Administration Updates

Payments And Permissions Now Due

OVERDUE!

2024 School Levies

All families

NOW OVERDUE (Due: 23/02/24 unless payment plan put in place with office)

Financial Assistance With School Uniform

We can assist families experiencing financial hardship to access financial support for school uniforms through State Schools' Relief.

The State Schools' Relief program provides support with uniforms and other essential school items for families that need an extra helping hand, and ensures that all students, regardless of their circumstances, can attend school feeling valued and included.

If you are experiencing financial hardship and would like to apply for State Schools' Relief support, please contact the school for a confidential discussion with Tina Clark (Business Manager).

Parent Payments

The School Levies payment enables us to continue to offer programs across the school to enhance the learning of all students. It also covers all the students' stationery, Art, Performing Arts and LOTE supplies for the year, as well as enabling us to be able to provide and upkeep our iPads and laptops across the school.

Parent payments are posted on Compass and can be paid through the Compass portal or, alternatively, through the school bank account, BPAY or by coming into the office and paying via cash or EFT. If you are having financial difficulties in making this payment, please speak to Sue Hartley or Tina Clark in the office.

Attendance

Just a reminder...if your child is absent from school for any reason, please update Compass or call the school attendance line to advise. If we have not heard from you by 9.30am, we will attempt to contact you by phone. If no answer, then this will be followed up with an email.

It is the Department's policy that all absences are explained. If your child is marked absent for 3 days or more unexplained, this information is forwarded to the Department of Education Regional Office for follow-up.

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.

The 2 emails from the Department of Education will:

1.  Confirm your email address between mid-October and late-November.

2. 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 firstly check your spam or junk mail folders, otherwise contact the school office.

You can read more about the School Saving Bonus on the Department of Education website School Saving Bonus | vic.gov.au (www.vic.gov.au), with key information now available in 14 different languages.

Parent Payments 2025

Please be advised that the School Levies have been set for 2025. The cost per child will be $285.00. A letter will be sent out to each family mid-December. The levies will then be posted on Compass towards the end of January 2025.

TINA CLARK & RAELENE DAVIS

Administration Staff