VUSC News Issue Seven
Dear Families,
I hope all of our staff, students and families had a restful break during the holidays. We are unfortunately in a similar situation now to last term with the current lockdown in place and remote learning for some students. I sincerely hope that you and your loved ones are safe and well.
Our VCE and VCAL students have started the term well, and our Year 11 students will be completing their mid year exams this week. I wish them all the best and encourage them to study and revise their work as much as they can. All other Year 7-10 students will commence their remote learning on Monday 20 July. All staff are on-site at school.
The following students are able to attend school for on-site supervision, but will also undertake the remote learning program:
- children of parents/carers who cannot make suitable arrangements to supervise children at home, including children of teachers in government schools who are required to return to work on-site;
- vulnerable students.
We will follow similar arrangements to those we put in place for remote and flexible learning in Term 2. As I mentioned on Compass, all students who come to school will have their temperature tested before entering the school. This applies to visitors as well. Of course if your child is unwell, please keep them at home and seek medical advice.
VET Class Arrangements
Please take note of the following arrangements at VUSC and the Trade Training Centre for students attending VET classes:
- Students are to arrive at 1:20pm (no earlier) and wait at the front gate in full VET uniform.
- Students will have their name ticked off at the front gate and their temperature taken.
- Once students have had their temperature checked they are to proceed to the front office (one at a time) to sign in and then proceed to their classroom.
Attached are the documents I have published on Compass; please take the time to read these and make yourself familiar with the arrangements in place.
We have also updated our Guide to Flexible and Remote Learning for Term 3, which is on Compass and attached below. Teachers will end their lessons 10 minutes early to enable some non-screen time for students and themselves.
A reminder that this newsletter can be translated to another language by clicking on the Google 'Language' function at the bottom of each page. Letters to families from the school can also be translated if required.
Student Free Day - Wednesday 5th August
The College Board has approved this day as a student free day for staff professional development. On this day staff will collaborate as a whole school team to improve the teaching and learning programs at the College. There will be no classes scheduled online or at school.
Course Counselling for 2021
Year 9 Course Counselling for 2021 subject selections will take place on Thursday 6th August and the Year 10 Course Counselling for VCE/VCAL will take place on Thursday 30th July. Students will receive an electronic Subject Handbook via Compass this term as the Later Years Expo has been cancelled.
Year 10 course counselling will take place via Teams and all students will receive an appointment time. A parent/guardian must be present in the appointment with the student. Year 10 classes will not run on this day and Year 10 students enrolled in Year 11 subjects will not attend class on this day.
Breakfast Club Program - Senior Campus
Our school has partnered with Foodbank Victoria to deliver the School Breakfast Club Program beginning in week 3 this term. Unfortunately due to remote learning, this will only run at the Senior Campus until further notice. The program is fully funded by the Dept of Education and will comprise fresh apples and non-perishable foods such as cereal, muesli, baked beans, fruit cups and long life milk. The breakfast will be available each Monday from 8.25am - 8.40am in classroom A9, and will be run by the Wellbeing team, VCAL students and staff volunteers. Students are warmly invited to take advantage of this opportunity!
Premiers' Reading Challenge
Congratulations to Fatima and Tushar, both of 7B, who have successfully completed the Premiers' Reading Challenge! Well done to you both! The PRC ends on 4/9/20, so I encourage all students to keep reading and recording your books.
School Review
Our school review will take place over several days from Tuesday 25th August to Wednesday 9th September. The review will involve some classroom observations and staff and student focus groups which will be determined by the reviewer. On the final day of the review we will be looking at what our school goals should be to further improve teaching and learning in our school over the next four years. This will inform our new Strategic Plan which must be completed by the end of this year.
Please take care and stay safe,
Elaine Hazim
College Principal
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Child Safety at VUSC
Victoria University Secondary College is a child safe organisation committed to protecting students from all forms of abuse.
Our College has stringent protocols in place and endeavours at all times to be fully compliant with the Child Safe Standards set out under Ministerial Order 870.
Our College has the following documents and policies in place to achieve compliance with the Standards. All of these documents are available for downloading on our website or contact the school for a copy.
- Commitment to Child Safety
- Child Safety Policy
- Child Safety Code of Conduct
- Child Protection Policy and Procedures