From the Office

Personal Property Policy

Purpose

To explain Lysterfield Primary School’s policy in relation to personal property and to ensure that special or valuable items of personal property are not brought to school.

Scope

This policy applies to all school activities, including camps and excursions. 

Policy

Lysterfield Primary School understands that staff and/or students may sometimes like to bring items of personal property to school. 

The Department of Education and Training does not have insurance for personal property of staff, students and visitors. Lysterfield Primary School does not take responsibility for items of personal property that are lost, stolen or damaged at school or during school activities. Damage to personal property brought to school is the responsibility of the owner of that property. 

Lysterfield Primary School encourages staff and students not to bring items of value to school, or to obtain appropriate insurance for such items. 

If students bring items of value to school, they will be confiscated and stored securely the School Office until the end of the day, when the items may be collected by the student and/or parent. 

COMMUNICATION

This policy will be communicated to our school community in the following ways: 

• Annual reminders in our school newsletter  

• Available publicly on our school’s website

RELATED POLICIES and resources

• the Department’s Policy and Advisory Library (PAL): 

  • Claims for Property Damage and Medical Expenses

POLICY REVIEW AND APPROVAL 

Financial Assistance - CSEF 

CSEF is provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the cost of school trips, camps and sporting events. If you are new to Lysterfield Primary School, or your circumstances have changed, or you hold a valid means-tested concession card, you may be eligible for CSEF. Application forms can be collected from the office. Please return forms to the office as soon as possible. If you have any queries, please contact the school office on 9752-7953.

Volunteering & Induction at Lysterfield Primary                                                       School

The Department of Education and Training (DET) has implemented an OHS Management System (OHSMS) that requires all volunteers at Lysterfield Primary School to undertake an induction prior to volunteering. 

Volunteering includes but not limited to the following:

• Classroom Helpers
• Sport days 
• Excursions/Incursions
• Parents Association
• School Council
• Breakfast Club

To volunteer at Lysterfield Primary School, you need to update your induction at the beginning of each year.

We will be conducting group Induction sessions on the following days:

Tuesday 4th February at 9.15am in the library

Friday 7th February at 9.15am in the library

More dates to be confirmed

Please note: Induction will run for approximately 10 minutes. Bookings are not required.

Prior to attendance, please ensure you read the attached Volunteer OHS Induction handbook & Child Safety Induction Pack. 

On the day of the session:

• Please allow 10-15 minutes prior to the induction to complete sign in and copying of your Working with Children’s card.
• Bring your valid Working with Children’s check card to the session.
• Enter via the school office for signing in.
• Present your Working with Children’s card to admin team who will copy your card and note the names of your children at LPS and their grades.

For further information about our visitors and volunteers policies please refer to the following link: https://www.lysterps.vic.edu.au/school-policies

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our school administration team.

Attendance Requirements

If your child is sick or absent, you are required to notify the school as soon as possible on the day of absence, by adding an attendance note to Compass. The easiest way is from the home page on your phone at the bottom of the screen + Attendance Note and follow the prompts. If you require assistance, please contact the school office. Notifying the school of your child’s absence either prior to, or on the day that they will be away, helps ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and will fulfil your legal responsibility. From the end of Term 2, 2018 all Victorian government schools are required to contact parents/carers as soon as practicable on the same day of an unexplained student absence. If your child is absent on a particular day and you have not contacted the school to explain why, the absence will be marked as unexplained. 

This system also promotes daily school attendance. Going to school everyday is the single most important part of your child’s education, they learn new things everyday – missing school puts them behind. The Lysterfield Primary School Attendance Policy which outlines the school’s processes and procedures for monitoring, recording and following up of student absences is available on our school website: https://www.lysterps.vic.edu.au/school-policies

Early Pick Up 

If your child is collected early at any point during the year and need someone other than yourself to do this, we do require written consent from you either in an email to the school or a note to the office giving authority for the person specified to collect your child. Details of emergency contacts you have previously provided are only contacts if we cannot contact you in the event your child is unwell. 

Lost Property

A reminder to clearly name all clothing items, lunch boxes & drink bottles. If they are lost, they can be easily identified and returned to the correct owner. Lost property is located outside the sickbay.