Things to know
The community members of Launching Place Primary School acknowledge the traditional owners, the Kulin nations, of the land on which we learn and play.
We pay respects to the Aboriginal Elders, past and present, who are our teachers.
We thank them for taking care of children and country for countless generations.
Breakfast Club runs every Wednesday and Thursday from 8.10 - 8.40 (limited menu after 8.30). All welcome!
School Saving Bonus
Government school information
Accessing the School Saving Bonus
Parents and carers of students enrolled at a government school for 2025 will access their School Saving Bonus via an email sent from the Department of Education in November 2024.
The Department of Education and the Victorian Government will never ask you to provide your banking or financial details for the School Saving Bonus.
A School Saving Bonus email will be sent per child, so parents and carers with multiple children will get an email for each child in their family. The emails may arrive at different times.
The email contains a unique code for the $400 bonus and access to the School Saving Bonus online system.
To learn more about the School Saving Bonus online system, download the step-by-step user guide (DOCX, 945KB) or watch this video.
Please check junk or spam folders for this email. If the email is not in your inbox by 29 November 2024, please email school.saving.bonus@education.vic.gov.au
Allocating the School Saving Bonus
Families can choose how they allocate and spend the School Saving Bonus funds using the online system. The School Saving Bonus can be used towards 2025 school costs, which may include:
- camps, trips, excursions and incursions
- swimming and sporting programs
- outdoor education programs
- graduations
- school uniforms
- textbooks.
Families can use the online system to choose how they’ll spend their School Saving Bonus.
The Bonus can also be used at your school’s designated textbook or uniform suppliers in-store or online, or through State Schools’ Relief until 30 June 2025.
If your school does not have a uniform, or if you would like to use your bonus for unbranded school uniform items, you can use the bonus through the State Schools' Relief.
If any amount is unspent as at 1 July 2025, it will automatically become a school activities credit for you to use through your school. This will help cover the cost of things like excursions and camps.
Families who do not want to use the School Saving Bonus can elect to provide this money to their school for use by other students needing support. Please contact your school directly.
Student eligibility
The School Saving Bonus is available to parents and carers of every Victorian government school student from Prep to Year 12 in 2025, except for full-fee international students, home-schooled students, and TAFE students.
There is no application required for eligible government school parents to receive the School Saving Bonus.
Please be advised that the School Saving Bonus cannot be applied to LPPS bookpacks or stationery items; it is only applicable to textbooks. SSB can be used for activities.
Parent Payment Arrangement and Book Pack Information for 2025
Launching Place Primary School is very proud of all our students and our excellent curriculum programs that we have in place 2025, we look forward to a great year of teaching and learning in 2025.
Parent payment Arrangement and Book Pack Information for 2025 has been released on compass. Please contact the office If you have not received the information.
2025 Booklists have already opened, last day for ordering is Friday 13th December 2024.
Please see attached document.
Donations for Benwerren
Request for Donations This Christmas season let’s come together in the true spirit of Christmas and support members of our local community who are in need. We’re collecting non-perishable food items and small gifts for Benwerren, a local charity dedicated to helping families facing hardship. Your generous donations will make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who need it most. Please drop off your contributions at the school office. Together, we can spread joy and make this holiday season brighter for everyone! Items can be dropped at Launch PS office up until Thursday 12th December. Thank you.