Administration Updates
Welcome to 2024! We are looking forward to a fun year. The office is open from 8.30am to 4.30pm everyday, and we are more than happy to assist with any questions or queries that you may have. Below is some important information regarding the start of the school year.
Payments And Permissions Now Due
Kaboom Tabloid Sports Event (9th February 2024)
All students
Due: 07/02/24
Halogen Student Leadership Day (16th February 2024)
2024 School Student Leaders
Due: 13/02/24
2024 School Levies
All families
Due: 23/02/24 (unless payment plan put in place with office)
Compass
Compass is our main platform for all school correspondence; this includes attendance, first aid, notifications, events and school reports. Please ensure you have the current app on your phone, tablet or laptop. This way you can be sure you are receiving updates and notifications. If you are having issues setting Compass up, please don’t hesitate to speak to the school office staff.
School Levies
School Levies were posted on Compass last week; they are also available in hard copy at the office.
Our School Levies for 2024 are $285.00 per student. This amount covers ALL student supplies for the entire year for the classroom as well as equipment for specialist subjects. A full breakdown of costs is available on Compass.
We ask for your help in paying this amount as it assists the school with being able to continue to offer the best opportunity to all students. If you are having financial difficulties, or would like to setup a payment plan, please don’t hesitate to speak to Tina in the office.
Department of Education and Training Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) Applications
The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund helps eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.
If you have a valid means-tested concession card, such as a Veterans Affairs Gold Card, Centrelink Health Care Card, or Pensioner Concession Card, or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible. There is also a special consideration category for asylum seeker and refugee families.
Payment amounts for 2024 are $150 for eligible primary school students. Payments are made direct to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions, and sporting activities 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 such as a change of custody, change of name, concession card number, or new siblings commencing at the school in 2024.
New families to the school, or students who commenced during 2023 at Scoresby Primary School, will need to complete a new application. These are available at the school office.
Student Absences/Attendance
We urge you to be sure that your child's information is always kept up to date (this can be updated via the Compass App.).
If sickness or injury occurs at school, every effort is made to contact a parent. If this is not possible, we will contact the emergency person or call an ambulance if necessary. We strongly recommend that you have ambulance cover.
If your child is unwell it is recommended to keep them home from school until they recover.
The school expects children to be punctual and attend regularly. If your child is absent from school, we ask that you record the absence on Compass or contact the school. If no absence has been recorded on Compass, or we have not heard from you by 9.30am on the day of absence, we will contact you to confirm your child is with you. If your child is late to school they must report to the office to be given a late pass.
If your family is going on a family holiday, please advise your child's teacher prior to the trip taking place, as well as updating on the Compass App.
Medications
It is essential that you advise the school if your child is required to take medication for on-going issues or one-off illnesses.
All medication is held in the office (not in student bags) with the exception of asthma puffers, which can be kept in the classroom.
Before any medication can be administered to children, we must have a signed permission form (which you can complete at the office) and the medication must be named and in its original packaging. If you have any questions regarding medication to be given to your child at school, please speak to Raelene or Tina in the office.
Sick Bay Linen Roster - Volunteers Needed
Scoresby Primary School is looking for volunteers willing to be involved in the Sick Bay Linen Roster. This special task requires helpers to change the Sick Bay bed linen - only one bed - at the end of each week, take home used linen for washing and return clean linen the next week. With plenty of volunteers, this job can be shared around across the term/s. This is a necessary job to ensure the health and safety of all students who might use the First Aid Room and we appreciate the assistance of those parents who generously help out with this.
If you would be able to help, please call in at the Office or email raelene.davis@education.vic.gov.au by Friday 16th February so we can create a roster.
TINA CLARK & RAELENE DAVIS
Administration Staff