From staff and the Office 

Credits from cancelled events

Does your Family have Outstanding Credits from Cancelled Events?

We still have many families who have credit available on their accounts due to the canceled camps, excursions, and events during 2020-2021.

Credits can be used to pay for most events your children may be invited to. To pay for an event with credit, please select the payment option “CSEF/Credit” in Compass when you provide consent.  If the credit available does not fully cover the event, the amount owing will be updated and the status reset for you to continue to make payment through Compass – and we will let you know by email. 

If there is no credit available, the status will be reset for you to make payment for the full amount in Compass and we will also let you know by email.

If you have any questions regarding this, please email kalinda.ps@education.vic.gov.au.

Kalinda Working Bee

Our next working bee will be on Sunday 16th of July

Thank you to all the families who attended our last working bee on Saturday 27 May.

Lots of young trees were planted, and mulch moved around the grounds is just a small part of what was achieved.

In the working bee for Sunday 16th July, we are asking for able bodies to assist in moving Graduation and Production props in the shipping container. 

Kalinda relies on Working Bees to maintain the extensive grounds that we’re very fortunate to have. We are asking that each family attend at least one Working Bee during the year to help keep the playgrounds and surrounding areas safe and well-maintained for our children.

Not only are Working Bees an opportunity to contribute to your children’s school, but they are also a great opportunity to meet other parents at the post-working bee BBQ.

We’ve scheduled Five Working Bees for 2023 including three Sundays to provide flexibility to families who may have Saturday commitments. 

Working Bees start at 10.00 am and run for approximately 2 hours. Children are very welcome to attend.

Please enter your details into this Google form via this link, which assists with catering.

https://forms.gle/KHm3WX3T99LgdHgk9

Many thanks,

Ted Dugdale

On behalf of the

Facilities Committee 

Scholarship details

Scholarships support students and families to assist with the cost of education and engagement in further study at primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.

Scholarships are available for students:

• studying in Victoria and who are citizens or permanent residents of Australia
• enrolled in Years 4-11
• enrolled in Year 12 who plan on undertaking tertiary studies.

Scholarships are awarded to students who can demonstrate:

• excellent academic achievement
• participation in school and local community activities
• financial need as determined by the parent or carer receiving a Centrelink income support payment, or the student themselves receiving the Youth Allowance.

For more information including how to apply please go to this link: https://www.vic.gov.au/student-scholarships

News from the Art Room

Unfortunately, there have been a lot of students have been without a smock this term. If your child’s smock comes home to be washed at the end of the term, can you please make sure to promptly pop it back in their schoolbag ready for Term 3?  

Plastic smocks provide the best protection for school clothes against paint and glue, but any old shirt, apron, or even a lab coat will do the job.

Please ensure it is named to help them find it, or if it is misplaced, it can be returned to them.

Libby Shaw

Visual Arts Teacher

Groundworks during the term holidays

If you are planning to come to the playgrounds during the term break, please be aware that we have a lot of work on the grounds planned.

There will be tradesmen, and their vehicles on the school grounds.

We also ask if you see any suspicious or malicious behavior ( including graffiti ), please contact the Ringwood police at 9871 3000. 

Works to be completed are -

• Both student toilet blocks will be out of use during the first week of the holidays. Students attending TheirCare will have use of the accessible toilet near the canteen, along with the use of staff toilets in
• New school signage will be installed on the grounds, with workers erecting signs around the main driveway entrance, the garden area near the multipurpose room & the main entrance of the school building. 
• Drainage and associated landscaping works will be happening around the senior playground area over these two days. Workers will be moving machinery around between the main driveway & the senior playground area.