General College Information
After School Study Groups
Mondays (Maths/Science) - in C6 with Mr Papadakis and Mr Morrison 3.15pm - 4.30pm
Thursdays (English/Humanities) - in C5 Ms Ellis and Mr Handford 3.15pm - 4.30pm
Term 2 Lunchtime Activities
Viewbank Health and Wellbeing on Facebook @vbcwellbeing
You can check out a range of Wellbeing related info with posts about relevant issues related to young people and parenting as well as upcoming events and programs.
If you are interested in being involved with Health and Wellbeing related initiative and events all parents are welcome to attend the next Friends of Health and Wellbeing meeting next Tuesday the 24th April.
We also strongly recommend the Tuning into Teens workshops to parents and we had 19 parents involved in this last year who all highly rated the experience! Some quotes from parents
‘Harmony in our home! My partner was able to be more supportive and I was able to express my frustrations without retribution. I felt heard and was able to listen to my child more effectively’
‘It was difficult to imagine such a small (easy) shift could make such a positive impact’
‘Situations less prone to esculate and more positive coversations with my teen which I really enjoyed’.
‘I will be spruiking this course to anyone who will listen! Great program, glad I did it’.
Viewbank College Uniform Suppliers
Noone Imagewear
is located at 283 Lower Heidelberg Road, East Ivanhoe 9499 1439.
Opening hours Mon to Fri 9-5 pm and Sat 9-1pm.
Buxwear Uniforms
Buxwear Uniforms are the new dual supplier of your uniform.
Our shop is at 218 Settlement Rd. Thomastown. 9464 7555
Opening hours Mon to Fri 9-5 pm and Sat 9.30-2 pm.
We are offering a 10% discount on all of your Year 7 uniform bought at our shop until the end of January.
In January we will also have a website available for the purchase of uniform on line at shop.buxwear.com.au
We look forward to helping you get the correct uniform so your child can start school with confidence.
Viewbank College Uniform Shop
Is run by Noone Imagewear (Stewarts of Ivanhoe) and Is open every Wednesday morning (during school terms) in R13. Hours : 8.15am - 9.00am
Second-hand Uniform and Textbooks
Dear Parents
The College is conscious of the need to provide an efficient process for families to be able to buy and sell second-hand uniforms and other student resources.
I am delighted to inform you of the College’s initiative to provide parents with the ability to trade these second-hand items via the Sustainable School Shop.
www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au
On this website you can see the second-hand uniform items currently for sale on the Sustainable School Shop, by viewing the Stocktake Report: http://www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au/stocktake/viewbank-college
The service provides access to second-hand uniforms, calculators, musical equipment, etc all year. Results from other schools have been excellent and families have enjoyed a more comprehensive and convenient method of trading these items; many schools use this service.
For the best results:
- Register on the Sustainable School Shop website
- List your second-hand uniform items for sale
- List wanted ads for those items you are looking to buy
- The College’s uniform lists are loaded into the system to make listing ads easy
- The system matches the ads of buyers with sellers and notifies the buyer via email
- Buyers contact sellers and arrange where and when to trade.
- The school is not involved in the transaction
- Parents are well supported via Sustainable School Shop’s telephone (0438 743 444) and email help lines
- The system is simple and easy to use - If you don’t have a computer, internet access or an email address, please call the Sustainable School Shop for assistance
Once an annual subscription expires families are offered three levels of access:
- Search only - registering/logging-in on the Sustainable School Shop, searching all the for sale ads and gaining the sellers’ contact details is free.
- Single items cost $1.50 to be advertised
- Subscription - an annual subscription costs $21.95 and is the most anyone will pay. These are taken by families who have many items to advertise.
We are very excited about this new initiative and we hope you will make the most of this opportunity and gain the benefit from recycling your student’s school items.
Natalie Kennan
Business Manager