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Much of the information is contained in the downloadable publication for 2012, School Life (pdf file, 1.4MB).

Ages - starting and leaving school Attending school Buses: see Transport Child care Contacting a school or the Ed. Dept Costs and financial assistance		Curriculum: see Teaching and Learning Dates Discipline Grandparents raising grandchildren Health Parental involvement		Reporting to parents Schooling in Tasmania Special needs Teaching and Learning Transport Web safety

Ages - starting and leaving school

Attending school (See also Enrolment in compulsory education)

• When students must attend school
• Acceptable reasons for not attending school
  • Excused from daily attendance
  • Exemption from attending school
  • Objection to participation in school activities
• When students must not attend school
  • Infectious diseases in schools See also Communicable Infections under Health below
  • Outbreak of vaccine-preventable disease
  • Disciplinary measures

Child care

Contacting a school or the Ed. Dept

• A-Z List of all government schools
• Learning Services (Lists of grouped schools)
• Other Education Department contacts
• Telephone directory White Pages

• For 'Business name', type: schools or name of individual school

• For 'State', type: Tas

• Click 'Find', then select region.

Costs and financial assistance

• Costs:

  • School levies  (School levy policy)

  • Uniforms

  • Excursions and other school activities

  • Other charges

  • Dependant students (children of adults on temporary resident visas)

  • See also Travelling to school

• Financial assistance:

  • Student financial assistance schemes

  • Grandparents raising grandchildren (See also below)

  • Temporary visa holders

  • Other

  • Child care benefit (Centrelink)

  • Centrelink student allowances
    - Youth Allowance
    - ABSTUDY
    - Pensioner Education Supplement
    - Assistance for Isolated Children

  • Education Tax Refund

  • See also Travelling to school

  • See also Transport concessions, particularly:
    - Student bus passes
    - Conveyance allowance

  • See also Spectacles Assistance Scheme

Curriculum

      See under Teaching and Learning

Dates

• Term and school holiday dates, student free days

Discipline

• See Unacceptable behaviour and discipline for:
  • Unacceptable behaviour
  • Discipline and behaviour management
  • Bullying

Grandparents raising grandchildren

• Attendance

• Communicating with the school

• Contacts

• Costs and financial assistance for grandparents See also:

  • Finance
  • Australian Government benefits
  • Tasmanian Government services and benefits

• Education and childcare

• Enrolling

• Guidelines for schools

• Health and wellbeing

• Legal issues

• Statutory declaration: day-to-day responsibility

• Health and wellbeing

  • Allergies

  • Dental health - See also Oral Health Services

  • Drug education

  • Head lice

  • Immunisation requirements

  • Influenza and pandemic management

  • Swimming

  • Medication

  • Mental health

  • Nutrition

  • School chaplains [Word doc]

  • Specific medical conditions: diabetes, asthma, anaphylaxis, epilepsy, attention deficit disorder, cystic fibrosis, stoma, meningococcal disease, gastrostomy

  • Student support - support teachers, guidance officers, speech and language pathologists, social workers

  • Swine flu

  • Vision problems - See also:
    - Spectacles Assistance Scheme
    - Vision Impairment Service
     

• Student Health Care, Safety and Wellbeing
• Communicable infections - action for various infections. (Archived page: contains information that may be out of date.) See also:

  • Infectious diseases exclusion periods

  • Infectious diseases in schools: specific diseases

  • Communicable diseases fact sheets (Tas. DHHS)

  • Meningococcal disease

• Staying away from school. See:

  • When students must not attend school

  • When to keep your child home

Parental involvement

• Getting involved in your school community
• Your rights and responsibilities
• School associations in Tasmania

Reporting to parents

• STUDENTS: Student assessment and reporting to parents
• INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS: School Improvement Reports
• ALL GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS: Tasmania's Education Performance Report

Schooling in Tasmania

• Tasmanian education system - government schooling
  • See also Contacting a school or the Ed. Dept

Special needs

• Students with disabilities
• Inclusive education

Teaching and Learning

• Curriculum and assessment
• The Australian Curriculum (National Curriculum) implementation. See also Australian Curriculum
• Tasmanian Curriculum
• Vocational Education and Learning
• Aboriginal Education Services
• Religious instruction
• Beyond year 10: See Academy and Polytechnic. Also Skills Institute.

Transport

• Travelling to school
  • Walking
  • Cycling - See Cycling and Walking 
  • Buses  -  Concession forms 

  • Student Bus Pass online application system

  • Student Bus Pass for Free Travel - Guidelines and Application PDF

  • Student Bus Pass Privacy Statement PDF

  • Replacement Student Bus Pass PDF

  • Special Circumstances Student Bus Pass - Application PDF

  • Buses: Timetables and routes (Bridgewater High)
  • Buses: Student bus fares 
  • Buses: Metro Tasmania 

  • Metro: Bridgewater High School 

  • Metro: Hobart services 

  • School Bus Code of Behaviour 

  • Private transport

  • Conveyance Allowance Guidelines and Application PDF 

Web safety

• Web safety: support for parents
• See also our Students page

• News
• Publications, incl. newsletters