materials. Material containing asbestos was found to be in a safe condition and consisted largely of the comparatively low risk asbestos cement (AC) sheet with the majority located out of the way in eaves and ceilings. The results of this audit were used to update our existing asbestos register.
Note that a health risk exists only if safety precautions are not observed if the AC is disturbed.
To guard against any such risk:
- All asbestos containing material is labelled either with a sticker (at eye level) or a painted red dot (high points e.g. eaves, ceilings).
- Our computer based Maintenance Reporting System allows staff to remotely log any damage. This immediately generates an alert to our maintenance and facilities staff.
- Before any construction work is started, the asbestos register is checked to determine whether the area to be worked is listed.
- Only contractors with the appropriate licensing are permitted to work with asbestos.
- A whole school inspection is carried out each quarter to check for damage or wear and to ensure advisory labels are in place.
Stace Kerr
Business Manager
Second Hand Uniform Shop hours of operation has changed
Please note that the Second Hand Uniform Shop is now open each Friday from 1:15pm to 3:30pm. It is no longer open on Thursdays.
How to pay for your child's event using CSEF
CSEF is provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of camps, school excursions and sporting activities. If you hold a valid health care card you may be eligible for CSEF. The allowance is paid to the school to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions or sporting activities for the benefit of your child. The annual CSEF amount per student is $225. Application forms can be downloaded from www.education.vic.gov.au/csef
If you applied for the CSEF in 2020 you do not need to complete an application for 2021 unless there has been a change in your family circumstances.
When an event is due to be paid you can email Koonung.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au and ask Accounts Receivable to take the money from the CSEF funds, this will also give permission, so you will not need to go into Compass to approve the event. Alternatively, you may contact the College office (9890 9662) to advise Accounts Receivable that you wish to use CSEF for an event and provide consent over the phone.
Please be mindful that like any other payment for an event, it must be completed by the due date which, in the case of excursions or sporting activities, is at least three days prior to an event.
School Photos
School photos were taken on Monday 1 February. If you wish to order any photos please go to the 'Order 2021yy School Photo Packs' on your Compass portal. Compass is using MSP for photos this year. All payments are handled through Compass, not through Koonung Secondary College.
2021 Transdev information
To help students who may be catching the bus for the first time in 2021, Transdev have developed the attached “getting started” guide to their services.
College Play - Tickets to go on sale later this week
Keep an eye out on Compass newsfeeds next week for the Trybooking link to purchase tickets.
Save the Date - Koonung College Musical starts 29 April
