Administration News
Calling in an Absence?
If your child will be absent from school, please remember to notify us as soon as possible. The easiest way to report an absence is by using our absence line or submitting the absence through the Sentral Parent App.
Prompt notification helps us maintain accurate attendance records and ensures the safety and wellbeing of all students.
Thank you for your cooperation and support.
Lost Property Reminder
To help us keep track of students' belongings and return any misplaced items quickly, we kindly ask all families to ensure that all items brought to school are clearly named, including hats, jumpers, drink bottles and lunchboxes. Please remember to check names regularly, as labels and permanent marker can fade or wear away with washing and daily use.
Additionally, we have noticed an increasing number of toys and valuable personal items being brought to the office after being lost or misplaced. To minimise disappointment and avoid items going missing, we encourage students to leave valuable possessions and special toys at home.
Thank you for your support in helping us keep lost property to a minimum.
Family Statements |
Earlier today, we emailed everyone their Family Statement.
Family Statements are sent out via an autogenerated system.
How do I read my statement ?
A -negative amount at the bottom of the statement means your family has credit available to use. Credit, may be a combination of unallocated previous payments ie. SSB, or unused CSEF.
You can opt to use this credit by selection ‘Use School Credit’ when you are responding to SENTRAL permissions. NB: It is a manual process for staff to update SENTRAL when using Credit. Please allow up to 7 days for SENTRAL invoices to show as PAID.
Camp Payments
You may find that you have partial credit to use toward the total cost of a camp but not enough to cover the whole cost. In this situation, please indicate on the SENTRAL permission that you would like to use ‘School Credit’ and then make a ‘top up’ payment to cover the difference using the BPay Biller details shown on your invoice. BPay details are unique to your family. The invoice on SENTRAL will show UNPAID until the full amount of the camp/excursion is covered by the ‘top up’ Payment.
Top Up Payments | BPay
BPay is our preferred method of payment. Your BPay Biller code is specific only to your family and will go straight to your account.
SSB | There may be some SSB transactions on your account. This is left over from last years SSB (School Savings Bonus initiative). Please ignore any SSB transaction.
Please reach out if you have any questions via email: miners.rest.ps@education.vic.gov.au
Thank you,
Penny Kaletsch
Business Manager