From the Office 

We hope you all have a wonderful break for the Spring school holidays and stay safe!  The office will be closed during the holidays and will reopen on Monday 7th October.

SUPPORT YOUR CHILD’S EDUCATION WITH FREE INTERNET 

AT HOME UNTIL DECEMBER 2025 

The School Student Broadband Initiative (SSBI) is a Federal Government initiative offering free home internet to 30,000 unconnected households with school-aged students. Households have until Tuesday 31 December 2024 to apply.  Free services will continue until 31 December 2025.  

The initiative seeks to boost educational opportunities and narrow the digital divide. 

To be eligible, households must: 

• have a child living at home that is enrolled in an Australian school (up to year 12 including Prep) 
• not have an active NBN Co. network internet service at home (excludes mobile internet services) 
• live in a premises that can access the NBN Co. network via a standard connection 
• not have had an active NBN Co. connection during the previous 14 days. 

To be assessed, please contact the NBN National Referral Centre on 1800 954 610 or visit anglicarevic.org.au/student-internet to request a call back.  Please note: 

• NBN will check your nominated home address for an active NBN connection. 
• You do not need to provide financial information. 
• Translation and interpretation services are available. 

Some families might also be contacted via their school with information about how to apply.  The Victorian Department of Education has been working with the NBN to review Victorian school student home addresses. Only home addresses have been provided to NBN to check. 

No other personal information has been shared with NBN.   NBN handles this data in accordance with privacy law. 

Find out more :

• Department of Education SSBI webpage for parents and carers: School Student Broadband Initiative: information for parents and carers 
• For more information on the SSBI, visit the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts website

How to order Scholastic Book Club online

We would like to inform you we will no longer be sending home hard copies of the Scholastic Book Club.

If your child would like to order a book from the Scholastic Book Club please use the QR code below.

Alternatively, if you would like to access the Scholastic Book Club online.  Please use the following link.

https://www.scholastic.com.au/book-club/book-club-parents/book-club/  

You will need to follow the prompts on the website to order the books which will be sent to the school for distribution.