SCHOOL TOURS

We look forward to welcoming new families to the School, and we want to ensure that new students and parents find the experience both exciting and reassuring. We recommend a tour of our school in action, to view our facilities and meet our staff. To arrange a date and time please contact the office.

Enrolments

Information on how to find, enrol, and start a child in your care at a school in Victoria is available on the Victorian government website.

To enrol your child at our school:

1.  download and complete the enrolment form (also available from the school upon request)

2.  collate the required documents outlined below

3.  return the completed form, along with the required documents, in person or via email   to briagolong.ps@education.vic.gov.au

Required documents

Required documentation includes:

• completed enrolment form

• evidence of identity and date of birth (for example, a birth certificate or passport)

• Immunisation Status Certificate

You will also be required to provide information about:

• your contact details

• emergency contact details

• health information about your child (such as allergies or illnesses they need to manage)

• other legal orders relating to your child and their welfare (if any)

Prep/Foundation enrolment

Starting school is an exciting time for children, parents and carers. We want to help make the enrolment process as easy as possible for you.  Each year, the department releases the Foundation (Prep) Enrolment Information Pack for Parents/Carers, with information packs available from the beginning of Term 2 for students commencing foundation/prep the following year. These information packs, and other important information, can be found on the Enrolling in Foundation (Prep) page of the Victorian Government website.

School zones

Our school zone is available on findmyschool.vic.gov.au which hosts the most up-to-date information about Victorian school zones.

Students residing in our school zone are guaranteed a place at our school, which is determined on the basis of your permanent residential address.

Our school manages enrolments using the Placement Policy to ensure that students have access to their designated neighbourhood school and may enrol at another school, if there are available places.

For more information, you can:

• visit School zones for answers to frequently asked questions

• call the Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) on 1800 896 950

• email the VSBA at vsba@education.vic.gov.au

Parent payments

Under the Department of Education and Training’s Parent Payments Policy, Victorian government schools are required to provide transparent information to their school community on voluntary parent/carer contributions.

The documents outlining the voluntary parent/carer contributions at our school are available from school reception upon request.

Child Safe Standards

Briagolong Primary School is committed to providing a child safe and child friendly environment, where students are safe and feel safe. 

Our child safety and wellbeing policies outline the measures and strategies we have in place to support, promote and maintain the safety and wellbeing of our students and are available from school reception upon request.

As valuable partners in promoting and maintaining child safety and wellbeing we welcome and encourage your feedback on our Child Safety policies and practices.

If you have any suggestions, comments or questions in relation to our child safe policies and practices, please contact briagolong.ps@education.vic.gov.au.

School policies

In Victoria, all schools must meet the minimum standards for school registration. The minimum standards provide a foundation for quality schools through:

• good governance

• strong financial management

• effective curriculum

• sound teaching practices

• safe environments for children

The policies support us in these aims and in meeting the minimum standards are available from school reception upon request.