Office News
2024 Parent Payments
2024 Parent Payment letters (ie booklists) were sent home with students earlier this month. Unfortunately to date, very few families have made payments. Whilst it is not compulsory for families to pay the booklist fees, any payments we do receive go directly to purchasing essential supplies required in the classroom, from pencils, pens and erasers, to paper and notebooks for the students to write in daily.
If parents do not pay these annual booklist payments, the school still needs to ensure these essential supplies are available for each student. This means that funds need to be re-directed from other areas within the school (such as important programs and extra resources for English, Maths and our Specialist programs) that we know the children need.
We pride ourselves on keeping our costs as low as possible by only including the essential items that each student requires in the classroom. Compared to other schools, the amount that Lalor East PS request our families to pay is extremely low. We have had parents comment in the past about how cheap the annual 'fees' are when compared to child care and kindergarten costs.
We know money is tight in our community, and welcome any families to speak to us to set up a payment plan if that assists your family to pay these fees throughout the year.
If a family would like to contribute to the school to 'donate' a booklist for a family who cannot afford to pay, please reach out to the office who will kindly process this donation.
Current Events
A friendly reminder that consent and payment for the events below close on the following dates:
- Grade 6 Graduation - 30 November
- Grade 5/6 Camp 2024 - 30 November
- Grade 6 Funfields - 8 December
Last Day of Term
Term 4 will finish at 1pm Wednesday 20 December.
Note: Students who have not been collected from school by 1.15pm on the last day of term will be sent to TheirCare (OSHC). Please be advised that TheirCare will invoice you for this service.
Breakfast Club
Breakfast Club is now open at 8:20am and students are able to enter the school grounds through the small gate next to OHSC but only if they are eating at Breakfast Club. If students are not visiting the Breakfast Club they are to enter the school grounds at 8:45am.
Our last Breakfast Club for the year will be Tuesday 19 December.
Students can receive a free breakfast of toast, cereal, milk and fruit before beginning their busy day of learning. Breakfast Club wishes to acknowledge the kind support from Bakers Delight-Mernda Village, Christina Bakery and Foodbank Victoria.
Planned Absences
Students who will be absent for two or more weeks need to advise their teacher at least one week in advance to organise any homework if required.
School Hat
Reminder - All students must have a school hat to wear in Term 4 & Term 1 due to Sunsmart requirements. If a student has no hat they must play in the undercover area of the yard only.
School hats may be purchased from the office - $24.95
Christmas Raffle
Lalor East PS are excited to announce that we will be holding a Christmas Raffle where prizes will be drawn at the last assembly of the year end of the term; Monday 18 December.
Raffle tickets will be sent home shortly.
Cleveland Street Gate
The Cleveland Street (Office) Gate is now fully automated. The gate will be automatically opened in the morning and afternoon for normal school arrival and departures. For entry during school hours please press the intercom on the right hand side of the gate and someone will assist you. Please do not touch, hold, try to push open or stand on gates as it is very expensive to repair.
Sign In Procedures
Parents/Guardians - please remember when attending the school for assembly or a meeting can you please sign in at the office.
Should there be an evacuation or emergency, it is imperative that we know who is on site.
Get Active Kids Vouchers - Round 7 Now Open
The next round of the Get Active Kids Vouchers is now open, helping more families to participate in sport. The vouchers will cover the cost of membership fees and related uniform sand equipment, up to $200.
To be eligible, recipients must be aged 18 and under, named on an Australian Government Health Care Card or a Pensioner Concession Card, as well as named on a Medicare Card. Eligible families can apply for one voucher per child.
Applications will close when the allocation has been exhausted, and vouchers can be used up to 30 April 2024, so you can use them for a summer or winter sport, or a term-based activity.
Families can also continue to claim reimbursement for expenses incurred from 8 May 2023.
For more information and to apply, visit
https://www.getactive.vic.gov.au/vouchers/apply-for-vouchers/