On behalf of the Student Services Team, we would like to welcome all students and their families to Belridge Secondary College. We hope that you are all re-energised after the summer break and are looking forward to the year ahead. A special welcome to our Year 7 students, and all our other new students to the school.

The Student Services Team support the health and wellbeing of students across the school. Both the Middle and the Senior School have a Head of Student Services who work in conjunction with the Year Coordinators, School Psychologist, Chaplain, School Community Nurses, along with all our teachers to foster a positive supportive environment for all our students. We have a number of exciting events coming up to foster this environment.

• The Peer Support Program consists of a group of Year 10 students who have trained to become Peer Support Leaders. These leaders will be working with our new Year 7 students on an eight-week program, titled Strengthening our Connections.
• The Joondalup Mobile Youth Truck will be in the school regularly this term at lunch time with two youth workers happy to have a chat and integrate into our school community.
• Harmony Day is a celebration of our cultural diversity – a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home. Did you know we have 52 different cultures represented at Belridge SC? This message of Harmony Day is ‘everyone belongs’. We will be celebrating this day in Week 7 of this term.

Attendance Matters!

Students at Belridge SC are expected to be attending at or above 95% in line with The School Education Act 1999, where research clearly shows that students must attend school on a regular basis to gain the maximum benefit from schooling and optimise their life opportunities. Missing just 1 day per fortnight (during an average 10-week term) would see a student just meeting these requirements, so please remind your child that every day counts. Students must have 90% attendance to hold their Good Standing.

Absence Procedures

Absences for part of the day, all day, or for several days, must be covered by a written explanation, SMS or a phone call from the parent or guardian. These notes must be dates and specify the reasons for the absence(s). They should be brought to school by the student either before (if known) or returning from a period of absence and handed to the Form Teacher or the Student Services Office. It is essential that students be at school by 8:40am each day. They must also ensure that they are prompt to all classes.

Dress Code

We ask that all students wear the correct uniform, which includes the appropriate school polo top and plain navy short, skirt, skort or paint of a modest length. Leggings, jeans and logos larger than a 20 cent piece and stripes are not permitted. Students in incorrect uniform will be asked to borrow a student services uniform and change for the day.

Good Standing Policy

Belridge SC has a Good Standing Policy that applies to all students. A loss of Good Standing can be due to a variety of reasons related to attendance, behaviour of school work. Please refer to the Parent/Student Handbook located on the website.

Contact Details

As noted earlier, there are a number of staff on the Student Services Team who assist staff, students and families to have a successful and enjoyable time at Belridge SC.

The main point of contact for each year group is the Form Teacher or, for more urgent serious matters, the Year Coordinator. The role of the Year Coordinator is to oversee the personal development and wellbeing of the students in their care. This involves the policing of the school uniform and the counselling of students in terms of any personal, academic or school problems they may encounter. They also liaise between students, teachers and parents when the need arises.  Additional duties involve attendance checks, year level assemblies, awareness of bullying prevention, year level functions, student recognition, collecting student work for absent students etc. If you have any questions about your child’s progress, health or the strategies the school implements to deal with issues that may arise, please feel free to contact the appropriate members of the team.