From the Office

ABSENCES, LATE ARRIVALS AND EARLY DEPARTURES FROM SCHOOL

If your child is late or absent from school without explanation from parents, an SMS will be sent to Adult A at around 10.15am. Please respond to the SMS promptly. Please note the following:

If your child will be ABSENT FROM SCHOOL, we ask that you either:

(preferred method) Log onto Compass and record the absence
phone the school on 5427 2455 and leave a message on the absence voicemail; or
send a note to your child’s teacher stating full name, absence dates and reason for absence.

If your child will be LATE FOR SCHOOL, you must come to the office when you arrive, to sign your child in. Rolls are marked promptly at 9am. If the music has finished and your child is not yet in class, they have probably missed the roll. Compass is not reliable for parents to record late arrivals. Please don’t use this forum.

If you need to take your child EARLY FROM SCHOOL we ask that you:

send a note to the class teacher on the day of the early withdrawal; then,
come to the office to sign your child out and they will be called from class for you.

TISSUES AT SCHOOL

With the Winter months fast approaching, we are putting the call out for to provide a box of tissues per student.

For Foundation to Year 2 students – the cost of a box of tissues per student is included in the $85 fee and all classes have been supplied with tissues for the year. No donation needed for these year levels.
For Year 3 to 6 students – a box of tissues was included on the booklist and we thank those families who have brought their box to school.

For those who haven’t, could you please buy a box asap and hand it to your classroom teacher.

SCHOOL ACCOUNTS

Many families have already paid for their child’s books and/or charges via Officemax/WINC or QKR.

School accounts have been issued. Please note the following:

Your account may be in credit. This will show as a minus figure eg (-$0.00). You don’t owe this much but have these funds available for use at a later date.
All families have been issued with an account (even those with a NIL balance) which will show all charges, payments received and if applicable, amounts still owing. Please ring us if you don’t agree with what is listed.
If you would like to make payment on your account, please download and use the QKR app
If you are experiencing financial difficulties, we encourage you to speak with Diana Ellis or Sue Turner to discuss alternative arrangements;
If you are part of a ‘separated family’ and share the responsibility for your child’s school expenses, please call Sue Turner so this can be correctly set up on our database.
Please read the School Council flyer regarding the newly established School Improvement Funds. This will be included with your school account.

CAMPS SPORTS & EXCURSIONS FUND - CSEF

The CSEF is an annual payment to the school to be used towards camps, sports and/or excursion expenses for the benefit of the eligible student.

If you have an eligible Centrelink Health Care Card (HCC) or Pensioner Concession Card (PCC) or Veterans Affairs Gold Card you may be eligible.

Queries & application forms re CSEF eligibility and payments should be directed to the school.

CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE

Some students attending this school will be eligible for a Conveyance Allowance in 2020.

To be eligible a student must

live more than 4.8 km by the shortest practicable route from the NEAREST school attended AND live more than 4.8 km from the nearest DEECD funded bus service stop;
Be enrolled at the nearest or next nearest government school.

Please direct any enquiries re either of these allowances to Sue Turner at the school office.