Attendance

We all want our students to get a great education, and the building blocks for a great education begin with students coming to school each and every day. School participation helps people to develop important skills, knowledge and values which set them up for further learning and participation in their community. Children and young people who regularly attend school and complete Year 12 or an equivalent qualification have better health outcomes, better employment outcomes, and high incomes across their lives. Missing school can have a major impact on a child’s future.

There is no safe number of days for missing school.
Every Day Counts as each day a student misses puts them behind and can affect their educational outcomes.

Coming to school every day is crucial, but if for any reason your child must miss school, parents can ensure their son/daughter does not fall behind by:

checking Compass;
urging them to speak with their classroom teacher and find out what work they need to do to keep up;
developing an absence learning plan with their teachers and ensuring they complete the plan; and
promptly approving any absences for your son/daughter through Compass.

Remember, every period counts and every day counts.

We thank parents for their support regarding this matter. If parents need any support re attendance, please ring the College on 5564 4444 and ask to speak to the Education Support staff member for the House of your child. They are very willing to assist.

Facilities update

A Wing – The scope of works has been amended so at this stage we do not have a definite date that these classes will be available for us. P wing is the next wing to be upgraded and is expected to be completed by June/July holidays. U wing will have an upgrade, at this stage it is not confirmed as to whether this will be heating /cooling or painting of the classrooms.

The WAVE school have also relocated to their new facility in Henna Street.

We have received very positive feedback from students and staff of the building works, our school looks so much better.

School Council

Congratulations and welcome to our new school councilors for 2020 - David Harris as our parent representative, and our student representatives, Alexandria Keen and Hannah Moon.

Our 2020 School Council body is :

President: Leanne Williams Vice President: Nathalie Davis

Treasurer: Colin Payne Secretary: Chris Dickson

Parent reps: Greg Twitt, Nathalie Davis, Matthew Colla, Jason Bilson, Greg Hayes, David Harris, and Peter Russell

Co-opted rep: Leanne Williams

DET reps: David Clift, Adam Matheson, Colin Payne, and David Faris

Student reps: Alexandria Keen and Hannah Moon

We look forward to working with School Council and thank all of you for your willingness to assist our community in this capacity.

Our Annual meeting was held last Tuesday night where the Annual report for 2019 was presented.

The following policies were approved, these policies are now available on the school website:

Student Scholarships policy
Camps and Excursions policy
Reporting and Assessment policy

The Reporting & Assessment policy ensures high expectations of staff, focusing on feedback to students to ensure they are able to show growth in their learning. Staff will write comments on Compass within the 2-week timeline and semester reports will have S and N marks allocated to all 7-10 subjects.

Council invited Minister Merlino and local government to attend the WAVE site. Our Area Manager is following up the provision on internet access for WAVE with DET.

The following camps and excursions were approved:

Year 7 Camp – 23-25/3/20 – Kyneton
Year 8 Camp – 23-25/3/20 – Halls Gap
2020 Clontarf Victorian Football Carnival – 25-27/3/20 – Torquay
Year 11 Outdoor and Environment Camp – 28-30/4/20 – Torquay
Bondi Camp – 19-23/10/20

Parents Please Note

Students are supervised between the times of 8:45 am until 3:45 pm daily.

Country Bus Service

Please remember only students that are registered to travel on specific country buses can use this service; the service is not to be used for sports training/work/social purposes. Parent/Carers are to make their own arrangements in this regard.

We appreciate your cooperation with this matter.

NEWSLETTER

Persistence, Resilience and Mutual Respect

Issue 2 · 13 Mar 2020

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