Surfside Primary School Newsletter

Administration News 

School Saving Bonus 2024/2025 - Update for Families

Dear parents and carers, 

 

In Term 4, 2024, families with a child enrolled in a government school from Prep to Year 12 in 2025 will receive the one-off $400 School Saving Bonus.

 

The $400 School Saving Bonus provides families with support for education-related costs, such as school activities and/or school uniforms and textbooks.

 

The School Saving Bonus is not available for full-fee international students, home-schooled students, TAFE students and students attending kindergarten in 2025.   

 

Actions for parents and carers

Department of Education is asking parents and carers to:

  • Complete enrolment: If your child, or children are changing government school for Term 1 2025, or starting Prep or Year 7 in 2025. 
  • Check your contact information: Ensure your email address and phone number is up to date with us.  
  • Monday 2nd September parents of the Primary Household will receive a Data Collection Form to update details.
  • By 13th September: Parents complete and return the attached Data Collection Form to our school office. 
  • If your student(s) (current Prep – Year 5) will not be studying at Surfside Primary School in 2025 please complete the section at the end of the Data Collection Form.
  • Further changes to contact details MUST be received by Surfside Primary by 18th October.
  • November, the rollout of the $400 School Saving Bonus commences.  

We need to ensure your contact information is up to date as the Department of Education will email you twice.  Please check your junk mail regularly to make sure you do not miss an important email.

To learn more about the School Saving Bonus, download the School Saving Bonus Information sheet for government school parents and carers or visit vic.gov.au/school-saving-bonus. 

 

Any questions please contact me

 

Ebony Anderson

Business Manager

 

Swimming Program 2024

Our Swimming and Water Safety Program will be held in Term 4 over 2 weeks beginning Tuesday 8th October, for students in grades: F2, F5, J3, J4, J7,J8, M18, M19, M20, S12, S13, and S14.

Surfside Primary is able to reduce the cost for families with a subsidy from the Department of Education's Positive Start Initiative'.

All families who have paid at the start of the year only need to give consent 

through their Parent Compass. Families who have yret to pay can do this via compass and give consent.

Call our office if you have any questions

 

School Student Broadband Initiative: eligibility letter

Letters home via students & by email today.

The School Student Broadband Initiative offers eligible households with school-aged students free internet at home until 31 December 2025.  

Led by the National Broadband Network (NBN), the Australian Government initiative seeks to boost educational opportunities and narrow the digital divide. 

To support eligible students to take part, DET gave NBN the home addresses of Victorian school students, for NBN to use to identify students who may be able to take part in the initiative, based on the eligibility criteria. DET provided addresses only. There are no financial checks as part of our pre-check process for the initiative. 

Schools also do not make decisions about a household’s financial need for this initiative. Any student household that meets the eligibility criteria is welcome to apply.

 

After receiving the letter from the school, families and carers can choose to contact the NBN’s National Referral Centre for an eligibility assessment. 

If eligible, they will receive a voucher to use by 31 December 2024 to access free internet at home until 31 December 2025. 

 

For more information, refer to "School Student Broadband Initiative: information for parents and carers": https://www.vic.gov.au/school-student-broadband-initiative-information-parents-carers 

 

 

School Hours

Classes Start: 8:45am

 Classes Finish: 3:15pm

     Recess 10:50 -11:20am (Eating Time 10.45-10.50)

    Lunch 1:30 - 2:15pm (Eating Time 1.20-1.30)

 

Please ensure your child/children are at school prior to 8:45am. Students should not be arriving before 8.30am.

 

All students who arrive late must sign in at the office and take a late pass to the teacher.

Students leaving early must be signed out by a parent at the office.

 

Camp Australia is also available for before and after school if required. 

Please refer to the Camp Australia website for more information.

 

If your child is leaving school early could you please email the class teacher, giving a time that you would like your child to be at the office ready for pick up. Unfortunately we are unable to call students over the intercom, unless it is recess, lunchtime or from 3.10pm.

DCS Uniform Supplies

 

DCS clothing and all our school uniform requirements can  be ordered online via the following website:

 

https://www.dcsuniforms.com.au/collections/surfside-primary-school

 

Al orders are delivered to our office free of charge and will be given to the students at the end of the day or parents can collect them.

Please place your child's name on your order, this makes the process of getting their order to them, so much easier.

Thank you

 

For any exchanges parents can call 93982222 or email sales@dcsuniforms.com.au or alternatively parents can call Fred on 0425796053.