Administration News
Surfside Primary School
CSEF Applications for 2026
General eligibility
The applicant must be one of the following:
a parent or carer who is the beneficiary of a financially means-tested card.
Applications must be submitted to the school by the end of Term 2 2026
Where the parent or carer is seeking eligibility based on an eligible financially means-tested card, eligibility will be determined when the relevant concession card successfully validates with Centrelink on either the first day of Term 1 or Term 2.
Spare forms are available from our school office.
Hayfever & Thunderstorm Asthma Warnings
Term 1 and term 4 always sees an increase in students experiencing hayfever anda higher risk of Thunderstorm Asthma occuring.
It is a good idea to have the Melbourne Pollen Count App on your phone so that you recieve alerts when the pollen count is high in the Ocean Grove area.
If your child experiences Hayfever you can leave medication at our office we can administer it if needed, with . Alternatively please administer medication at home in the morning on days of high pollen count.
It is very impostrtant that all students who are Asthmatic, must have an up to date Management Plan, Ventolin and a spacer in the front of their school bags, every day.
If you have any concern
Hats for Term 4
Sun Protection Policy hats are mandatory for term 4 for all students to participate in outdoor activities and be outdoors during recess and lunch. If you need to order a hat for term 4 this can be done via DCS Uniforms - https://www.dcsuniforms.com.au/collections/surfside-primary-school
SSB Credit Remaining
Many of our families have some credit remaining from their SSB funding. When paying for your child's future excursions you can select the SSB or CSEF payment option or email us to see how much you have left in credit.
Unfortunately in your Compass Portal it will say you have a $0 balance of SSB, we can verify the correct amount for you via an email request.
Once we have allocated the amount for the excusion you are then able to complete
the consent.
We are sorry that this process is not more user friendly,
but we appreciate your patience with this process.
Second Hand Uniform Available
Loads of small sizes in stock
Cash Only $5
Ranging from shoes, hats, chef hats, jumpers, shorts, track pants, skorts and dresses.
$3
Bike Shorts & Leggins
We accept second hand uniform donations that are in good, washed condition,
all year round. They can be droped at our school office
Come in anytime during school hours to take a look.
All items are $5 each, cash only.
Student Absences
An SMS notification will be sent to the primary family member’s mobile number at approximately 9:30am each school morning, if your child/children are not at school and their absence is unexplained.
Please make sure that you enter your child’s/children’s absence through the COMPASS Parent Portal, prior to 9am on the day of their absence, to ensure you do not receive the text unnecessarily.
If your child/children is arriving late or leaving early, we will enter this onto Compass when you sign them in or out. You are not required to enter any 1/2 day attendances.
If you have any questions regarding this message please call our office on 5256 1411.
School Hours
Classes Start at 8:45am and Classes Finish at 3:15pm
Recess 10:45-11:20am and Lunch 1:15-2:15pm
Please ensure your child/children are at school prior to 8:45am. Students should not arrive before 8.30am and need to be collected by 3.30pm as this is when the school is supervised.
All students who arrive late must sign in at the office and take a late pass to the teacher.
Students leaving early must be signed out by a parent at the office.
If your child is leaving school early could you please email the class teacher, giving a time that you would like your child to be at the office ready for pick up. Unfortunately we are unable to call students over the intercom, unless it is recess, lunchtime or from 3pm.
Labelling Personal Items
Please check that your child’s school uniform & all lunch containers have their names clearly marked on them. We often have a lot of unnamed items in our lost property basket that could easily be returned to their rightful owners if they were named!
Our lost property basket is located at the front of our office if you need to take a look.
DCS Uniform Supplies
Reminder to place your child name on the order
DCS clothing and all our school uniform requirements can be ordered online via the following website:
https://www.dcsuniforms.com.au/collections/surfside-primary-school
Al orders are delivered to our office free of charge and will be given to the students at the end of the day or parents can collect them.
For any exchanges parents can call 93982222 or email sales@dcsuniforms.com.au and alternatively parents can call Fred on 0425796053.