Interpreting and Translating – Translated Material for Parents
- Beginning a life in Australia
- Drug education
- Headlice management toolkit
- Education Maintenance Allowance
- It is Not OK to Be Away
- Multilingual school notices
- Information about VELS and ESL
- New Arrivals Program
- Privacy notices for parents about enrolment information
- Parent complaints
- Student reports
- Welcome to School
This page provides a directory of publications translated into the most requested languages. This material provides information about school education in Victoria to parents whose first language is not English.
Beginning a life in Australia
Beginning a Life in Australia booklets from the Australian Government Department of Immigration and Citizenship and contain information and advice for new migrants. They are translated into many languages and can be accessed at Beginning a Life in Australia (http://www.immi.gov.au/living-in-australia/settle-in-australia/beginning-life)
Drug education
Accurate and factual information about the most common drugs is available in Engaging Parents in School Drug Education. The brochures also include information on:
- How drugs affect people
- Associated harms
- Why young people use drugs
- How parents can influence decision-making.
Headlice management toolkit
The Department has developed resources for schools for management of head lice, including pro forma documents. A Consent form to conduct head lice inspections has been translated into the following languages:
- Albanian
- Arabic
- Bosnian
- Cambodian
- Chinese
- Croatian
- Farsi
- Filipino
- Greek
- Italian
- Macedonian
- Polish
- Russian
- Samoan
- Serbian
- Somali
- Spanish
- Tamil
- Tongan
- Turkish
- Vietnamese
Education Maintenance Allowance
Translated information about the Education Maintenance Allowance is available in the following languages:
- Arabic
- Bosnian
- Cambodian
- Chinese
- Croatian
- Macedonian
- Persian
- Serbian
- Somali
- Spanish
- Turkish
- Vietnamese
It is Not OK to Be Away
It's Not OK to Be Away is a state-wide initiative building a school and community approach to the issue of student attendance. The initiative is designed to change community and student attitudes to school attendance.
Attendance information brochures for parents - are available in 21 languages.
Multilingual school notices
To support communication between the school and families from language backgrounds other than English, 23 school notices commonly requested for translation are available in 22 languages, including English, at Multilingual School Notices.
Information about VELS and ESL
A pamphlet, English as a second language (ESL) students and the Victorian Essential Learning Standards is available to assist parents to understand the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS), and in particular the ESL Companion to the VELS. It outlines how the VELS is structured and how the standards are used for reporting the learning progress of students. The pamphlets are available as pdf files, which can be printed and photocopied.
They are available in the following languages:
- English (PDF - 80Kb)
- Albanian (PDF - 86Kb)
- Amharic (PDF - 116Kb)
- Arabic (PDF - 100Kb)
- Bosnian (PDF - 51Kb)
- Cambodian (PDF - 115Kb)
- Chinese (PDF - 215Kb)
- Croation (PDF - 50Kb)
- Dari (PDF - 105Kb)
- Hindi (PDF - 85Kb)
- Japanese (PDF - 146Kb)
- Korean (PDF - 165Kb)
- Macedonian (PDF - 58Kb)
- Persian (PDF - 94Kb)
- Russian (PDF - 60Kb)
- Samoan (PDF - 80Kb)
- Serbian (PDF - 56Kb)
- Singhalese (PDF - 471Kb)
- Somali (PDF - 82Kb)
- Spanish (PDF - 81Kb)
- Tagalog (PDF - 80Kb)
- Tamil (PDF - 98Kb)
- Tigrinya (PDF - 501Kb)
- Turkish (PDF - 53Kb)
- Vietnamese (PDF - 132Kb)
New Arrivals Program
A pamphlet, Information for parents of newly arrived students who need to learn English, is available to assist in explaining the New Arrrivals Program to parents. It can be printed and photocopied as a double-sided pamphlet and is available as a PDF file in the following languages:
- English (PDF - 82Kb)
- Albanian (PDF - 70Kb)
- Arabic (PDF - 71Kb)
- Assyrian (PDF - 249Kb)
- Cambodian (PDF - 389Kb)
- Chinese (PDF - 153Kb)
- Dari (PDF - 260Kb)
- Hindi (PDF - 300Kb)
- Indonesian (PDF - 67Kb)
- Japanese (PDF - 504Kb)
- Korean (PDF - 254Kb)
- Persian (PDF - 288Kb)
- Russian (PDF - 70Kb)
- Samoan (PDF - 67Kb)
- Serbian (PDF - 62Kb)
- Sinhalese (PDF - 273Kb)
- Somali (PDF - 69Kb)
- Spanish (PDF - 69Kb)
- Tagalog (PDF - 67Kb)
- Tamil (PDF - 91Kb)
- Thai (PDF - 343Kb)
- Turkish (PDF - 73Kb)
- Vietnamese (PDF - 62Kb)
Privacy notices for parents about enrolment information
Translated School Enrolment Privacy Notices for parents and guardians are available in 20 languages at:
- Translated Primary Privacy Notices (http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/Schools/Privacy/Enrolment Notices/Translated Primary Privacy Notice)
- Translated Secondary Privacy Notices (http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/Schools/Privacy/Enrolment%20Notices/Translated Secondary Privacy Notice)
Parent complaints
The Department is committed to good communication and treating everyone with dignity and respect. The parent complaints information has been developed to improve communication for us all when addressing concerns or making a complaint that is related to the school or your child’s education.
Student reports
The student report card provides you with a clear picture of your child’s progress. Translations are available of the 2007 Student Report Cards.
Welcome to School
The publication Welcome to School is available translated into three languages other than English.