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Department of Education and Training DATE 1st November, 2019 Victorian College for the Deaf 597 St Kilda Road Melbourne 3004 Phone: 9510 1706 Fax: 9529 4472 Email: [email protected] CALENDAR EVENTS Melbourne Cup Weekend Please note that VCD will be open on Monday 4th November, before being closed for Melbourne Cup Day on Tuesday 5th. If you plan to go away for a long weekend, please notify the school by uploading your child’s absence to Compass, or calling the office on 9510 1706. Thank you to Bendigo Bank and Dymocks Children’s Charity VCD has received a joint grant between Bendigo Bank Windsor Branch and Dymocks. Bendigo Bank have awarded the College $3000, which will be matched by Dymocks creating a total grant of $6000. Marg, Amanda, Curtis and School Captain Will received the cheque in a presentation on Thursday evening. Cut Off Date for New Enrolments If you have a child you wish to enrol in VCD starting Term 1 2020, please contact the College before Friday 8th November. This enables the Department enough time to assess the transport needs for your child. Our School Values LEARNING RESILIENCE RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY PRIDE Melbourne Cup Day Tuesday 5th November School Closed Senior Primary Camp 12th—15th November Year 12 Last Day Friday 8th November Middle Years Camp 9th—12th December Victorian College for the Deaf is committed to Child Safe Standards
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Department of Education and Training
DATE 1st November, 2019
Victorian College for the Deaf 597 St Kilda Road
Melbourne 3004
Phone: 9510 1706
Fax: 9529 4472
Email: [email protected]
CALENDAR EVENTS
Melbourne Cup Weekend
Please note that VCD will be open on Monday 4th November, before being
closed for Melbourne Cup Day on Tuesday 5th. If you plan to go away for a
long weekend, please notify the school by uploading your child’s absence to
Compass, or calling the office on 9510 1706.
Thank you to Bendigo Bank and Dymocks Children’s Charity
VCD has received a joint grant between Bendigo Bank Windsor Branch and
Dymocks. Bendigo Bank have awarded the College $3000, which will be
matched by Dymocks creating a total grant of $6000. Marg, Amanda, Curtis
and School Captain Will received the cheque in a presentation on Thursday
evening.
Cut Off Date for New Enrolments
If you have a child you wish to enrol in VCD starting Term 1 2020, please
contact the College before Friday 8th November. This enables the Department
enough time to assess the transport needs for your child.
Our School Values
LEARNING
RESILIENCE
RESPECT
RESPONSIBILITY
PRIDE
Melbourne Cup Day
Tuesday 5th November
School Closed
Senior Primary Camp
12th—15th November
Year 12 Last Day
Friday 8th November
Middle Years Camp
9th—12th December
Victorian College for the Deaf is committed to Child Safe Standards
Sport News
Middle Years students have been receiving
tennis coaching as part of their PE program.
Tremble in fear, Nadal and Federer!
Tradeblock News
The café has been pumping this
week with the beginning of the
beautiful hot weather. Come in
and grab a coffee and some
lunch on Tuesdays—Fridays, and
keep the good times rolling!
Transport News
Victorian College for the Deaf works closely with the Department of Education’s Student
Transport Unit to provide an accessible mode of transport for our students to travel to
and from school. Under the Department of Education’s Students with Disabilities
Transport Program, students at VCD could be eligible for:
Access to a free myki pass for travelling to and from school via public transport
Funding to support families with petrol costs if the student is being driven to school
Access to a group taxi that transports the student from a neutral pick up location
(ie. Bus stop) to school
Taxis
If a family wishes to apply for access to the Department’s taxi service, an application will
need to be made by the school on behalf of the family. A suitable neutral pick up
location will be provided by the taxi company. When the student reaches secondary
school, they will start being encouraged to transition off the taxi service and into public
transport travel with assistance from VCD’s ‘travel training’ program.
Supervisors
Recently students who access the taxi service received a letter regarding supervisors.
Please fill out the form and return to school at your earliest convenience.
If a student moves address at any time during their enrolment at VCD, the taxi applica-
tion process will need to start again. The application process can take up to four weeks
to complete, so it is imperative that the school receives as much notice as possible of
any changes that need to be made.
Senior News
We are excited to share with you some changes to our VCE Auslan pro-
gram for next year.
VCE Auslan Units 1 + 2 and Units 3 + 4 will be taught at VCD on Monday
afternoons 4:30pm—7:30pm throughout each school term. The classes
will consist of VCD students as well as Deaf and hearing students from
other schools wanting to learn VCE Auslan.
We believe this will create a rich learning opportunity for our students to
engage with a wider student population with common interests and
passions.
The additional bonus will be more supervised private study time at
school. This will enable VCD students to book one-on-one appoint-
ments with their teachers and career coordinator throughout the week
when they would normally have had a timetabled Auslan class.
If you have any questions about the changes, please don’t hesitate to
contact the College.
Sunsmart News
As we move into warmer weather, we are encouraging all students
to wear a hat when playing outdoors. Students are welcome to
wear either a VCD hat or a hat from home. We will also have sun-
screen available in all classrooms for students to use.
Secondary News
Are you in Year 10 at another school and interested in mechanics? VET Bicycle Mechani-cal Technology is being offered at VCD in 2020. Make it part of your VCAL!
Delivered by a trained instructor in Auslan/English. Wednesdays 10am – 2pm.
Get in touch with us for further details.
Ph: 9510 1706
Course information available at www.imvc.com.au
