Office News
PFA Twilight Evening – Wednesday 26th February 5:00 - 6:30pm
We warmly invite all families to our Family Twilight Night on Wednesday 26th February. All families can bring a picnic dinner and enjoy the company of our community on the front oval. The team from ‘Proactivity’ will be running sports activities for the children between 5:30pm and 6:30pm.
Activities will include a Ninja Warrior Course, Inflatable Soccer Arena and the Zorb Chamber. The children will love it!
We look forward to seeing you on the night and enjoying each other’s company!
CSEF
If you hold a valid means-tested concession card or you are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible for financial assistance from the CSEF (Camps, Sports & Excursions Fund). A special consideration category also exists for asylum seeker and refugee families. The allowance is paid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps,
excursions or sporting activities for the benefit of your child.
LAST DAY TO APPLY IS WEDNESDAY 27TH JUNE 2025
CSEF is provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.
The annual CSEF amount per student is: $154.
Please contact the school office for an application form, then complete the form and return it to the office, together with a copy of your card, as soon as possible so that we can begin accessing the funds on your behalf.
Families who had CSEF last year and who qualify again this year, have had their applications automatically rolled over. If you are unsure if this applies to you, please call the office on 9846 2700 or email me:
Sanober.NajamulArefeen@education.vic.gov.au
Parent and Carer School Saving Bonus code distribution
The Victorian Government is delivering the School Saving Bonus – a one-off $400 support for government school students from Prep to Year 12 in 2025.
From Tuesday 26 November 2024, you will receive an email from the Department of Education with your unique $400 School Saving Bonus code.
The School Saving Bonus will help families cover the cost of uniforms, textbooks, excursions, activities and more.
If you have multiple children enrolled in Victorian government schools for 2025, you will receive one School Saving Bonus code email per child. These emails might arrive on different days. Please make sure to check your spam/junk email folder.
Parents and carers can use the School Saving Bonus code in store at school-nominated suppliers. Parents and carers can also choose to access the School Saving Bonus online system, where they can allocate part or all the $400 bonus to use at school nominated-online suppliers or for school activities.
To learn more about the School Saving Bonus, visit School Saving Bonus | vic.gov.au (www.vic.gov.au). A step-by-step user guide will be available on the webpage on 26 November.
If you have not received your School Saving Bonus code via email by Friday 29 November, please contact the Department of Education by emailing school.saving.bonus@education.vic.gov.au
Scholastics Book Club
We would like to inform you we will no longer be sending home hard copies of the Scholastic Book Club.
If your child would like to order a book from the Scholastic Book Club please use the QR code below.
Alternatively, if you would like to access the Scholastic Book Club online. Please use the following link.
https://www.scholastic.com.au/book-club/book-club-parents/book-club/
You will need to follow the prompts on the website to order the books which will be sent to the school for distribution.