School Saving Bonus - Information for Families
School Saving Bonus
What is the School Saving Bonus?
It is an initiative from the State Government where most school-age students in 2025 will receive $400 to help with education costs. More information is here.
How Do I Access the Funds?
You should have already received an email for each of your children with an access code to log in to the SSB Portal.
The email was sent from Department of Education Victoria <noreply@comms-mc.education.vic.gov.au> - it did not come from the Hillsmeade Primary School email.
The emails were only sent to the first parent in the family ("Parent A"). They were not sent to both parents.
Please check your spam/junk folders if you have not received it.
If you have not received the email you will need to contact the SSB Team directly, the school is unable to assist:
1800 338 663
school.saving.bonus@education.vic.gov.au
What Children Are Eligible?
Eligibility is defined by the Department, see the SSB website for more information.
How do I use the SSB funds to purchase uniform?
You will need your login code from the email, you cannot use the SSB without it (see above)
In the SSB Portal you can generate a code you can use to make a purchase at our uniform shop (PSW in Officer)
You can only purchase items available from the uniform shop, you cannot use the funds at other stores.
The code you received by email is your login code to the SSB Portal, you can use it to generate purchasing codes.
How can I use the SSB funds to pay for school activities (camps & excursions)?
The SSB Funds are intended for 2025 school activities.
You will need to log in to the SSB Portal and transfer the funds to the school using the School Activity option.
Please see the help guides on the SSB website for information on how to do this – we cannot do it for you or on your behalf at the school.
It will take some time (at least a week) for the funds to be available at the school. Due to this delay, you will not be able to use the funds for 2024 activities.
The funds do not expire, so you will not lose them.
I have more questions.
Please see the resources for families on the SSB website, including user guides and videos available in many languages.