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Latest SSB Information
Families can continue to use SSB funds to buy textbooks or uniforms, or to allocate funds to school activities using the parent/carer online system up to Monday 30 June 2025. The parent/carer online system will close at 11:59 pm Monday 30 June 2025 .
Any unused online supplier vouchers will expire, and all unspent SSB funds will revert to a school activities credit held against the family account for each student.
Parents won't be able to access these balances until early August 2025.
For further enquiries, contact the School Saving Bonus team:
- email: school.saving.bonus@education.vic.gov.au
- webform (until 8 August 2025)
- phone: 1800 338 663 (until 8 August 2025). SSB Portal
Free Cooking Classes
Monash Youth Services is offering three free cooking sessions for young people aged 12 to 25 years. Each 90-minute session focuses on creating simple, tasty, and affordable meals—perfect for building confidence in the kitchen. Whether you're just starting out or looking to sharpen your skills, these sessions are a great way to learn, have fun, and meet others.
The sessions are held at Monash Youth Services and bookings are essential via Try Bookings as places are limited.
Pizza session : https://www.trybooking.com/DCQWK
Stir Fry session : https://www.trybooking.com/DCQXC
Cup Cakes session: https://www.trybooking.com/DCUJG
For enquiries, please call 9518 3900 or email yrc.reception@monash.vic.gov.au
Hey Filmmakers!
Monash Youth Services presents the 2025 Monash Youth Film Festival.
If you are a young filmmaker between the age of 12-25, connected with the City of Monash and have or are creating a short film that you would love to see on the big screen then we want to hear from you!
Applications are open now, to apply please complete the online application form. Terms and conditions are also available in the above online form via the link below.
https://www.monashyouth.org.au/Events/2025-Monash-Youth-Film-Festival
Entries close Sunday 24 August. Finalists will be screened at Village Cinemas, Century City on Wednesday 24 September from 6.30pm. Tickets will become available closer to the event.
For enquiries, please call 9518 3900 or email yrc.reception@monash.vic.gov.au
South Oakleigh Netball Club
Like South Oakleigh College, Oakleigh South Netball Club also believe that sport is more than just a game — it’s a pathway to physical and mental wellbeing and for some of our students, a pathway to becoming netball coaches.
This year, Oakleigh South Netball Club need your vote to win the Woolworths Netball Grant and upgrade Oakleigh South Primary’s netball goal posts to adjustable goal posts, provide starter gear, and nurture coaching skills for aspiring to be netball coaches from South Oakleigh College.
Visit the Club’s website on why you should support us - it only takes less than 2 minutes and at no cost to you. Go to https://www.netballoakleighsouth.com.au/promotions
Or, simply tap ♥️ to vote at
https://woolworthsnetballgrants.com.au/grant-application/oakleigh-south-netball-club/
Sustainable Bookshop
www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au
Second-hand Textbook Stocktake URL: https://www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au/booklist/south-oakleigh-college
Second-hand Uniform Stocktake Report: https://www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au/stocktake/south-oakleigh-college
Homestays for International Students Needed
We are seeking homestay families living in our local school community for students traveling here from overseas in 2025. These home-stays would be long-term, with homestay providers receiving a weekly payment of $400.
Homestays are more than just a room to sleep, they offer the safety, security and welcoming environment of a real family.
Homestay families go through strict screening and monitoring processes by the Department of Education. New homestay providers would participate in an interview with school representatives, as well as home visits by a school representative.
Every member of a homestay household over the age of 18 years of age would also need to obtain a Working with Children’s Check card.
If you would be interested in becoming a homestay provider for our school, please send your expression of interest to sarah.crespo-liu@education.vic.gov.au
School Saving Bonus
The Victorian Government delivered the School Saving Bonus (SSB) – a one-off support of $400 for eligible government school students from Prep to Year 12 in 2025.
The SSB can be used for uniforms and textbooks until Monday 30 June 2025.
Any funds remaining after 30 June 2025, including online voucher amounts that have not been redeemed, will become a credit to use on school activities.
However, the credit will not be available on your family account at our school until late July. To use any remaining SSB funds to cover the cost of school activities in July, please refer to the SSB online system and allocate the funds to school activities before 30 June 2025.
To learn more about the SSB online system, download the step-by-step System guide for parents and carers attached or watch this School Saving Bonus video. System guide translations are also available in 14 languages.
The Department of Education’s SSB contact centre will remain available until 30 June 2025. The contact centre can be reached by:
· completing the School Saving Bonus enquiry form
· calling 1800 338 663, between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm on weekdays.
Calling all Former SOC Students!
Interested in joining our alumni Community? We would love to hear what our former SOC students are up to! Fill out the following online form: https://forms.office.com/r/JakrRiSTFm if you are interested in sharing!
Brick-by-Brick Fundraiser
Be a part of SOC history and help pave the way for future students to come.
We invite our community members to purchase a commemorative brick engraved with your name, family name or your business and become immortalised at our College.
Payment and name submissions can be made at the general office.
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Sustainable Bookshop
A second-hand textbook trading system
- List Wanted & For Sale Ads
- The school’s booklists are loaded into the system to make the Ad listing process easy, fast and accurate
- Assistance is provided to accurately price items
- Our ad-matching service shows you
- Exactly the right items to buy
- Who has the most items you need
- The cheapest items
- Buyers contact Sellers and arrange where and when to trade
- Excellent email and telephone helplines are provided: 1300 683 337
www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au
