When is curriculum day

School operations School Dates School term dates, student-free days, public holidays, Term 4 dismissal arrangements and Year 7 orientation responsibilities.

Policy Guidance Resources. Policy The purpose of this policy is to ensure Victorian government schools are open on school days for student instruction, to outline the process for establishing and communicating student-free days and to explain responsibilities for Year 7 orientation days.

Summary The Minister for Education determines the days when government schools are open for students. The first day of the school year is a student-free day. Three additional student-free days are scheduled by the school council.

Details School term dates School term dates are determined by the Minister for Education in 5 year blocks to assist school planning. Term 4 dismissals Students up to and including Year 9 will attend school until the end of the school year. Students who are in Year 10 May finish school from the Friday in December not more than 2 weeks before the end of the school year, noting that schools must provide suitable supervision and activities for any Year 10 student whose parents wish for their child to attend school up until the end of the school year.

Students who are in Year 11 May finish school after completing final exams but not before the close of the school day on the last Friday in November. Students who are in Year 12 May finish school following their final exam. Student-free days Each year schools receive 4 student-free days when student instruction does not occur for professional development, school planning and administration, curriculum development and student assessment and reporting.

Communication Principals must inform parents and the broader school community of the scheduling arrangements for student-free days using community language notices where necessary.

Year 7 Orientation day Orientation days: aim to promote enthusiasm and positive participation for secondary education in Year 6 students are part of an extensive transition program conducted by secondary schools throughout the year should be run by all secondary colleges on the second last Tuesday of the school year usually the second Tuesday of December.

Any proposal to change this date should be fully discussed with other schools and the regional director. Orientation days should provide a full day program that: is the responsibility of the secondary college should be devised in consultation with primary schools should not involve any form of testing Responsibility for students rests with: parents or carers while students are travelling to and from Orientation day the secondary school while the students attend Orientation day the primary school when students do not attend orientation, for example, if they intend to attend a private secondary school Related policies Attendance School Hours including variation to hours Transition — Year 6 to 7 Relevant legislation Education and Training Reform Regulations Vic Public Holidays Act Vic.

School Dates. Information to ensure Victorian government schools are open There is no further guidance for this topic. Department policy on school terms dates, establishing student-free days, requirements relating to Term 4 dismissal arrangements and Year 7 orientation responsibilities.

Print whole topic. Policy last updated 17 November Scope Schools School councils. Contact School Operations and Governance Unit community. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Curriculum Day? It's another name for a teacher work day where students don't go into school.

I started to use the term but wondered if it might be only Australian, or perhaps region specific? I'm not a teacher but I don't think I've heard "Curriculum Day" here. In California we have "In-Service" days for teachers where the students have the day off and the teachers are in training or seminars of some kind. Hermione Golightly Senior Member London. The concept of a day when the teachers have to work but the students don't go to school is alive and well in American elementary and secondary public education, but I've never heard my sister the 1st-grade teacher refer to a "curriculum day.

The teachers might discuss curriculum, or receive a briefing on or training in some new aspect of the curriculum, or the time might be spent on methodological training that is divorced from any subject matter. Thanks everyone. I have confirmed with my sister, a public elementary school teacher in Calvert County, Maryland, USA, for over 30 years and in New York before that , that she has never heard of a "curriculum day.

I haven't heard of curriculum days either. Schools that my children or I have attended have always had "Teacher's Institute" days. No "curriculum days.

Ok, I'm ditching my curriculum day idea in favour of a staff development day, or perhaps an spare bad weather day. Click to expand