East Doncaster Secondary College Newsletter

From the Office

IMPORTANT 

ACTION REQUIRED

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 and update your information via Compass. Please see instructions below.
How To Update your Contact Details.pdf

 

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 and access to an online system.

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. 

SSB_information_government_school_parents_carers.pdf

 

We ask parents/carers to check their emails for an EDSC Enrolment Information Form which will show your current details to ensure that these are up to date.

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.

 

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