Student Wellbeing News

An Evening with Rosie Batty: IMPORTANT UPDATE

On Tuesday 27 July, the Victorian State Government announced an easing of COVID lockdown restrictions, which included the opening of schools today. However, despite this, public gatherings and density limits as they currently stand, prohibit us from proceeding with our planned ‘An Evening with Rosie Batty,’ event in its current format. Though restrictions may change over the coming weeks, we have decided to now proceed with ‘Plan B.’

We are pleased to announce that this event will still proceed, but in a different format. We are grateful to Rosie and our other distinguished panelists who have agreed to be filmed so that this important conversation can now go ahead,  online. We are currently working out the final logistics of this now ‘virtual’ event, but rest assured, the format of the event will still be the same and all questions that we have received from ticket holders will still be considered for discussion by Rosie and our panelists.

There will be a further update in the coming days with all the final relevant details. We thank you for your understanding during these ever-changing COVID times.

Note: An email has been sent to all ticket holders re: above message.

Michael Colling

Director of Wellbeing

Wellbeing Staff

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Child Safety Standards

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

East Doncaster Secondary College has zero tolerance for child abuse.

East Doncaster 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 East Doncaster 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.

In our planning, decision making and operations, all personnel at East Doncaster Secondary College will;

• Take a preventative, proactive and participatory approach to child safety;
• Value and empower children to participate in decisions which affect their lives;
• Foster a culture of openness that supports all persons to safely disclose risks of harm to children
• Respect diversity in cultures and child rearing practices while keeping child safety paramount;
• Provide written guidance on appropriate conduct and behaviour towards children;
• Engage only the most suitable people to work with children and have high quality staff and volunteer supervision and professional development;
• Ensure children know who to talk with if they are worried or are feeling unsafe, and that they are comfortable and encouraged to raise such issues;
• Report suspected abuse, neglect or mistreatment promptly to the appropriate authorities;
• Share information appropriately and lawfully with other organisations where the safety and wellbeing of children is at risk; and
• Value the input of and communicate regularly with families and carers.