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Easter Raffle

Thank you to those families who have generously donated items towards our Easter raffle. We still welcome further donations if possible. We now have spare raffle books available for those who wish to sell extra. These are available at the office.The raffle will be drawn the last week of term 1. Tickets are $1 each or $10 per book.

CentrePay

Those who receive payments from Centrelink can choose to set up CentrePay to arange regular fortnightly payments towards the school, which can go towards your vountary Curriculum Contributions/excursions. Families can nominate to have Centrepay paid fortnightly and the amount will be at the discreation of each family. You can collect a form from the office.

Thank you to those families who have payed for their annual Curriculum Contributions. These are still available to pay either via Compass, EFTPOS through the office or you can set up CentrePay. Other contributions for non-curriculum items for our school grounds maintenance and student welfare are also available and are warmly welcomed.

If you are using the Compass app and are having trouble accessing the required forms and information, please select "more" at the bottom of your screen and then "open in browser". You will then have full access and will be easier to navigate.

Conveyance Allowance

Eligible students living in the school zone and residing more that 4.8km from the school maybe eligible for conveyance allowance.

Forms are available at the office for families to apply.

Attendance

If your child is going to be away sick, has an appointment or family holiday. Please make sure you add an attendance note via Compass. Otherwise you will receive a text message saying that your child has not arrived at school. You will also receive a call questioning why your child has an unexplained attendance.

Please try and enter attendance note prior to 9:00am.

Rollins Primary School recognises that being at school on time and attending every day contributes towards a student's learning and that maximising school attendance enhances academic outcomes.

We take attendance very seriously at Rollins PS and have a goal to have as close to 100% of student attendance as possible.

For more information regarding attendance please follow the link to the Education Department's Attendance Policy

Toys at school

We are noticing a lot of children bringing soft toys to school to play with at recess and lunch. Can we please remind you all that we cannot take responsibility for items that have been brought from home like plush toys, balls and other small objects. Children are coming up to the office asking for their lost items and becoming upset. Please be aware of what your child is bringing to school and if they choose to bring something from home, it must be clearly labelled and the responsibility falls onto your child.

Rollins House colours

CSEF

If you hold a Health Care Card number (CRN) or have a Centrelink pensioner concession card, even if it was valid a few years back, you may have CSEF funds available to use against your childs Camps, Sporting activities, Excursions etc. If you are unsure if you have any or want to find out how much you have left, please contact the office and we can hep you out.

Sunscreen

Please note that we DO NOT provide sunscreen in the classrooms due to allergies. As the weather is finally warming up, please ensure that your child has sunscreen on before they come to school. Children are welcome to bring their own sunscreen to school to put on themselves throughout the day. Please make sure it is clearly labelled with their name. Sunscreen must not be shared between children.

Update personal details

Please advise the office if you have moved addresses, have a new phone number or new emergency contacts. It is very important to have all your details up to date in case of an emergency with your child.

Smoking

Unfortunately, we have noticed quite a few parents/carers who are smoking within school grounds and at the exit gates. Smoking in these places is a fineable offence.

A person must not smoke cigarettes including e-cigarettes (regardless of whether they contain nicotine) within school premises and within 4 metres of any pedestrian access to school premises.

Court orders

Please inform and provide the office of any current or updated Court orders that may be in place. It is important that we have current, in date orders updated in our system.

Privacy notice

Our school collects, uses, discloses and stores student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ Privacy Policy.

Please take time to remind yourself of our school’s collection notice, found on our website http://rollinsps.vic.edu.au/ in the Policies section.

For more information about privacy, refer to: Schools’ Privacy Policy — information for parents. This information is also available in ten community languages:

* Amharic

* Arabic

* Dari

* Gujarati

* Mandarin

* Somali

* Sudanese

* Turkish

* Urdu

* Vietnamese.

Rollins Uniform Supplier -

DCS Uniforms

Need some new uniform for the new school year? If so, please check out the uniform website below - order online and delivery to the school is free www.dcsuniforms.com.au . Deliveries arrive each Thursday.

COMPASS- Support for parents and carers

For access, please click the following link: Compass Login

COMPASS FAQs link

For some general information, please scroll through the information pics below.

Classroom News/Celebrations

Work samples and highlights from our super talented students this past fortnight

Batesford visit

Batesford