RATIONALE                                                                                                                                                        

Bellarine Secondary College is committed to providing an orderly and structured daily program.

PURPOSE

• To ensure that all members of the College community are aware of the structured learning time and break time during the day
• To ensure all teaching areas have equitable access to time
• To ensure the College meets the requirements for 300 minutes per day teaching time
• To ensure the timetable structure aligns with the face to face teaching time as defined in the Victorian State Schools Agreement 2013

POLICY STATEMENT

• The orderly operation of the College is critical to students feeling safe and secure and so contributes to successful learning outcomes
• The College must provide access to 300 minutes a day of instruction time
• The structure of the College day impacts on the student capacity to learn effectively

IMPLEMENTATION

• The structure of the College day will be reviewed annually
• The bell and activity times for the year will be published in the College Student Planner, the College website and the College Newsletter
• The College daily structure must take into account agreements in place with VET and other training organisations that Bellarine Secondary College has partnerships with
• The daily structure is:

Monday to Friday
8:55am	Home Group
9:04am	Session 1
9:55am	Session 2
10:43am	Recess break
11:08am	Session 3
11:56am	Session 4
12:44pm	Lunch break
1:34pm	Session 5
2:22pm	Session 6
3:10pm	End of scheduled classes

• The schedule will vary on days of assembly or other special events.

REFERENCES      

EVALUATION: This policy will be reviewed every three years or more often if necessary due to changes in regulations or circumstances

Policy number	6.6
Approval date	September 2014
Review date	September 2017
DET/VRQA required	Yes