Admin News

Financial Support for Families

Kambrya College understands that some families may experience financial difficulty and offers a range of support options, including: 

• the Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) If you hold a valid Health Care or Pension card please obtain and complete a CSEF application form.
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• State Schools Relief support is also available for Health Care or Pension card holders for uniforms, footwear, calculators, textbooks.

If you would like to discuss support options, are having difficulty in making the requested contributions, or would like to discuss alternative payment arrangements, please contact Student Accounts on 03 9707 7635 or 03 9707 7639 for a confidential discussion.

Late Sign In Procedure

All students that are late to school must sign in at the front office on their arrival at school.

Parents/Guardians should notify the school in one of 4 ways if their child is going to be late:

• Call the school on 9707 7600 and speak to the front office.
• Put an attendance note on Compass yourself (pay particular attention to the times you are putting in).
• Give your child a handwritten note to pass to us on arrival – this needs to have the date and be signed by parent/guardian with an explanation.
• Come in to the front office with your child on arrival.

Please note that students that are late without any of the above correspondence from a parent/guardian will be issued with a recess detention as per our school policy.

Early Leavers Procedure

A reminder to parents/guardians to notify the college prior to students leaving school early for any of the following reasons: 

• Leaving school early for a planned appointment - if prior knowledge is given, our front office staff can arrange for your child/ren to be waiting for you to collect them at the front office – please let the office know as far in advance as possible.

• For emergencies/unplanned appointments or other reasons for your child/ren to leave school early - please contact the front office via phone as soon as possible so that we can arrange for your child/ren to be waiting for you at the front office to be picked up.

• Parents/Guardians/Emergency contacts must have their photo ID on them when collecting their child/ren and sign students out in the Early Leavers book at the front office. Please note that if the person collecting the student is not on their emergency contact list you must advise the office of the person’s name and give authorisation for them to collect the student.

Respectful Communication

Our college takes pride in our positive environment for students, parents and staff. This extends to the way that we all communicate with one another, both verbally and in writing. Please respect the reciprocal expectation that we all communicate politely and respectfully. There may be times where systems fail or need improvement, disagreements exist, difficult conversations have to take place, and frustrations build. We are here to work with you, and to find a way forward constructively, so before you send an angry and aggressive email, or speak rudely to the front office receptionists or other staff, please pause and take a breath. Under no circumstances will any aggressive, threatening or rude behaviour ever be tolerated at this college. If it occurs, you will be asked to leave. Thank you to the vast majority of families who do always engage respectfully.

Privacy reminder for our school community

Our school collects and uses student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ Privacy Policy and the Schools’ Privacy Collection Notice.

For more information about privacy, refer to: Schools’ Privacy Policy — information for parents. This information is also available in ten community languages: Amharic, Arabic, Dari, Gujarati, Mandarin, Somali, Sudanese, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese.