INFORMATION FORMS

Personal details and permission forms were sent home with every child two weeks ago, these included; incidental excursion permission, permission to publish and acceptable use of ICT equipment. Thank you to those parents who completed and returned these forms so promptly. If you haven't returned these forms please do so as soon as possible as there may be school activities that your child will miss out on unless we have these forms. If you did not receive these forms please let the office know and we will send new ones out to you.

LUNCH ORDERS

Friday lunch orders from Subway are again available. Orders need to be placed on a Thursday and your child will receive their order on the Friday. Even though Year 3-6 students will be at the swimming carnival this Friday, they can still order lunch, as they will be back at school by lunch time.

WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECK

It is a government regulation that all adults wanting to work or volunteer with children MUST have a Working With Children Check. If you are wanting to help at the school in any capacity; canteen, swimming lessons, excursions, classroom help, sporting activities, etc we require a copy of your current Working With Children Certificate. These can be applied for online and are free to all people volunteering. We have noticed that many WWCC expired over the last two years, please check you expiry date, renew it if you need to and bring your new card into the office so that we can take note of your new details.

CSEF (Camps, Sports and Excursion Fund)

Below is the criteria used to determine a student’s eligibility for the CSEF (Camps, Sports and Excursion Fund). To be eligible for the fund, a parent or legal guardian of a student must:

· Be a holder of a Veteran’s Affairs gold card or be an eligible Centrelink Health Care Card holder (HCC) or Pension Card (PCC) holder, or

· Be a temporary foster parent.

If you think you are eligible, you must collect an application form from the school office and return it to school be no later than Friday 18th March. We also need to photocopy your benefit card. Families who claimed this last year and who are still eligible do not need to complete another form.

Parents who only receive a Carers Allowance on behalf of a child, or any other benefit or allowance not

income tested by Centrelink, are not eligible for the CSEF. For more information visit www.education.vic.gov.au/csef

SCHOOL BUS

The School bus is not a free service. In order to be eligible for a government conveyance subsidy you must live more than 4.8km from the school and be within our catchment area. You must also complete a conveyance form and lodge it at the school office before your child uses the bus. If your child caught the bus in previous years you only need to resubmit an application if; you have changed address or a younger sibling needs to be added. Conveyance forms are available from the school office.

If you are not eligible (ie. You live closer to the school than 4.8km), there is a charge of $1 per trip, per child (tickets can be purchased at the school office). This charge applies if your child catches the bus on a regular basis or only occasionally. If your child is a regular bus user there are several payment options available. Please ask at the school office.

FEE STATEMENTS

Fee statements will be sent home to all families this week.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB

All Scholastic Book Club orders must be placed by this Friday 18th Feb. Orders can be placed online via the parent Loop or by completing the order form at the back of the catalogue and returning this to school with the correct money.

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