Westbreen Primary School Newsletter

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School Saver Bonus (SSB)

Payment methods have now been updated in XUNO for all future Events, so that parents and carers can now select from a number of payment options including via credit card, using the Camps Sports and Excursion Fund (CSEF) monies or the School Saver Bonus (SSB) funds. After selecting Pay Now in XUNO, you will be forwarded to the payment selection area where you can now select from the following payment methods:

  • Credit Card
  • CSEF
  • SSB

If wishing to pay via CSEF or SSB, please ensure you note in the Voucher Code area on XUNO, whether payment is to be deducted from the balance of your CSEF funds or SSB funds. Once the preferred payment method is selected, a note will automatically be sent to our office staff to check the availability of funds and approve payment.

 

Also don't forget that any SSB funds remaining after 30 June 2025, including online voucher amounts that have not been redeemed, will automatically be transferred as a credit to your family account to use on future school activities. Please note however, that the credit amount transferred will not be available on your family account to use for any upcoming events at our school until August 2025 when confirmation of the amount has been processed.

If you wish to use any remaining SSB funds to cover the cost of school activities between now and August, you must allocate the funds to school Activities via the SSB online system before 30 June 2025.

Please refer to the SSB online system to learn more about this process and download the step-by-step System guide for parents and carers (DOCX, 945KB) 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:

After this date, please contact our main office for any SSB related questions.

Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF)

The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) helps eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.

If you have a valid means-tested concession card, or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible. A special consideration category also exists for asylum seeker and refugee families. 

Means-tested concession cards must be valid on the first day of Term 1, 2025, Tuesday 28 January 2025 or Term 2, 2025, Tuesday 22 April 2025.

 

Eligible families will receive a payment of $154 per year for primary school students. The funds will be paid directly to the school to be used towards camps, sports and excursion costs for the benefit of your child.

 

If you applied for CSEF through our school last year, you do not need to complete an application form this year, unless there has been a change in your family circumstances.

If you would like to apply for the first time, please complete the application form, available from the school office, and drop the completed form back along with a copy of your vaild concession card as soon as possible.  Once received we will process it on your behalf and will advise once completed.