Administration

CSEF - Camps Sports and Excursion Fund

Every Victorian child should have access to the world of learning opportunities that exist beyond the classroom. The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund helps ensure that no student will miss out on the opportunity to join their classmates for important, educational and fun activities. 

School camps provide children with inspiring experiences in the great outdoors. Excursions encourage a deeper understanding of how the world works while sports teach teamwork, discipline and leadership.  All are a part of a healthy curriculum.

CSEF is provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.

If you hold a valid means-tested concession card or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible for CSEF. A special consideration category also exists for asylum seeker and refugee families. The allowance is paid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions or sporting activities for the benefit of your child.

The annual CSEF amount per student is:

• $154 for primary school students
• $256 for secondary school students

HOW TO APPLY

New applicants should contact the school office to  obtain a CSEF application form or click on the button below:

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

You only need to complete an application form if any of the following changes have occurred:

• new student enrolments: your child has started or changed schools this year.

• changed family circumstances: such as a change of custody, change of name, concession card number, or new siblings commencing this year.

Check with the school office if you are unsure

Parents/carers wishing to apply for CSEF payments for 2025 must submit their application form to our College by 4th July 2025.

Attitudes to School Survey

The Attitudes to School Survey (AtoSS) is running in our school starting on Monday the 12th May. 

The purpose of the AtoSS is to gather better understandings of students’ perceptions and experiences of school. We value student voice to improve student engagement, wellbeing, and quality instruction. Your child will be asked about their thoughts and feelings in relation to their school, their learning, peer relationships, resilience, bullying, health and wellbeing, physical activity, and life in general. The survey responses help us understand how students’ learning experiences can be improved. The survey results won’t include any personally identifiable data and students can choose if they want to take part, skip questions if they don’t want to answer, and can stop doing the survey at any time. 

For more information, or if you would like your child to opt out of the AtoSS, please refer to the attached notice. 

Compass

Log into your Compass Account/APP for news, report Absences, Reports, Excursion Permissions and pay contributions. Contact Administration if you need setting up or a reset password. 

https://www.compass.education/compass-features/compass-for-parents/ page has a links to login from their webpage or to download the 'Compass School Manager' App from the relevant App stores.

Bairnsdale Secondary College Website

http://bairnsdalesc.vic.edu.au/

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