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Shopping
WEEKDAYS

As most girls will have some co-curricular commitments after school, the following times apply for shopping at the Mosman Park Shopping Centre (corner of Lochee and Monument Streets). 
Years 7,8,11 & 12 may only shop on Tuesdays, Thursdays or Fridays twice a week (not including weekends) and only if they have no co-curricular commitments.
Years 9 and 10 may only shop on Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays twice a week ( not including weekends) and only if they have no co-curricular commitments.
Girls must follow the usual leave procedure of asking permission and putting their names on the Leave Board, and must wear their school uniform.

WEEKENDS

If girls do not return within the time limit there will be restrictions to further outings.

Visitors
Parent and immediate family of the girls are welcome to visit out of school hours whenever they have the opportunity.  Parents may take their daughters out at any time outside school hours, provided there is no conflict with pre-arranged school or Boarding House fixtures, such as study, sport,. Music, Debates, Mass, Boarding House functions or clean up days, especially prior to the end of term.

ALL visitors are to report to the duty Housemother and to sign a Visitors’ Book so that the Housemother is aware of where the girls are and who they are with.  Girls are expected to introduce visitors to their Housemothers.  Visiting family and friends are asked to use the foyer, courtyard or library undercroft; those other than parents are asked to leave by 5.00pm.

Going Out
For the girls’ own safety it is essential that staff always know their whereabouts.  Girls must always ask permission from their Housemother if they wish to leave the house or grounds and must always indicate where, and with whom they are going. The Housemother will then place their name on the magnetic Leave Board in the Housemothers’ Office. 

On return from the respective outing, both the student and the host family or accompanying visitor MUST sign the student back in; they must inform the Housemother when they return, and their names removed from the Leave Board.

            **Failure to comply with this directive will result in severe penalties.

Weekend and Sunday Leave
Parents and relatives are welcome to take their girls out for Weekend and Sunday leave so long as their commitments to sport, study, College and Boarding House functions are honoured.  In order for a girl to feel part of the Boarding House and to make friends it is recommended that she does not go out every weekend or on the first few weekends of the year.  Often, those who do not settle well into the Boarding House routine are those who choose to spend most weekends away, never developing friendships in the College or Boarding House.

Weekend leave is to be taken on no more than four weekends per term. 
Sunday leave is optional.

Arrangements for weekend and Sunday leave are to be in hand by Thursday morning prior to the weekend outing.  A letter, fax or email addressed to the Head of Boarding from parents should clearly set out leave details, that is: with whom your daughter is going out; address and telephone number of the host; the day and time of departure and return.  This is so that parents know exactly with whom their daughter is associating, for staff to ensure that girls are following their parents’ wishes, and for the girls’ safety and well-being.

Each family is asked to fill out a host list with the names and addresses of those people with whom their daughter may go out on day leave.  It is not considered that a young person under the age of 20 years as a suitable host.  The exception to this is a sister or brother.

Unsupervised overnight leave is not permitted.

Long Weekends and Holidays
During each of Terms 1, 2 and 3 there are Boarders’ long Weekends.  On these weekends girls leave the Boarding House after school ends at 3.30pm. 

Term holidays and long weekends are listed in the school calendar, a copy of which will be sent home to parents at the beginning of each term.

**Families should not request early departure or late returns. However if circumstances prevail and it is necessary for a student to leave early or return late, permission MUST be made in writing to the Principal.

**All students are to ensure that travel arrangements have been made well in advance so as no time is taken from the school timetable.

Travel
Bus and Rail tickets for Boarders’ Long Weekends can be organised through the Boarding House office. 

Girls must nominate their travel plans at the beginning of term, tickets are booked by staff and monies collected by the due date.  If girls do not meet indicated deadlines, they must make their own travel arrangements.  These must comply with the stated rules regarding departure times and details must be given to the Housemother in charge of travel arrangements.

Air Travel/flight tickets are to be booked by parents. Students who live in “Defined Remote Areas” may be eligible for 4 return flights per year. Please apply to Student Travel Subsidies, Department of Planning and Infrastructure on 9216 8759.

Where possible, on the last day of term and the day a long weekend commences, Boarding House staff will provide transport to the East Perth terminal and airports. Due to time restraints however, staff will not provide transport to airports or stations on any other day.
It is the responsibility of parents to arrange transport to the Boarding House when their daughter arrives back in Perth after holidays and weekends away.

Illness
If girls are ill they are to inform their Housemother as soon as possible.  Those who are too ill to attend school are cared for by Boarding House staff and the College Nurse.  Local doctors are available and give very good service.  Staff will take girls to these doctors if the College Nurse considers they are in need of medical treatment.  Following the appointment the nurse will contact parents to tell them of the doctor’s diagnoses and treatment required.  If a doctor advises that a girl should be confined to bed for a week or so, or has an infectious disease, parents will be asked to care for her at home, or to organize for her to be cared for by a guardian.  If medication is required, other than basic analgesics, band-aids, disinfectants, etcetera, girls are to provide their own.  Accounts can be opened at Rock’s Mosman Pharmacy where medication only can be put on a monthly account and the bill sent to parents.

If girls are taking medication or vitamins and supplements of any kinds, the Head of Boarding is to have written notification from parents.  It is essential that girls do not share their medication with anyone else.  Parents are to provide a medical form at the beginning of the year, setting out health details, including allergies, medication, private health insurance number, if applicable, and any details that will assist staff in caring for their daughter.

Immunisation
The College strongly urges girls to be immunized against the following; Rubella, measles, Mumps, Polio, Tetanus, Hepatitis B, Diphtheria, Hib and Whooping Cough.

Appointments
Medical, dental and orthodontic appointments are to be made out of school hours.  If, in exceptional circumstances, an appointment has to be made during school hours, parents are to make arrangements for an adult to accompany their daughter or, they are to contact the Head of Boarding to give permission for their daughter to travel to and from the appointment by taxi or public transport.  It is not always possible to have staff accompany girls to appointments.  When making arrangements for medical or dental treatment, please try to use practitioners close to the College to enable easy travel.

Indigenous Youth Leadership Program

Since 2006, Iona Presentation College has been an education provider for this program delivered by the Foundations of Young Australians (FYA).  This is a leadership program for young Indigenous Australians, funded by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; it targets Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from remote locations, to develop and fulfill roles as Indigenous leaders in their communities, and provides them the opportunity to pursue high quality education.

Each IYLP scholarship provides up to $15,000 in annual funding for up to two years; the amount varying from student to student as determined by the cost of school tuition and boarding fees at participating IYLP education providers.

The scholarship funds bridge the gap in costs between the total cost of schooling and other student support funding such as Abstudy.  In addition, it can provide funds to cover the costs of leadership development opportunities such as attendance at National Leadership Gatherings, peer support, mentoring, etcetera.

Currently Iona has 5 scholarship recipients and recently our own Year 12 student, Abby-Rose Cox, a recipient of an IYLP Scholarship, was selected to help organize and run the 2008 National Gathering in Sydney.  She was also a recipient of the 2008 NAIDOC Week Scholar of the Year Award, the instigator of an Indigenous Dance Troupe “Charcoal Foot Steps”, a finalist in the CWA Volunteer of the Year awards and a wonderful mentor to her fellow indigenous and non-indigenous peers.

Annette Beresford
Head of Boarding