Canteen News

Canteen will be reopening for online orders ONLY on a Monday and Tuesday (starting Monday 27th May). It will be a reduced menu and there will be no counter service available.

Orders will be prepared offsite and delivered to the school by canteen staff.

You can place orders online via www.quickcliq.com.au

2025 School Saving Bonus

Dear parents and carers

You may have seen the recent announcement of the School Saving Bonus, as part of the Victorian Budget 2024/25. We are sharing more information about how families will be able to access and use this support.

This one-off support will include $400 for each eligible student to help families cover the costs of school uniforms and activities in 2025.

It will be available to parents and carers of every child enrolled in a Victorian government school in 2025.

Cash will not be paid directly to individuals or families. Instead, families will receive the bonus as credits on their school accounts that will help meet the costs of your children’s activities and uniforms.

Existing Supports

The School Saving Bonus support will be in addition to existing and continuing means-tested supports for camps, sports, excursions and uniforms.

The application-based Affordable School Uniform program, through State Schools’ Relief, will continue to be available to families experiencing financial hardship or other forms of vulnerability and short-term crisis. This program allows schools to make multiple applications for support on parents' behalf throughout the year if needed.

There will be more information and guidance about the School Saving Bonus in Term 3, 2024, ahead of its implementation in 2025.

Kind regards

Bethany Jackson

Principal

Library Policy

Click below to view our school Library Policy that was endorsed at the last School Council meeting.

Canteen News

Canteen will be reopening for online orders ONLY on a Monday and Tuesday (starting Monday 20th May). It will be a reduced menu and there will be no counter service available.

You can place orders online via www.quickcliq.com.au

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Changed your address? Changed your mobile number?

Email the school office to request your details to be updated.

Please remember to provide Banyan Fields P.S. with any updated information as soon as your circumstances change.

To make changes to your child’s enrolment information, please email banyan.fields.ps@education.vic.gov.au with any required changes and/or request a Student Enrolment Information Form to be sent home with your child, where you can review the information currently on the school system, then make alterations where necessary and return to Banyan Fields PS office for details to be updated.

2024 Parent Payments

To view information about the Curriculum contributions, click the link below:

2024 Stationery Lists

To view and download the 2024 Stationery Lists, click the link below:

Financial Support for Families

Applications Close Friday 28th June 2024 (last day Term2) for Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund.

Banyan Fields Primary School understands that some families may experience financial difficulty and offers a range of support options, including:

The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF)

If you have a Health Care Card in the parent/carer’s name with your child/children listed, you may be eligible to apply.

How to apply

New applicants should download a application form our school website https://www.bfps.vic.edu.au/parent-payments or contact the school office to obtain a CSEF application form.

You can access the form online by clicking the link below:

If you applied for the CSEF at Banyan Fields Primary School in 2023, you do not need to complete an application form in 2024 unless there has been a change in your family circumstances.

You only need to complete an application form if any of the following changes have occurred:

New student enrolments; your child has started or changed schools in 2024 or you did not apply in 2023.

changed family circumstances; such as a change of custody, change of name, concession card number, or new siblings commencing at the school in 2024. Check with the school office if you are unsure

In order to process your CSEF application, you will need to provide the school with your current Health Care Card which must be valid as of 29th January 2024.