From the Office
Please contact 9876 3289 if you have any questions.
CSEF, School Student broadband initiative extended, and more.
Kalinda Primary School
Can we Help your Family?
From knowing about different types of funding and support; what is going on in the school; access to food, uniform and stationery items; being able to offer different payment methods; there are many ways the school office team can assist, link you in with other staff and offer support to you and your family. Please contact Melissa, Jen or Annie for an informal, confidential chat on 9876 3289 or kalinda.ps@education.vic.gov.au.
School Saving Bonus reminder and allocation to school activities
The Victorian Government is delivering the School Saving Bonus (SSB) – a one-off support of $400 for eligible government school students from Prep to Year 12 in 2025.
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.
To use any remaining SSB funds to cover the cost of school activities in July, please refer to the 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 (DOCX, 945KB) 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:
- completing the School Saving Bonus enquiry form
- calling 1800 338 663, between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm on weekdays.
After this date, please contact our administration team for any SSB related questions.
Spartan Uniform
Please see the new price list for 2025 -26
Have you heard of the Camps, Sports and Excursion Fund?
Applications Close Friday 4th July 2025 (end of Term 2)
The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) helps eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.
If you have a valid means-tested concession card, or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible. A special consideration category also exists for asylum seeker and refugee families.
Means-tested concession cards must be valid on the first day of Term 1, 2025 (Tuesday 28 January 2025) or Term 2, 2025 (Tuesday 22 April 2025).
A student aged 16 years and over who is considered a mature minor and holds a valid concession card is also eligible to apply.
Eligible families will receive a payment of $154 per year for primary school students and $256 per year for secondary school students [remove primary/ secondary as necessary]. The funds will be paid directly to the school to be used towards camps, sports and excursion costs for the benefit of your child.
If you would like to apply, please contact the school office on 9876 3289 and ask for an application form. Please return completed application forms to the school office as soon as possible.
It is separate from the School Savings Bonus and available to eligible families. It can now be used against other siblings at the same school - this has changed from last year. It sits in your child's account as a credit, until you nominate to use it to pay for an event. You need a current Health care card to apply. It can be used towards Camps, Sports and Excursions. We also have printed application forms at the office.
Please apply before applications close. If you have any further questions or are unsure if you are eligible, please contact the office.
https://content.sdp.education.vic.gov.au/media/csef-application-form-2879
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School Student Broadband Initiative
Families and carers currently connected to the NBN network through the initiative will have their connection automatically extended with their participating internet provider until Friday 30 June 2028.
Eligible families and carers who already have a voucher to take part in the initiative should activate their free service with a participating internet provider as soon as possible.
This voucher will become invalid once the cap is reached.
For all other households
Families and carers who haven’t been assessed and may be eligible for the initiative should contact the NBN’s National Referral Centre for an assessment. If they are eligible, they will be sent a voucher to access free home internet until Friday 30 June 2028. However, this voucher must be activated before the 30,000 cap is reached.
Find out more
For more information, refer to:
Details to save in your phone
Kalinda Primary School's main number is 9876 3289. Kalinda Primary School's mobile is 0429 871 758 (this number is only monitored in the event of a phone outage or excursions/camps).
You can also save the email address to ensure emails do not enter your junk folder -
kalinda.ps@education.vic.gov.au
You can email teachers directly through Compass, under your child's profile.
Payment plans and different payment options
Do you ever find that Compass doesn’t cater for the payment option that would suit your family? If this is the case, please get in touch with us and let us know via a confidential email to kalinda.ps@education.vic.gov.au.
There are lots of different payment options available, but Compass limits us to offering one option to all families. If paying for an event over several weeks, or in smaller payments, suits your circumstances better, we are happy to make this available to you.
For further information please feel free to contact the office on 9876 3289, or by email to kalinda.ps@education.vic.gov.au asking to speak to Jen or Melissa in Finance. All finance and administration matters are strictly confidential, and we are happy to help in any way we can.
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
Authority for another person to pick up your child
Occasionally families will have the need for someone else to pick up their child. For the safety of your child, please complete the attached letter, and contact the office so we can let staff be aware. The form used is a template from the Department of Education and will remain in the school archives.
Primary school children are unable to leave the grounds before 3.30 pm by themselves.