General office

8.15am to 4.15pm

Monday to Friday during term

Tel: 03 9581 5200

mentone.girls.sc@education.vic.gov.au

Website

www.mgsc.vic.edu.au

Social media

Facebook @MentoneGirlsSecondaryCollege

Instagram mentonegirlssecondarycollege

Principal Team & Sub-School Directors

Principal - Linda Brown

Assistant Principal - Carol Duggan

Director of Junior School - Emma Holman

Director of Middle School - Amanda O'Hara

Director of Senior School - Sylvia Christopoulos

Compass

The Compass Parent Portal is an integrated, online portal that allows parents to access information about their child/ren and a range of school events. There is a Compass guide for parents located on our website:

https://mgsc.vic.edu.au/compass-parent-guide/

For technical issues contact portal@mgsc.vic.edu.au

Absences

Students should aim for a 100% attendance record. They are expected to attend school regularly and remain at school and in class until officially dismissed. Year 7-10 absences: Parents/guardians are asked to use Compass to log absences. VCE student absences: Parents/guardians contact the VCE Office on 9581 5231 before 9am and update attendance on Compass. If contact is not made on the day of absence, an explanatory note must be brought from home on the day the VCE student returns and handed into the VCE Office. Late arrival - after 8.50am

Years 7-10 must sign the arrival book at the General Office and take the white late slip to class. VCE students sign in at the VCE Office.

Attendance

It is your responsibility to ensure your child attends school every day. Learn about your responsibilities and what you can do to help your child's attendance. Schooling is compulsory for children and young people aged from 6 -17 years. School participation will help your child develop important skills, knowledge and values to further their learning and participation in the community. Attending school every day also helps your child develop crucial social and emotional skills such as good communication, resilience and the ability to work in teams.

Children and young people who regularly attend school and complete Year 12 have better health outcomes, better employment outcomes, and higher incomes across their lives.

For more information see: DET Attendance and missing school.

Uniform

Second-hand Uniform Shop hours:

Tuesday 2.45pm - 3.45pm

Friday 8.15am - 9.15am

Reimbursement after sale of items is by bank transfer.

Please label all items for the second-hand uniform shop clearly with:

Seller's name and contact details
BSB and Account Number

Please hand in items to the General Office. If you have any financial queries please, contact the school.

Official Uniform Supplier

Bob Stewart Uniform Specialist Mentone

93 Balcombe Road, Mentone

T: 9036 7367

www.bobstewart.com.au

Assessment & Reporting

A parents' guide to assessment and reporting can be found on Compass under School Documentation, which is located in the Community tab on the menu at the top of the page. The guide is also on the website under the Curriculum tab. Guide for parents.

Library

8am to 5pm, school days

Canteen

Opens at 8am for hot drinks and recess and lunch orders.

Facilities hire

Contact the Facilities Manager if you have a post COVID-19 hire enquiry.

Bronwen.Peterson@education.vic.gov.au

Drop offs & pick ups

Students should be dropped off and collected from the designated zones on Balcombe Road and Charman Road. For safety reasons, they must not be dropped off inside the school grounds. Please do not park across our neighbours’ driveways. The Council will be contacted and parking infringement notices issued.

Student accident insurance, ambulance cover and private property brought to

Parents are reminded that the Department of Education does not provide personal accident insurance or ambulance cover for students. Parents and guardians of students, who do not have student accident insurance/ambulance cover, are responsible for paying the cost of medical treatment for injured students, including the cost of ambulance attendance or transport as well as any other transport costs.

Privacy Collection Statement

During the ordinary course of your child’s attendance at our school, school staff will collect your child’s personal and health information when necessary to educate your child, or to support your child’s social and emotional wellbeing or health. Such information will also be collected when required to fulfil a legal obligation, including duty of care, anti-discrimination law and occupational health and safety law. If that information is not collected, the school may be unable to provide optimal education or support to your child or fulfil those legal obligations.

For example, health information may be collected through the school nurse, primary welfare officer or wellbeing staff member. If your child is referred to a specific health service at school, such as a Student Support Service officer, or school-engaged psychologist, the required consent will be obtained.

Our school may use online tools, such as apps and other software, to effectively collect and manage information about your child for teaching and learning purposes, parent communication and engagement; student administration; and school management purposes. When our school uses these online tools, we takes steps to ensure that your child’s information is secure. If you have any concerns about the use of these online tools, please contact us.

School staff will only share your child’s personal or health information with other staff who need to know to enable the school to educate or support your child, or fulfil a legal obligation.

When our students transfer to another Victorian government school, personal and health information about that student will be transferred to that next school. Transferring this information is in the best interests of our students and assists that next school to provide optimal education and support to students.

In some limited circumstances, information may be disclosed outside of the school (and outside of the Department of Education and Training). The school will seek your consent for such disclosures unless the disclosure allowed or mandated by law.

Our school values the privacy of every person. When collecting and managing personal and health information, all school staff must comply with Victorian privacy law. For more information about privacy including about how to access personal and health information held by the school about you or your child, see the DET privacy policy which applies to every government school in Victoria: https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Pages/schoolsprivacypolicy.aspx

Throughout this notice, ‘staff’ includes principals, teachers, Student Support Service officers, youth workers, social workers, nurses and any other allied health practitioners and all other staff at our school. This includes employees, agents and service providers (contractors) of the Department, whether paid or unpaid.

Statement of commitment to child safety

Mentone Girls’ Secondary College is committed to safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. This will be the primary focus of our care and decision-making.

Mentone Girls’ Secondary College has zero tolerance for child abuse. Mentone Girls’ Secondary College is committed to providing a child safe environment where children and young people are safe and feel safe, and their voices are heard about decisions that affect their lives. Particular attention will be paid to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children and children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, as well as the safety of children with a disability.

Every person involved in Mentone Girls’ Secondary College has a responsibility to understand the important and specific role he/she plays individually and collectively to ensure that the wellbeing and safety of all children and young people is at the forefront of all they do and every decision they make. Please refer to our policies on our website: http://mgsc.vic.edu.au/our-college/mgsc-policies/ for detailed information.

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