From the Office

PARENT PAYMENT & BOOK REQUISITE INFORMATION 2025

We really appreciate any contribution you are able to make towards the cost of requisites and services as detailed below.

Thank you to those families who have already made contributions. We really appreciate this.

If you’re not sure if you have paid or not, please check your QKR app under ‘Activity’, on the screen where you choose the school. Towards the end of Term 1, school account statements will be issued which will show all payments received to date for 2025 and any credit amounts (money we owe you).

Official receipts for donations to the Building and Library Fund (which are tax deductible) will be issued later in Term 2 or early Term 3.

Payment methods - Via QKR (free app) – for payment of Booklist, Carlsruhe Bus, School Improvement Fund and Building & Library Fund Contributions.

QKR is also used for Canteen & Uniform Shop orders.

CURRICULUM CONTRIBUTIONS - items and activities that students use, or participate in, to access the Curriculum

	F	1	2	3	4	5	6
Booklist Requisites	75	60	50	55	60	45	45

Booklist Requisites - ALL requisites for students in ALL year levels, will be bought in bulk for 2025.There will be no requirement to lodge an individual booklist.

All items will be purchased in bulk at the best possible price and be made available for students at the beginning of the school year and we invite parents to make a contribution towards the cost of the requisites as per the above.

OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS - for non-curriculum items and activities

Carlsruhe Bus – (Yr 4 only)

110

School Improvement Fund

$160 for one child

$280 for two children

$370 for three children

Tax deductible contributions If you would like to claim a tax deduction, please direct your contribution to the Building and/or Library Fund, NOT the School Improvement Fund. A separate receipt for tax purposes can only be issued for donations to either the Building or Library Fund.

SCHOOL SAVING BONUS – IMPORTANT INFORMATION!

Thank you to our school families for your patience and cooperation as we navigate the administration and implementation of the School Saving Bonus.

In a nutshell, the school has already received all the funds, for all Woodend PS families….however we are not able to utilise this money on your behalf (for uniforms, camps or excursions) until each family logs into the SSB portal and reallocates the funds to ‘School Activities’ for each of their children.

If you have not received your School Saving Bonus code via email by now, please contact the the school as we may be able to assist with missing codes.

If you allocate all the $400 from the portal to ‘School Activities’, you will not have to log back into the portal again. This is what we recommend.

If you allocate smaller amounts, you will eventually achieve the same nett result as above, but you will have to keep logging into the portal each time, as well as increasing the processing load here at school.

Please be reassured, funds reallocated to ‘School Activities’ will not expire and will remain as a credit on your school account until fully used, either this year or the next or the years going forward.

We urge you to phone or come into the school office if you are still confused or are having any difficulty and we can assist.

CAMPS SPORTS & EXCURSION FUND APPLICATIONS

A reminder for families who hold a valid means-tested concession card or are a temporary foster parent, or a Veterans Affairs Gold Card holder, you may be eligible for CSEF.

CSEF is provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.

New applicants should contact the school office to obtain a CSEF application form, download from the school website or click CSEF Application Form 2025

The allowance is paid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions or sporting activities for the benefit of your child.

CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE

Don’t forget to apply for younger siblings who have just started school.

Some students attending this school will be eligible for a Conveyance Allowance.

Eligibility Criteria:The allowance will be paid in two instalments and to be eligible a student must:

Be aged between 5 yrs and 18 yrs;
Live more than 4.8 km by the shortest practicable route from the NEAREST school attended AND live more than 4.8 km from the nearest DEECD funded bus service stop;
Be enrolled at the nearest or next nearest government school.

NB - The distances from home to school are automatically calculated as part of the application process and the DEECD Student Conveyance Allowance System distances will override parent advised figures.

Amount and Payment Method:The annual amount payable is determined by the mode of transport, the distance travelled from home to school and the number of other students travelling in the same car.

Application Forms: A separate form is to be completed for each student and these are available from the school office or this link Conveyance Allowance Application. Only one application is required for each student’s enrolment at school.

Business Manager

Sue Turner