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Acknowledgement of Country Acknowledgement of Country

Announcements Coin Challenge is back!, Last day of Term 2 - Early dismissal, Arriving Late? - Late Pass Essential, Please shut the gate, Start and Finish Times in 2025, Term Dates 2025

Some words from the Principal Banner Photo

Some words from the Principal Karoo PS Community - We need your vote!, Karoo Karnival - Friday 7th Nov - Save the Date!, Student Voice, Road Safety, End of Term Dismissal

Teaching and Learning Student-led Conferences - Tuesday 1st July and Wednesday 2nd July.

Wellbeing and Inclusion School Holiday Fun @ The Youth Hive, Parenting Support Program: Childhood Anxiety

Student Voice Taking Action ... Karoo's Lone Pine

School Attendance Same-day notification of absences, Unexplained absences, How to add an attendance note for an Unexplained Absence

ICAS Schools Competition ICAS now offering Scholarships, How to participate in ICAS

Office news Compass Events, School Saving Bonus (SSB) News

School Crossing Dangerous practices around our School Crossings

Second Hand Uniform and Lost Property Banner Photo

Second Hand Uniform and Lost Property Second Hand Uniform Stall - 1st & 2nd July @ 3pm, Lost Property

The Arts Performing Arts

Library Premiers' Reading Challenge 2025, Missing overdue books, Library open early on Wednesdays, Lost and Found Book Marks, Library Access during Breaks

LOTE (Mandarin) Take-home Tips to support Mandarin learning:

Physical Education

Science Year 3&4 , Year 5&6

2026 Foundation Don't forget to apply!, 2026 Foundation Enrolments - Applications Open , Transition @ Karoo

Canteen Hours of Operation 2025, Canteen menu

Calendar What's on in June/July, Advance Notice

Community News Rowville Secondary College presents ..., Haven Early Learning, Greater Dandenong Table Tennis

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Office news

Compass Events

Compass is the main communication tool between home and school, with notifications from classrooms, whole school messages, event information (excursions/incursions), reminders, student led conference bookings, newsletter etc. We strongly encourage all parents to regularly check in to avoid missing deadlines and important information - late payments will not be accepted. We will endeavour to list any events requiring parent attention in each newsletter.

Events currently requiring parent consent/payment:

(please contact the office if you wish to use SSB to pay for an event)

Year 3/4C Waterford Park Retirement Village - Consent due 5/9/25

Year 4 Camp Deposit - Due 8/8/25 (Balance due 10/10/25)

School Saving Bonus (SSB) News

A reminder that the SSB can be used for uniforms and textbooks until Monday 30 June 2025. Any funds remaining after 30 June 2025, including online voucher amounts that have not been redeemed, will become a credit to use on school activities. However, the credit will not be available on your family account at our school until late July.

Please note that SSB funds allocated towards school activities DO NOT EXPIRE - unspent SSB funds are rolled over to the following year. Please also note that funds can be shared amongst siblings (ie. funds are not tied to individual students).

To use any remaining SSB funds to cover the cost of any school events in July, please refer to the SSB online system SSB Online System and allocate the funds to school activities before 30 June 2025.

To learn more about the SSB online system, download the step-by-step System guide for parents and carers System Guide for Parents and Carers or watch this School Saving Bonus video. System Guide Translations are also available in 14 languages.

The Department of Education’s SSB contact centre will remain available until 30 June 2025. The contact centre can be reached by: