Karoo Newsletter

Office news 

Compass Events

 

Events requiring parent consent/payment:

  • 2025 Year 5 Camp deposit - due 28/1/2025 
  • 2025 Year 3 and 4 Swimming - due by Jan 31st 

School Savings Bonus

As we are getting many queries from parents about the School Savings Bonus, we are again sharing some general information and a Parent Guide on how to use the online system, along with a short video to help parents navigate this one-off process.  

PLEASE NOTE:  School activities does not include contributions or stationery.  

 

SSB Information for government school parents and carers.pdf
SSB How to use the online system.pdf

 

Summer fun, asthma care

Summer holidays are a great time to relax and have fun. We know you want your child to have a happy, healthy start to their next school year! Looking after your child's asthma over the holidays can mean less time off school when kids return in the new year, and less time off work for you. 

 

Here are some tips: 

 

  • Keep using your child’s preventer medicine as directed over the summer holidays. Check your child’s medicines and puffers to make sure they’re still in date. 
  • If you’re leaving the house or going away, make sure you pack your child’s asthma medicine(s) and their spacer. 
  • Before the new school year starts, make a booking with the doctor to check your child's Asthma Action Plan. You'll need this for Term 1, 2025. Book in early as doctors can have limited appointments over the Christmas period. 
  • Use helpful resources: Asthma Australia has a checklist that can help you prepare for school 

2024 Medications held at school

All medications held here at the school will be sent home with families at the end of next week.  Some medications will need to be collected by parents from the school office, and these families will be emailed individually to make arrangements.  Asthma and allergy medication will be sent home with students.

Leaving Karoo?   Download School Reports now!

Don't forget that once your child has exited the school, you will no longer be able to log in to your Karoo Parent Portal.   Please ensure your child's school reports from each year have been printed or downloaded to another device, as you will not be able to access them once your Parent Portal is closed.