2021 Student Allowances - Secondary Assistance Scheme - Years 7 to 12

You may be eligible for up to $350 towards school expenses if you hold a:

Centrelink Health Care Card, or
Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card, or
Veterans’ Affairs Pensioner Concession Card

Links to the application forms are below. Applications close Thursday 1 April 2021.

Food Allergy Awareness

Parents/carers are reminded that The King’s College is an ALLERGY AWARE SCHOOL and the provision of foods containing nuts should be avoided. Given the significant number of enrolled students with allergies, including a number with potentially life-threatening anaphylactic reactions, the College urges you to please support us in making the school environment a safe place for all students at all times. Thank you.

Complaints

The College complaints handling system is a procedurally fair process and consistent with the National Child Safe Organisation Principles. Further, processes for complaints and concerns are child-focused and implementation of the National Child Safe Principles is regularly reviewed and improved. The Director General of the Department of Education is responsible for ensuring that the school observes the registration standards, including the standard about its complaints handling system. Any student, parent or community member is entitled to contact the Director General with concerns about how the school has dealt with a complaint. Information is available on the Department of Education website. While the Director General may consider whether the school has breached the registration standards, she does not have power to intervene in a complaint or override the school’s decision.

Please note:

1. Students early to school and picked up late

To ensure the safety of all students, parents and carers are asked not to drop their children off at the College early and/or pick them up late, as duty teachers do not begin supervision until 8.05 am in the morning and finish patrolling at 3.40pm in the afternoon. If your child is unavoidably on school grounds outside of these times, please ensure they know to wait outside Student Services.

2. Student use of playground equipment before and after school

For the safety of the students, parents and carers are reminded that their children are not permitted to play on the College playground equipment before and after school, and are asked to ensure their children know they must not play on the equipment unless a supervising teacher is in attendance.

3. Sun safety

As we are a sun safe school, the College reminds parents and carers that students must have a school hat and are expected to wear it whenever they are outside, including when they are in the shade. Due to the ‘no hat, no play’ rule, if students do not have a hat they will be asked to sit in Student Services for the duration of break times. The College also encourages the regular use of sunscreen and advises that large bottles are available at Student Services for student use.

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