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School Saving Bonus - School Activities Expenditure Selection
We have now allocated all SSB - School Activities credits to Incursions/Excursions for those that completed the survey below. Your Compass account will now reflect that payment. Continue reading if you are yet to complete the steps listed.
All eligible families will have received a School Saving Bonus (SSB) email from the Department of Education in November last year, which contains your unique bonus code.
To be eligible for the School Saving Bonus students must be fully enrolled in a Victorian government school by 31st January 2025.
You may choose to spend your $400 SSB funding on uniforms or school activities. You must login to the SSB Portal to select how you would like to spend these funds. If you wish to spend it on uniforms, you may shop online or instore with our uniform supplier Bob Stewart.
If you wish to spend SSB funding on School Activities, such as excursions or camps, then you will need to do the following:
- Logon to the SSB Portal and assign some or all your $400 SSB funding to School Activities
- Complete the following survey to notify the school which activities to apply your funding to: School Activities Expenditure Selection
Please note that SSB funding cannot be spent on Parent Contributions such as curriculum consumables etc. It can only be spent on activities that are considered extra-curricular such as excursions and camps.
If any amount is unspent as at 1 July 2025, it will automatically become a school activities credit for future use.
If your school saving bonus has not yet been applied to your School Contributions on Compass. This will occur over the coming month as we receive these funds from the government.
IT Support / Queries
Mr Neel has moved his desk to the Library Alcove this year. All students needing IT support should visit the IT Service window, which is opposite the ground floor bathrooms, to seek assistance.
Neel is onsite Tuesdays, Thursdays, and every second Friday!
Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF)
The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) provides part payments for eligible students to attend activities like school camps, swimming and school-organised sport programs or excursions and incursions.
This Government funding is to help ensure government and non-government students from lower-income families are able to participate in camps, sports and excursions each year.
Families holding a valid means-tested concession card or temporary foster parents are eligible to apply. Below is a list of some of the means tested cards that are accepted:
- Age Pension (AGE)
- Austudy Payment (AUS)
- Bereavement Allowance (BVA)
- Disability Support Pension (DSP)
- Health Care Card (HCC)
- Concession Card (CC)
- Job Seeker (JSP)
- Newstart Allowance (NSA)
- Parenting Payment (PP)
- Partner Allowance (PTA)
- Please fill out and return CSEF Form and Prep Order Form which are attached below.
- Return to the school office via email or hand in person at reception during school hours.
Prep Uniform Package
For the first time State Schools' Relief is now offering a SUMMER version of our Prep CSEF Uniform Package so that the newest students in 2025 can start their school year all decked out!
Applications for the Prep 2025 Summer CSEF Uniform Package are open now.
Please note the following:
- All vouchers have an expiry and must be redeemed before the expiration date
- All applications for this package will close at the end of Term 1, 2025.
- In order for a student to be eligible to receive the Prep 2025 Summer Uniform Package the student must be a Camps, Sports and Excursion Fund (CSEF) recipient.
To receive above benefits: