From staff and the Office 

Our Friendship Piano

Have you heard the sound of fun and music coming from outside the multi-purpose room? Have you met ‘Cherry’? 

Cherry is our wonderful new piano! This piano has been provided thanks to PREPS – The Program for Recycled Educational Pianos in Schools. Cherry is a cherry wood piano that was manufactured by Challen Pianos in London sometime in the 1950s. Cherry loves to be played with and experimented with, but needs to be treated with kindness and respect. 

Feel free to have a play, have a tinker, prastice the songs you know, or teach a friend a song. Happy playing! 

Mrs Sarah Butler

Performing Arts

Camps, Sports, and Excursion Funds (CSEF)

The closing date for Camps Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) applications is 24 June 2022.

What is CSEF?

CSEF is provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps, and sporting activities.

Who is eligible?

If you hold a valid means-tested concession card or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible for CSEF. A special consideration category also exists for asylum-seeking, and refugee families.

How to apply?

If you applied for CSEF at your child's school last year, you do not need to complete an application form this year 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 this year.
• changed family circumstances; such as a change of custody, change of name, concession card number, or new siblings commencing this year

Please complete the form attached here and return it to the school office. Please bring your Health Care Card or other accepted documentation for our office staff to sight and take a copy of.

Forms are also available to collect from the office. 

DET Scholarships

Scholarships support students and families to assist with the cost of education and engagement in further study at primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.

Scholarships are available for students:

• studying in Victoria and who are citizens or permanent residents of Australia
• enrolled in Years 4-11
• enrolled in Year 12 who plan on undertaking tertiary studies.

Scholarships are awarded to students who can demonstrate:

• excellent academic achievement
• participation in school and local community activities
• financial need as determined by the parent or carer receiving a Centrelink income support payment, or the student themselves receiving the Youth Allowance.

For more information including how to apply please go to this link: https://www.vic.gov.au/student-scholarships

DET Information Policy 

Our school collects, uses, discloses, and stores student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ Privacy Policy.

Please take time to remind yourself of our school’s collection notice, found on our website For more information about privacy, refer to the Schools’ Privacy Policy — information for parents. This information is also available in nine community languages:

* Amharic

* Arabic

* Dari

* Gujarati

* Mandarin

* Somali

* Sudanese

* Turkish

* Urdu

* Vietnamese