2025 CSEF (Camps, Sports, Excursions Fund)

The CSEF application form and policy for 2025 is under review and the revised form and policy will be available by the end of November 2024.

A new CSEF Application Form has been created for Students Over Sixteen Years of Age, who hold a valid means tested concession card.

2025 CSEF Year 7 Uniform Package

Applications for the 2025 CSEF Year 7 Uniform Package are now open and can be submitted to Reception.

EligibilityStudents eligible to receive the 2025 Year 7 Uniform Package must be a Camps, Sports and Excursion Fund (CSEF) recipient.

What’s in the package?The 2025 Year 7 package contains the following items:

Tops x 2 pcs (i.e. windcheater / polo shirt / rugby top / shirt / summer dress)
Pants x 2 pcs (i.e. pants / track pants / trousers / shorts / skirts)
Outerwear x 1 pce (i.e. puffer jacket)
Pair of Shoes x 1

Please note:

PE items are not included as part of this package
Shoes must be requested in UK sizes (please see our shoe size conversion chart)

Cost to families

Where State Schools’ Relief is unable to provide a uniform item directly that contains a logo (due to contractual agreements with uniform retailers) the student will receive a voucher for $85 that subsidises the cost of these items. The voucher can be redeemed at your school uniform shop, or independent uniform retailer.

Please note the following:

Vouchers issued have an expiry date and must be used before this date.
Once vouchers have been issued, SSR are unable to exchange items for “change of mind”.

Applications for this package close at the end of Term 1, 2025 (Friday 04 April 2025).

2025 Year 7 CSEF Uniform Package Information for Families

2025 Year 7 CSEF Uniform Package Application

2025 CSEF Prep SUMMER Uniform Package

For the first time State Schools' Relief is now offering a SUMMER version of our Prep CSEF Uniform Package so that the newest students in 2025 can start their school year all decked out! Applications for the Prep 2025 Summer CSEF Uniform Package are open nowand can be submitted to Reception.

EligibilityStudents eligible to receive the 2025 Prep Summer Uniform Package must be a Camps, Sports and Excursion Fund (CSEF) recipient.

What’s in the package?

The Prep 2025 summer package contains the following items:

Tops x 2 pcs (i.e. polo shirts / school dress)
Bottoms x 2 pcs (i.e. shorts / skorts / trackpants)
Outerwear x 1 pce (i.e. windcheater / bomber jacket / polar fleece jacket)
Socks x 2 pairs
Shoes x 1 pair

Please note:

PE items are not included as part of this package
Shoes must be requested in UK sizes (please see SSR shoe size conversion chart or visit Macleod College Reception)

Cost to families

Where State Schools’ Relief is unable to provide a uniform item directly that contains a logo (due to contractual agreements with uniform retailers) the student will receive a voucher for $85 that subsidises the cost of the items. The voucher can be redeemed at your school uniform shop or independent uniform retailer.

Please note the following:

Vouchers issued have an expiry date and must be used before this date.
Once vouchers have been issued, SSR are unable to exchange items for “change of mind”.

Applications for this package close at the end of Term 1, 2025 (Friday 04 April 2025).

2025 Prep CSEF Summer Uniform Package Information for Families

2025 Prep CSEF Summer Uniform Package Application

SSB (School Saving Bonus)

As shared with you previously, parents and carers of every child enrolled in a Victorian government school in 2025 will receive the one-off School Saving Bonus $400 support.

In the coming months, the Department of Education will send you 2 email communications for each of your children enrolled in Victorian government schools.

By Friday 18 October 2024, please ensure that your child’s 2025 enrolment is completed and that your contact information is up to date.

The 2 emails from the Department of Education will:

Confirm your email address between mid-October and late-November.
Provide you with your unique $400 School Saving Bonus code by the end of November.

If you do not receive a confirmation email from the department by late-November, please check your spam or junk folders and contact Macleod College if needed.

You can read more about the School Saving Bonus on the Department of Education website, with key information now available in 14 different languages.

SSBI (School Student Broadband Initiative)

The School Student Broadband Initiative (SSBI) is a Federal Government initiative offering free home internet to 30,000 unconnected households with school-aged students. Households have until Tuesday 31 December 2024 to apply. Free services will continue until 31 December 2025.

The initiative seeks to boost educational opportunities and narrow the digital divide.

To be eligible, households must:

have a child living at home that is enrolled in an Australian school (up to year 12 including Prep)
not have an active NBN Co. network internet service at home (excludes mobile internet services)
live in a premises that can access the NBN Co. network via a standard connection
not have had an active NBN Co. connection during the previous 14 days.

To be assessed, please contact the NBN National Referral Centre on 1800 954 610 or visit anglicarevic.org.au/student-internet to request a call back. Please note:

NBN will check your nominated home address for an active NBN connection.
You do not need to provide financial information.
Translation and interpretation services are available.

Some families might also be contacted via their school with information about how to apply. The Victorian Department of Education has been working with the NBN to review Victorian school student home addresses. Only home addresses have been provided to NBN to check. No other personal information has been shared with NBN. NBN handles this data in accordance with privacy law.

Find out more

Department of Education SSBI webpage for parents and carers: School Student Broadband Initiative: information for parents and carers
For more information on the SSBI, visit the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts website.

Parent Payment Arrangements 2025 coming in November 2024

Watch this space …

Planning for parent payment arrangements 2025 is currently under way.

Updates will come out in November. Please keep an eye out on your Compass Portal.

These will include college contributions and payments for:

Students’ Educational Resources -- years 07-10: Education Perfect subscription and Student Learning Planner; Combination lock (year 07 only)
Students’ Educational Resources -- years 11-12: EdRollo subscription
Elective classes with additional charges (years 09-12)
Macleod College Music Academy

Thank you once again to Macleod College families for your ongoing support.

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Issue 7 · 01 Nov 2024

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