From the Office
School Photos - Friday 22nd March
School Photos will be taken on Friday 22nd March. Please read the following instructions and order online.
Online Ordering: www.advancedlife.com.au using our unique school code : VQM 7B7 73E.
Online ordering will close on Thursday 21st March. Payment method: Credit Card only
A portrait and a class group photograph will be taken of every student at the school, regardless of purchase. Photographs of your children taken as part of a class group are only permitted to be distributed within their own class. Your child’s name will appear on the class group photo. If you DO NOT wish your child to be photographed, please contact your school office with your instructions prior to Photo Day. A list of the various packs available have been attached to this message. Please see the attachments to this message for further information.
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.
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: $150.
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 or email me:
Sanober.NajamulArefeen@education.vic.gov.au
Compass Reminder:
Please take the time to read the below:
Whole Day Absences
Parents are responsible for keeping up-to-date approvals for their children’s absences on Compass. A short message will appear above your newsfeed – please click on the link where you will see a list of times that your child was absent from school.
Late Arrivals and Early Departures
Students who arrive ‘LATE' to or ‘LEAVE EARLY' from the school must also have “approvals” logged by parents.
Please note that these approvals can only be recorded after the fact as they are “time stamped” by Compass. Parents/Carers are not to pre-approve these partial day absences.
All students who arrive late to school must report to the office to ensure they are not marked as absent for the first session; parents NEED to accompany the students on these occasions as we are unable to take responsibility for students as they walk from the car into the school grounds. Similarly students must always be signed out by a parent or carer who is listed as a student contact. If your child is being signed out by someone who is not authorised to do so, that adult must bring a letter of authority with them.