Parent & Carers Information

School Saving Bonus - Important Information

The Victorian Government is delivering the School Saving Bonus – a one-off $400 support for government school students from Prep to Year 12 in 2025. The School Saving Bonus will help families cover the cost of uniforms, textbooks, excursions, and activities.

This is a reminder to all families if you have not already done so, to please log into the School Saving Bonus parent portal and nominate how you wish to use the $400. Whether you wish to allocate funds to use at North of the Yarra for instore purchases only, allocate funds to use at Spartan (PE uniform supplier) or allocate funds to be transferred to Eltham High School for you to use to pay for excursions, events, activities, or music fees during the year. 

Please note the school saving bonus cannot be used to pay for the year level curriculum contributions or the elective subject charges. It can however be used to pay for music fees.

Also another reminder that the funds can be used for in store purchases only with North of the Yarra. There is no option to use the funds for online purchases with North of the Yarra.

To learn more about the School Saving Bonus, visit vic.gov.au/school-saving-bonus. For any support with the School Saving Bonus parent and carer online system there is a dedicated support team established, with three ways to contact:

Email - school.saving.bonus@education.vic.gov.au

Webform through the SSB parent portal 

Calling 1800 338 663 during business hours

End of Year Program

From December 11-18 an End of Year Program will run for students in Years 7-9. This program will run on site at school with students in their regular classes.  Across this week students will participate in a number of engagement and skills based activities connected to a number of curriculum areas.  There will be opportunities for physical movement/team sports on each day of the program and creative pursuits such as sketching and drawing, alongside a number of literacy and numeracy activities. 

The End of Year Program will culminate on the last student day of the year – 19 December – with a picnic and assemblies run by the sub school teams. 

Textbook Donations

We please ask families to ensure that any textbooks that you would like to donate are listed on the 2025 booklist for the relevant year levels below.

• Year 7
• Year 8
• Year 9
• Year 10
• Years 11 & 12https://www.northoftheyarra.com.au/eltham.html

All other second-hand textbooks can be listed online or donated to either:

• Facebook Eltham High Buy, Swap & Sell https://www.facebook.com/groups/elthamhighschoolbuyswapandsell/ 
• Sustainable School Shophttps://www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au 
• Savers Greensborough (Shop 7, 108-114 Main St, Greensborough)

The Library has set up a shelf for donations and collections for families wanting to access secondhand textbooks. 

2025 School Council Approved Contributions

2025 School Council Approved Contributions are available to pay via the Payments Centre on Compass. You can choose to pay Contributions in full or via a payment plan option of three or six instalments. If you opt for a payment plan after an instalment date, Compass will deduct payment from your credit card on the following day for past instalment dates with remaining payments in line with the advertised dates. Alternatively, 2025 Contributions and Electives are open for payment via the Payments Centre for the full school year so you do have the option of making part payments at any time during the year when it is convenient to you.  

Due to changes in the Parent Payment Policy and functionality within the billing module of Compass, we regret that we are unable to allocate credits on family accounts towards School Contributions. Credits available on your account can either be allocated to outstanding account charges or refunded to a nominated bank account. You can action use of your credits by downloading and completing the 2025 Family Credit Allocation Refund Request Form from the Compass Newsfeed. Completed forms can be returned via email to 7805-accounts@schools.vic.edu.au to allow us to process your request.  

If you have any queries regarding School Council Approved Contributions for 2025, please contact the General Office on 9430 5111 or via email, 7805-accounts@schools.vic.edu.au.

Payment Process and Closing Dates for Excursions and Activities via Compass, including payment via CSEF and credit balances

Camps, excursions, and other school based activities that have a financial charge associated with them fall under the Extra-Curricular Items and Activities category of fees and are offered to students on a ‘user pays’ basis. They are offered in addition to the standard curriculum.

Cut-off dates for payment and consent on Compass are set by the school to assist us in meeting our financial and duty of care requirements for each event. In support of meeting these obligations, we will not extend due dates for events or take late payments. 

Administration staff send an email to families when the event is published and a reminder email five days prior to the event closing date. Students are also reminded by their classroom teachers about events and when payment and consent must be received. If payment or consent is not received by the due date, your child will be excluded from the activity and will be supervised by teachers at school.

If you have received CSEF funding and would like to allocate it towards a Compass Event, or have credit on your family statement that you would like to use, please contact Jacinta D’Avoine (Revenue Administrator) 9430 5118 or email 7805-accounts@schools.vic.edu.au to arrange for the allocation to be processed.  

As Compass now has the functionality to 'Pay with CSEF or credit balance' for Events, if you have insufficient funds on your family account to cover the cost of that event we will allocate the amount that is available and then update the event to show the amount that is still required to be paid.  Payment of the balance will need to be completed before the event cut off date for your child to be eligible to attend.  If you select to use CSEF or credit to pay for an Event on Compass, please check the Event again before the closing date to make sure that any outstanding balance is paid.  

Please ensure that if payment is made via the office with CSEF, credit allocation, credit card or cash, that you log on to Compass prior to the closing date to provide Consent for your child to attend the event.

If you are having issues accessing Compass, please contact the relevant sub school for assistance. 

Thank you for your support with this matter.

CATHERINE ZERNA, Finance Manager

Medication Collection From First Aid

For anyone that has medications stored in the First Aid Room you will have received an email with a friendly reminder.

Please remember to drop into the First Aid Room to sign out and collect any medication during the last week of attendance.

It is a DET requirement that no medications are stored at the school of the summer break.

FIONA CASEY, First Aid Officer

Library News

Our Library supports and reinforces the educational goals of the school and students.

The enjoyment of reading and exposure to different types of literature is encouraged.  There is a wide range of reading material available that caters for different reading levels and interests e.g. quick reads, audio books, graphic novels, etc.

The Library Team assists students in the location of resources that are appropriate for the needs of the individual student.

Printing is available in colour and black and white in both A4 and A3 formats. 

RHONDA MALONE, Library Coordinator

2025 Term Dates

2024 Clubs and Activities