From the Office 

Parent Contributions

As Glen Eira College prepares for another inspiring year of teaching and learning in 2026, we want to take a moment to thank you for the ongoing support and partnership from our families. Your generosity plays a crucial role in helping us create a high-quality academic, social and physical environment where all students can thrive. We would like to advise you of Glen Eira College’s voluntary financial contributions for 2026.Schools provide students with free instruction to fulfil the standard Victorian curriculum, and we want to assure you that all contributions are voluntary. 

We do however rely on these contributions to enable us to enrich programs, upgrade facilities and ensure our school continues to deliver an enhanced environment in which to learn, grow and achieve.

Your contributions directly enable us to:

• Provide high quality learning programs and subject-specific materials.
• Support students in achieving outstanding academic results, reflecting our recent VCE successes.
• Offer diverse programs such as instrumental music, productions, concerts, art shows, house sports competitions, as well as over 30 lunchtime clubs and activities•    Expand our library and digital learning resources, giving students meaningful choices to deepen their learning.
• Continue vital upgrades to our facilities. Previous upgrades include our sports oval, shade sails, outdoor seating and modern learning spaces.
• Create vibrant, rejuvenated classrooms and improve IT infrastructure for future-ready education.
• Solar Panels project moving us to be a net zero school via our Building Fund.

For further information on the Department’s Parent Payments Policy please see a one-page overview attached. Thank you for being part of this community, for your consideration and for the many ways you help us shape a supportive, modern and inclusive educational experience for our students.

Re-enrolment Key Items to Action 

Return the Student Enrolment Information Form by Thursday 18th December 2025 (this was emailed to you) if any changes need to be made.

Approval completed on Compass for the Whole school Sports for 2026. It is essential that we have the permission for the 2026 Whole School Sports as soon as possible as our GEC Swimming Carnival will be taking place on Friday 30th January (first week of term 1).

Approval completed for the 2026 Local Excursions by completing the Agreement on Compass located in the Payments Centre (the Agreement can be processed without making a payment).

From your Compass dashboard click on Payment Centre

Select 2026 Parent Contributions

Scroll through to Agreements, select the tick box and save.

Booklist Information

• Books can be ordered online at www.campion.com.au or by clicking on this link: https://order.campion.com.au/?school-code=D05200F9   (the link is also on our website). 
• Resource code: J2GY
• There are no delivery or processing charges for those who order before Friday 12th December 2025.
• Campion recommend ordering books early to avoid any shipping delays.
• Please ensure that you select Education Perfect, MathSpace or Edrolo where it is indicated as these online resources are used in the classroom.

Update Your Details

Have you recently changed, or are about to change address, home, mobile or work phone number or email address? Please remember to ring the College on 9571 7838 or update your details on Compass to keep us informed.

Compass Portal

Need your login details for the Compass portal? Contact the College on 9571 7838 or email glen.eira.co@education.vic.gov.au

Download the Compass School Manager app, available for iOS and Android. More information can be found here.

Student Absences

Student absences should be reported to the school on or before the day of the absence. Both past and future absences can be added on Compass. Parents are reminded that the College also has a designated telephone line for notification of student absence – 9571 4178.

There is also an absence proforma in the student planner that parents can complete for the student to return to the General Office on their return to school.

Early Leavers

If your child needs to leave school early parents / carers are required to provide a signed note for them to show their year level coordinator and bring down to the General Office when they sign out. Students are not permitted to leave the school early without signing out at the General Office.

Newsletter Advertisements

This newsletter is emailed home to all families three times per term. If you have any items of interest to the college community or would like to advertise your business, please contact Penny Marks on 9571 7838.

Please contact the General Office on 9571 7838 if you have any questions.

Gabrielle Darvell

Business Manager