Administration News

Regional Visits

The Principal, Mr Mathew Irving has just completed his third regional visit to Lake King with Head of Boarding, Mr Ashley Keatch and Head of Endeavour House, Mrs Nyree Mackenzie. Held at the Lake King Golf Club, the visit was well attended by families past, present and future and from all reports it was a very worthwhile event.

The next visit is scheduled in Mount Barker/Kendenup on Friday 7 June. This event is open to all current, future and interested families. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Julia Bairstow by Monday 3 June.

The road show will continue through the year with the following events scheduled.

Denmark on Friday 26 July
Newdegate Field Day in September
Esperance Show in October
Albany Show in November

We encourage all families to attend these events if you can and help us spread the word to friends and family in these regions.

WA Student Assistance Payment

As you may be aware, the WA State Government has announced the introduction of cost-of-living support to WA families. The initiative is aimed at supporting families with school-aged children. The new WA Student Assistance Payment will provide parents and carers with a $250 payment for each secondary student, and $150 for each primary school or kindergarten student.

For information regarding the process and access of the payment, please go to WA Student Assistance Payment.

Parents and carers require a WA Student Number (WASN) for each child and access to the ServiceWA app . as part of the process. You can find your child’s WA Student number in a GSG report which is available through SEQTA, in the ‘Reports’ section.

If you have any queries about accessing the report containing your child’s WASN, please feel free to contact our IT Team on 9844 0333.

Road Travel Subsidy

Recently we received information from one of our Boarding families about the Road Travel Subsidy which is for eligible students who live anywhere within Western Australia but who must be driven in a private vehicle more than 56 km from home to the nearest:

Appropriate government school with boarding facilities (if boarding facilities are necessary) offering classes in the grade or level in which the student is enrolled, or
Regular passenger transport (bus stop, airport or train station - please visit the Transwa – Plan Your Journey website for regular passenger transport hubs and routes), or
A school bus service operating between the student's home and the school they are attending.

To check your eligibility, please visit the Department of Transport website here.

Allowances

The 2024 Student Allowances Guidelines is available. Please click here for more information.

Please see information for 2024 Boarding Away from Home Allowance here.

Please see information for ABSTUDY Fare Allowance here.

Farm Household Allowance is a payment for farming families in financial hardship.

To get this you must:

be a farmer or partner of a farmer
meet the income and assets test limits
meet mutual obligation requirements

A farmer must contribute significant labour and capital to a farm.

Read the full conditions under who can get it here.

Farm Household Allowance fact sheets are also available below.

We hope this information is helpful and as always, if you have any queries, please don't hesitate to us.

Boarders' Chapel

We are reintroducing chapel back into our boarding program twice a term, post-COVID-19 lockdowns. The culture of the School is underpinned by a Christian ethos and the values of respect, integrity, compassion and commitment and we feel this is a good time to bring it back for our boarders. This will be a 20-minute service, led by our Chaplain Mrs Naomi Cooper and allows time for our boarding community to be still and silently reflect upon the messages before moving into dinner.

Mrs Dianne Franzinelli | Boarding Administration Officer