Office News
Updated - Office Hours
St Mary's Office office hours are currently 8.30am - 4.30pm
2020 Office Closure
12pm Thursday 17th December
2021 Office Re-opens
10.30am Wednesday 27th January
Unidentified Direct Deposit
We have received a number of payments recently from the GMCU, that have had no identification attached and we are unable to allocate these to family accounts.
If you have made a direct deposit into the school bank account from the GMCU over the last 3 months and believe these payments may be yours please contact the school office with date and amount of payments so we can amend our records.
School Fees
School fee statements are distributed via email. Please notify the office with your email address if you have not been receiving your invoices or your email address has recently changed.
School fees will billed towards the end of February. Any outstanding fees from 2020 will be added to 2021 fees.
Statements will be emailed to the address we have on file for each fee payer.
Please see 2021 Fees & Levies Schedule for calculations of family/student fees.
School Fees can be paid by
- Cash, Cheque or EFT at the office,
- Direct Debit/Credit Card - a 2021 request from is required for either of these to be processed - Please see forms & schedule below,
- Centrepay - please see form below
- Direct Bank Deposit - Bank Details for Direct Deposit below. Please use your child’s name/surname as a reference.
St Mary’s General Account
BSB 083-543 Acc No 457812500
Forms for direct debit are available from the school office or below.
Camps Sports & Excursion Fund - CSEF
The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) provides payments for eligible students to attend activities like:
- school camps or trips
- swimming and school-organised sport programs
- outdoor education programs
- excursions and incursions.
From 2020, the Victorian Government is investing an additional $160.9 million for the Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund over the next four years. This has been bolstered further with an additional $28.6 million announced in the 2020-21 State Budget for the 2021 school year. This funding will help ensure more than 220,000 government and non-government students from lower-income families are able to participate in camps, sports and excursions each year.
Who can apply
Families holding a valid means-tested concession card or temporary foster parents are eligible to apply. A Special Consideration category also exists. Schools can receive applications from families over term one and two.
Families can list more than one student in the one application form if they are attending the same school.
Payment amounts
Payments amounts for 2021 are:
- $125 per year for eligible primary school students
- $225 per year for eligible secondary school students.
Payments are made directly to the school and are tied to the student.
- from March onwards each year where the parent/carer’s concession card is assessed as valid on the first day of term 1; and
- during term 2 where the parent/carer’s concession card is assessed as valid on the first day of term 2.
Applications can be received over term one and two. Payments are for the application year and cannot be claimed for previous years.
Use of funds
The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) provides payments for eligible students to attend activities like:
school camps or trips, swimming and school-organised sport programs, outdoor education programs, excursions and incursions.
The CSEF payment cannot be used towards books, stationery, school uniforms, before/after school care, music lessons, or formals/graduations.
Submitting an application
Applications can be entered from 18 January 2021. Parents/carers wishing to apply for CSEF payments for 2021 must submit their application form to the relevant school before the last day of term 2 (25 June 2021).
However, a parent/carer will only be required to submit an application form to the school in the following circumstances:
- the parent/carer is applying for the CSEF payment for the first time – i.e. an application form was not lodged with the school in the previous year; or
- circumstances have changed – e.g. there has been a change in the care arrangement of the student, a change of name or CRN, or a new sibling has commenced at the school and the parent/carer wishes to apply for the CSEF payment for the new sibling.
Where a parent/carer is not required to submit a new application, schools can copy the previous year’s application on the CSEF system to the current school year.
Schools must retain application forms for a minimum of seven years.
CSEF applications may be audited by the Department.
For further information about CSEF please click on the link - CSEF LINK
CSEF Application form below
Ganbina Scholarship 2021
Ganbina’s Primary School Education Scholarships are designed to help cover some of the education expenses incurred by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families for children from Foundation through to Grade 6 who are attending Primary School in the Goulburn Valley.
Applications open on Monday 1st February, 2021 and close on Friday 26th February, 2021 at 5:00pm. (Applications will only be accepted within these dates).
To apply for a Ganbina 2021 Scholarship, please call Ganbina on 58217 333 to arrange an appointment. Bookings open on Monday 1st February, 2021.
Information required at time of appointment:
- Proof of enrolment (for Foundation students)
- Your child’s 2020 end of year school report
- Proof of address (i.e. a gas or electricity bill)
- Parent /Guardian proof of identification (i.e. drivers licence, birth certificate or health care card)
Further information is detailed in the attached flyers.
If you require any assistance with application process please contact our Koori Education Worker - Tina Thompson on 58252858
REMINDER - Local Town Bus
If you require further information regarding fares or travel routes, please contact
Jodi Jacobson
Phone: 03 58203700
Fax: 03 58253494
E-mail: jodi@jacobsons.com.au
Student Medical profile / Absences
All student medical information and permission notes will now be collected and sent out through PAM.
Absent notes can be submitted through PAM.
If you have not already done so, we ask all families to update their students medical profile through PAM by clicking the "red bell" in the top right hand corner of the home page.
We encourage any updates to emergency contact details to be made through the office.
School Uniform
Students are required to be in full summer uniform, including hat for any outdoor activity, recess and lunchtimes. 'No Hat No Play'
Please see the attached policy to ensure your child has all the required items.
We have a number of second hand items for sale in the office.
If you have any uniform items you no longer require and wish to donate them to the school, please bring them into the office.
As of 2021, a long sleeve polo shirt, the same as current design, will also be available from the uniform shop in Corio Street.
Please see attached Uniform Policy.
The school uniform shop in Corio St and Goulburn Valley School Uniforms in High St Shepparton both stock St Mary's uniform.
Working With Children Check
Parents or family members who wish to help out in the classrooms or on excursions are required to have an up to date Working With Children's Card. These can be applied for online and there is no cost if you are a volunteer. A copy of this needs to be passed onto the office.
A reminder to notify the school office with any changes or updates to your Working With Children Check.
Medication
Families are reminded to please ensure they provide up to date medical plans and necessary in date medications to the office. If you have provided medication to the office in the past, please contact the office to ensure this medication is still valid and in date.
Parents are reminded that all non prescription medication to be administered at school or on camp or excursions, requires a pharmaceutical label detailing student name and dosage. A signed authority to administer medication form is also required, a copy of this is located below.