Notices/Reminders

2024 PARENT PAYMENTS

Lancefield Primary School is looking forward to another great year of teaching and learning and would like to advise you of Lancefield Primary School’s voluntary financial contributions for 2024.

Schools provide students with free instruction to fulfil the standard curriculum requirements and we want to assure you that all contributions are voluntary. Nevertheless, the ongoing support of our families ensures that our school can offer the best possible education and support for our students. 

We want to thank you for all your support, either financial or volunteering your time. This has made a huge difference to our school and the programs we can offer.

The environment and resources that we enjoy at Lancefield Primary School represent the contributions made by our parent and carers.  Parent/carer voluntary contributions make significant difference to the quality of our programs.  This financial support ensures that we can continue to provide the excellent range of facilities and resources for your children for example:

• Provide high quality programs and specific subject materials and equipment for English, Mathematics, STEM, Art, Topics, Auslan and PE;
• Maintain sufficient class sets of books for students to develop their reading skills including phonics program;
• Provide online learning subscriptions as well as Oliver library system;
• Arrange for student supplies and class bulk supplies;
• Develop our Wellbeing School Wide Positive Behaviour approaches including Kimochis;
• Maintain our high quality, bespoke SAKG Prep-6 program.

Parent payment arrangements (voluntary financial contributions schedule) for 2024 which includes an overview of what your contributions will help us to provide have been sent home to families in hard copy form via students, published on Compass and are available on the school website. 

In 2024, student/classroom supplies will be provided for each year level/class rather than individual student packs.  Providing resources in this way reduces wastage (supplies are ordered taking stock on hand into account).  We have worked very hard to keep costs down as compared to previous years to reduce financial burden on families.

The school office will be open on Monday 29th January 2024 between 9am – 11am for families to make financial contributions, collect student contact details information for updating, submit forms eg. Bus travel. 

For further information, please look on our website for the Department’s Parent Payments Policy.

LOST PROPERTY

We have a lot of unnamed uniform and non-uniform items of clothing in our lost property. We strongly advise parents/carers to clearly label uniform items so these can be returned to students if they end up in the lost property tub.

UNEXPLAINED ABSENCES

We are working hard to reduce the number of unexplained absences. Letters and forms have been sent home for relevant parents and carers to please update and return to the office. All school absences must be accounted for.

If your child is going to be absent from school, the easiest way to notify the school is by entering an absent note on Compass.  If you are unsure on how to do this, please contact the office.  Alternatively, you can send the school an email (lancefield.ps@education.vic.gov.au) or call the school on 5429-2307.

Parents/Carers will receive a text message at 10am if their child is away without an explanation.  Please ensure this is attended to ASAP!