Our wonderful students never cease to inspire me. We recently celebrated R U OK Day. A group of amazing students created a package for every single staff member with notes of gratitude, sweet treats and tea bags, words of wisdom and kindness. Our staff were thrilled and really moved by this kindness. Thank you to all involved.

School Saving Bonus

In Term 4, 2024, families with a child enrolled in a government school from Prep to Year 12 in 2025 will receive the one-off $400 School Saving Bonus.

The $400 School Saving Bonus provides families with support for education-related costs, such as school activities and/or school uniforms and textbooks.

The School Saving Bonus is not available for full-fee international students, home schooled students, TAFE students and students attending kindergarten in 2025.

Actions for parents and carers

Before 18 October 2024, the Department of Education is asking parents and carers to:

Complete enrolment: If your child, or children are changing government school for Term 1 2025, or starting Prep or Year 7 in 2025. For more information, read about Enrolling in School.
Check your contact information: Ensure your email address and phone number is up to date with us. You can check this information by contacting us directly.

We need to ensure your contact information is up to date as the Department of Education will email you twice:

in October, to verify your email address
in November, with your $400 School Saving Bonus.

Please check your junk mail regularly to make sure you do not miss an important email.

To learn more about the School Saving Bonus, download the School Saving Bonus Information sheet for government school parents and carers or visit vic.gov.au/school-saving-bonus.

Capital Works

I am thrilled to announce that we officially have a builder appointed to our project!

After a thorough evaluation process, Devco Project and Construction Management will deliver the construction of our school upgrade and bring the project to life. Construction is set to begin in November.

We’ll share details about the impact construction will have on our school community before it starts. Rest assured that our top priority will be to minimise disruption to student learning.

It has now been confirmed that the project scope will include a new three-storey building for Years 9 and 10, with a landscaped rooftop. This new building will be located on our current netball courts on the corner of Miriam Street and Booran Road. We are also upgrading the BER Language Centre. These upgrades will create modern learning environments and 250 extra places for local students.

You can also view designs for our new building on the Victorian School Building Authority website.

Clearly there's much to look forward to. While we navigate the upcoming period of transition at Glen Eira College, I trust that you can also recognise the remarkable benefits this project holds for our school community in the long run.

Thank you for being part of this journey. I look forward to sharing more updates with you.

More information: If you have any questions about the Glen Eira College works, you can contact the VSBA by phone at 1800 896 950, email vsba@education.vic.gov.au or visit their website:

https://www.schoolbuildings.vic.gov.au

Sheereen Kindler

Principal

Bike Parking

As we prepare for the new building works to begin, we are relocating the bike parking to two areas. Firstly, a number of bikes will be accommodated in a newly fenced area outside the Arts/Technology area, alongside the quadrangle. The other area created will be behind the Learning Centre. We hope that providing these new bike parking areas will allow students to continue to ride their bikes to school during the construction of the new middle school building.

Nick Hamer-Smith

Acting Principal

Science News

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