Interpreting and Translating – Multilingual School Notices

Multilingual school notices support communication between the school and families from language backgrounds other than English. Twenty-three school notices commonly requested for translation are available in 22 languages, including English.

On this page instructions are provided about how to access and use these multilingual school notices.

Index of multilingual school notices

  1. Information regarding parent participation
  2. For participation in parent-teacher meeting
  3. Special event
  4. Prep intake
  5. Day excursion
  6. Parent-teacher meeting regarding school camps
  7. Notification of a school camp
  8. List of items required on a school camp
  9. Permission to attend school camp
  10. End of term
  11. No school
  12. Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)
  13. Collection of education maintenance allowance
  14. Travel concession and cards
  15. Exit from English Language Schools and Centres
  16. Transition
  17. Medical condition
  18. Immunisation records
  19. Fees and levies
  20. Student absence
  21. Swimming program
  22. Confidential medical information (excursions and school camps)
  23. Link to Headlice management toolkit

Instructions for using the multilingual school notices

  1. Click on the English file listed below and save the PDF file, or print a master set of 23 notices in English including an index of all notices
  2. File away as a hard copy reference set and photocopy masters
  3. Repeat for each language, saving PDF files or printing full sets of notices or individual notices as required.

Please note:

  • If Notice 5 on the English Index (and the index list above) is for Day Excursion, then Somali 5 will be the Day Excursion notice in Somali, and so on for all notices in all languages
  • These PDF files are read-only printable files and cannot be edited.

Multilingual school notice collections by language

Refer to the index above for the name of the school notices referred to in brackets here:

For enquires concerning multilingual school notices, contact:

Tony Juhanson
Tel: (03) 9637 2131
Fax: (03) 9637 2040
Email: juhanson.tony.t@edumail.vic.gov.au