2025 Parent Payments

Last week in the newsletter we discussed our Parent Payments - the amount that we request families to pay annually to allow us to provide your child with the resources, materials and activities to help them thrive in their learning at SKiPPS.

I would like to thank and acknowledge the families who have made their Parent Payment for 2024 (including those who have jumped on and done this since last week). Without parent payments, we would only be able to provide a very basic 'bare minimum' education and so we really appreciate families making the payment to allow us to add so much to your child's time at the school.

School Council met last week and approved the parent payment contributions for families for 2025. 

Our requested Parent Payments for 2025 will be;

• Foundation $800
• Year 1/2 $790
• Year 3/4 $860
• Year 5/6 $790

These totals represent a very slight increase on 2024 however, they have been kept as low as possible. Further details can be found in the attachments below. Families will receive the below letter and a request for payment via Compass in February of next year.

At SKiPPS, the requested payment covers;

•  Curriculum Contributions - all books, pens, pencils, paper, art materials, online memberships and subscriptions
• All excursions, incursions, sports activities and Gala Days during the year 
• General contributions to allow us to provide IT equipment in classrooms, grounds and garden maintenance
• Tax-deductible contribution to our Building fund and Library Fund.

In approving our 2025 Parent Payments, School Council examined how our requested amounts compare to other local schools. 

We discussed how, at other schools parents are issued with a book list and asked to source these resources themselves, however SKiPPS chooses to purchase everything your child needs throughout the year in bulk at discounted prices. This allows us to keep parent contributions below what is asked by other schools and provide consistency of materials that all students can access.

Below is a summary of some what parents are asked to pay at some of our nearby government schools and what is included (and not included in this payment);

We are proud that, in the middle of a cost of living crisis, we are able to provide such a rich and engaging program for our students whilst keeping our requested payments at such a reasonable level and ensuring that we have very few additional payment requests during the year (school camp and swimming being the two main exceptions).

We appreciate the efforts that the vast majority of our families go to in order to make this payment each year.