Princes Hill Secondary College - Student Enrolment (Transition)

At Princes Hill Secondary College students are required to study a Language other than English (LOTE) through Year 7 and 8 with French or Italian being offered. Classes and Home Groups for Year 7 are allocated based on this preference. It is important that families give careful consideration as to which LOTE is preferred as this will directly influence class allocations and the preference submitted will be considered final for the purpose of class allocations. Options provided are:

• French (studied at primary school)
• French
• Italian (studied at primary school)
• Italian
• Don't mind

Princes Hill Secondary College acknowledges the importance of volunteers and recognises the valuable contribution that volunteers provide to our school community and the work that we do. Please review our Volunteers Policy to gain an understanding of how the school ensures that volunteers are suitable to work with children and are well-placed to make a positive contribution to our school community. We would like to understand your interest in volunteering to assist in a variety of activities, including:

• in our classrooms
• with sports days and events
• school camps
• working bees
• excursions and incursions
• school concerts

We are seeking your interest to be informed and included in opportunities to volunteer in these activities; it does not represent a commitment to any or all of those activities listed above.

Input provided should be for the student primary household; additional households will have an opportunity to specify volunteer preferences at a later point when we confirm enrolment details for the student. The nomination of Parent A and Parent B is relatively arbitrary but should align with what has been specified as part of the enrolment details provided to your primary school. Options are to select none, one or both of Parent A and Parent B.

During the school year there are many occasions and events where staff may photograph, film or record students participating in school activities and events. We do this for many reasons including celebrate student participation and achievement, showcase particular learning programs, document a student’s learning journey/camps/excursions/sports events etc.  The school asks that any parents/carers or other members of our school community photographing, filming or recording students at school events such as music performances, public events, etc, do so in a respectful and safe manner and that any photos, video or recordings (“images”) of students are not publicly posted (eg to a social media account) without the permission of the relevant parent/carer.

Princes Hill Secondary College understands that parents and carers have the right to withhold permission for our school to use photographs, video or recordings of your child (apart from circumstances where the school is not required to seek consent – see our Photographing, Filming and Recording Students Policy).

Please read the attached Annual Consent Form and Collection Notice that applies to photographs, video or recordings of students that are collected, used and disclosed by the school.

If you have read this notice and are comfortable with the school using photos, video or recordings of your child as described above, you do not need to take any further action.

However, if you have decided that you do not want images of your child to be collected or used by our school, you have the opportunity to inform us that you have read the notice and do not consent to Princes Hill Secondary College using photos, video or recordings of your child to appear in the following ways:

☐    Use within the school community (eg in the school’s communication, learning and teaching tools, on display around the school)

☐    Use in publications/locations that are publicly accessible (eg on the school’s website, in the school’s newsletter, in promotional material for the school)

Princes Hill offers a robust music program that covers instrumental music lessons, music theory lessons, ensembles, and classroom music. Please take the time to navigate our Music Department Home Page to see the various resources we have available to find out more about our program. You are invited to express interest in your child engaging in the many aspects of our music program and additional enrolment information will be forwarded to those that express interest.

Families are requested to provide documentation that verifies the address of permanent residence for the student used in the application process. Please see the Department of Education Residential Address Check document for a definition of permanent residence and a listing of valid documents that may be submitted as part of a 100-point residential address check. 

One of the following documents MUST be uploaded:

• A current Council Rates Notice, OR
• A current Lease Agreement, OR
• Exchanged Contract of Sale, OR
• A current utility (Electricity, Gas, Telephone or Internet) bill showing the service address
  

This will be matched to the information we receive from the primary school. On request, you may also be required to complete a statutory declaration confirming the student is living at the address provided in the enrolment application and that the arrangement is genuine and intended to be permanent.

Please prepare a scanned file of the student birth certificate as proof of legal name and date of birth. Where a birth certificate cannot be produced, other acceptable evidence of a student’s full name and date of birth includes a passport, citizenship documents or Australian visa documents.

The image file should be in PDF format and named as follows:  <Document Type> <SURNAME> <First Legal Name>.pdf   - for example, Birth Certificate BLOGGS Morgan.pdf or  Passport BLOGGS Morgan.pdf

The birth certificate (legal name and date of birth) image file will be retained as part of the student record adhering with the Department of Education Privacy Policy and Privacy Collection Notice.