School Related Information

School Saving Bonus

Dear Parents and Carers, 

In Term 4, 2024, families with a child enrolled in a government school from Prep to Year 12 in 2025 received the one-off $400 School Saving Bonus. Families who enrolled in January and February 2025 will receive their School Saving Bonus in the coming weeks.

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

To access the SSB portal log into https://www.schoolsavingbonus.vic.gov.au/s/ using your unique voucher code and Adult A email address, and nominate how you would like to use your SSB.

The bonus can be used towards 2025 school costs, which may include: 

• camps, trips, excursions and incursions 

• swimming and sporting programs 

• outdoor education programs 

• graduations

• school uniforms

• textbooks. 

The bonus can be used at your school’s approved textbook or uniform suppliers either in-store or online, or through State Schools’ Relief. Any amount that you choose to allocate to textbooks and uniforms will be valid until 30 June 2025. It will then transfer to your child’s school account for future activities. 

Families can now elect to donate the SSB back to the school. This can be done by emailing oatlandsps.ps@education.vic.gov.au notifying the school in writing the amount you wish to donate. In the SSB portal families select School Activities in the SSB online system for the value they wish to donate.

Please contact the school office should you require assistance with accessing the SSB portal.