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Please contact 9876 3289 if you have any questions.
Kalinda Primary School
Can we help your Family?
From knowing about different types of welfare funding and support, what is going on in the school, access to food, uniform and stationery items or being able to offer different payment methods, there are many ways the school office team can assist, link you in with other staff and offer support to you and your family. Please contact Melissa, Jen or Annie for an informal, confidential chat on 9876 3289 or kalinda.ps@education.vic.gov.au.
Alternatively you can discuss these matters with Shaun McClare, Lauren Hopkins, Kylie Drummond or Mel Jeffery.
CSEF 2026
From 1 January 2026, families eligible for CSEF will see an increase in support to $400 for primary and secondary school children, up from $154 and $256, respectively.
Applications for 2026 CSEF support will open from 27 January 2026.
The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) provides payments for eligible students to attend activities like:
- school camps or trips
- swimming extension activities and other school-organised sport programs
- outdoor education programs
excursions and incursions
Those that are eligible to apply for the CSEF are:
- families holding a valid means-tested concession card
- a student over 16 years who is considered a mature minor and holds a valid concession card (such as a Youth Allowance Health Care Card or Disability Support Pension Card)
a special consideration category also exists for refugee and asylum seeker families and students placed in out of home care.
Eligible means-tested cards
Means-tested concession cards must now be valid on either:
- the first day of Term 1
- the first day of Term 2
The full list of eligible concession and health care cards is available on the Services Australia website.
For Veterans' Affairs, gold cards are the only means tested cards for this type. This card must be sighted, and a photocopy taken by the school to confirm the expiry date and eligibility.
Cards that are not financially means tested are not accepted.
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Details to save in your phone
Kalinda Primary School's main number is 9876 3289.
Kalinda Primary School's mobile is 0429 871 758
(This number is only monitored in the event of a phone outage or excursions/camps).
You can also save the email address to ensure emails do not end up in your junk folder -
kalinda.ps@education.vic.gov.au
You can email teachers directly through Compass, under your child's profile.
Payment plans and different payment options
Do you ever find that Compass doesn’t cater for the payment option that would suit your family? If this is the case, please get in touch with us and let us know via a confidential email to kalinda.ps@education.vic.gov.au.
There are lots of different payment options available, but Compass limits us to offering one option to all families. If paying for an event over several weeks, or in smaller payments, suits your circumstances better, we are happy to make this available to you.
For further information please feel free to contact the office on 9876 3289, or by email to kalinda.ps@education.vic.gov.au asking to speak to Jen or Melissa in Finance. All finance and administration matters are strictly confidential, and we are happy to help in any way we can.
Authority for another person to pick up your child
Occasionally, families will have the need for someone else to pick up their child. For the safety of your child, please complete the attached letter, and contact the office so we can let staff be aware. The form used is a template from the Department of Education and will remain in the school archives.
Primary school children are unable to leave the grounds before 3.30 pm by themselves.
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