From staff and the Office 

Does your child love sport and being active? 

Does your family have a Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card? 

You may be eligible for up to $200 to put towards the cost of your child’s participation in physical activities.

The Get Active Kids Voucher Program helps eligible families get their kids involved in organised sport and active recreation activities.

Under the program, children may be eligible to receive up to $200 to help with the cost of membership and registration fees, uniforms, and equipment.

Special consideration also applies for children named on their own Australian Government Health Care Card or residing in care services as well as temporary or provisional visa holders, undocumented migrants or international students.

Applications for vouchers in round two of the program close at 5pm Friday 30 July.

For eligibility requirements and to apply, visit the Get Active Victoria website.

Tax Time Reminder 

Please remember that the Kalinda Primary School has two deductible gift recipient (DGR) funds:

the Library Development Fund

and 

the Building Fund.

Any donations made to these funds are tax deductible.

Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund applications

The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund helps eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.

If you have a valid means-tested concession card, such as a Veterans Affairs Gold Card, Centrelink Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card, or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible. There is also a special consideration category for asylum seeker and refugee families.

Payment amounts this year are $125 for eligible primary school students.

 Payments are made direct to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions and sporting activities for the benefit of your child.

If you applied for CSEF through our school last year, you do not need to complete an application form this year, unless there has been a change in your family circumstances.

If you would like to apply for the first time, please contact the school office on 9876 3289 and ask for an application form.

You can also download the form, and find out more about the program and eligibility, on the Department of Education and Training’s Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund web page.

The CSEF payment cannot be used towards books, stationery, school uniforms, before/after school care, music lessons, or formals/graduations.

Year 7 and Prep students in government schools who receive funds are also able to get support for school uniforms.

For more information regarding this initiative, see State Schools' Relief.

Check with the school office if you are unsure, and please return completed forms to the school office as soon as possible.

Eligible means tested cards

Below is a list of means tested cards that are accepted:

• ABSTUDY - Schooling Applicant (ABA)
• ABSTUDY - Secondary / Tertiary (ABY)
• Age Pension (AGE)
• Austudy Payment (AUS)
• Bereavement Allowance (BVA)
• Carer Payment (CAR)
• Disability Support Pension (DSP)
• Health Care Card (HCC)
• Job Seeker (JSP)
• Newstart Allowance (NSA)
• Non-Agency Payment (NAP)
• Parenting Payment Partnered (PPP)
• Parenting Payment Single (PPS)
• Partner Allowance (PTA)
• Sickness Allowance (SKA)
• Special Benefit  (SPL)
• Widow Allowance (WDA)
• Widow B Pension (WID)
• Wife Pension Age (WFA)
• Wife Pension Disability (WFD)
• Youth Allowance (YAL)
• Widow B Pension (WID

All Scholastic Book Club Orders need to be placed by Friday 30/07/2021 please.  (www.scholastic.com.au)

Thank you so much for your support of this Book Club as all orders provide rewards for the school which in turn become book purchases.

Thank you, Wendy J