From the Office

Financial Assistance - CSEF 

CSEF is provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the cost of school trips, camps and sporting events. If you are new to Lysterfield Primary School, or your circumstances have changed, or you hold a valid means-tested concession card, you may be eligible for CSEF. Application forms can be collected from the office. Please return forms to the office as soon as possible. If you have any queries, please contact the school office on 9752-7953.

Attendance Requirements

If your child is sick or absent, you are required to notify the school as soon as possible on the day of absence, by adding an attendance note to Compass. The easiest way is from the home page on your phone at the bottom of the screen + Attendance Note and follow the prompts. If you require assistance, please contact the school office. Notifying the school of your child’s absence either prior to, or on the day that they will be away, helps ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and will fulfil your legal responsibility. From the end of Term 2, 2018 all Victorian government schools are required to contact parents/carers as soon as practicable on the same day of an unexplained student absence. If your child is absent on a particular day and you have not contacted the school to explain why, the absence will be marked as unexplained. 

This system also promotes daily school attendance. Going to school everyday is the single most important part of your child’s education, they learn new things everyday – missing school puts them behind. The Lysterfield Primary School Attendance Policy which outlines the school’s processes and procedures for monitoring, recording and following up of student absences is available on our school website: https://www.lysterps.vic.edu.au/school-policies

Early Pick Up 

If your child is collected early at any point during the year and need someone other than yourself to do this, we do require written consent from you either in an email to the school or a note to the office giving authority for the person specified to collect your child. Details of emergency contacts you have previously provided are only contacts if we cannot contact you in the event your child is unwell. 

Second Hand Uniform 

If you have uniforms to donate, please drop these off to the office by Monday 19th February. Our uniform sale will be held on Friday 23rd February. More details to come in the next few weeks.  

Lost Property

A reminder to clearly name all clothing items, lunch boxes & drink bottles. If they are lost, they can be easily identified and returned to the correct owner. Lost property is located outside the sickbay.