Administration News 

Adding an absence through the Sentral App

Dear Families, 

We encourage you to log your child's future absences and unexplained absences through Sentral. 

Steps on how to complete a future absence via the Sentral app. 

 1. Login to the app

                                                                     2. Click on Absences

3. Press the + button at the top right

4. Select student

5. Select reason for absence

6. Select relevant dates

7. Include a comment if necessary.

8. Click Send

Please see below for an example:

OGPS Mobile Phone Policy

Asthma and Epipen Plans

Dear Families, 

If your child has Asthma/Allergy or an Anaphylaxis plan please make sure the office and classroom teacher has an updated copy of these. 

Thank you

CSEF

CSEF ELIGIBILITY

Below are the criteria used to determine a student’s eligibility for the Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF).

Criteria 1 – General eligibility

To be eligible for the fund, a parent or carer of a student attending a registered Government or non-government

Victorian primary or secondary school must:

• on the first day of Term one

• on the first day of Term two

a) be a holder of one or more of the eligible financially-means tested cards OR be a temporary foster parent,

and;

b) submit an application to the school by the due date.

For the list of eligible financially-means tested cards refer to the CSEF Policy:

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/camps-sports-and-excursions-fund/policy

Parents who receive a Carer Allowance on behalf of a child, or any other benefit or allowance not income tested by Centrelink, are not eligible for the CSEF unless they also comply with the above.

Criteria 2 - Be of school age and attend school in Victoria

For the purposes of CSEF, students may be eligible for assistance if they attend a Victorian registered primary or secondary

school. CSEF is not payable to students attending pre-school, kindergarten, home schooled, or TAFE.

Special Consideration

A special consideration category exists for

Families on a bridging visa, temporary protection visa, in community detention or are asylum seeker families

Students in temporary out of home care arrangements, including statutory kinship care

For more information, see https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/camps-sports-and-excursions-fund/guidance/eligibility

Eligibility Date

For concession card holders CSEF eligibility will be subject to the parent/carer concession card being validated successfully

with Centrelink on the first day of either term one (31 January 2022) or term two (26 April 2022).

PAYMENT AMOUNTS

CSEF payment amount

The CSEF is an annual payment to the school to be used towards camps, sports and/or excursion expenses for the

benefit of the eligible student.

• Primary school student rate: $125 per year.

The CSEF is paid directly to your child’s school and will be allocated by the school towards camps, sports and/or excursion costs for your child.

For ungraded students, the rate payable is determined by the student’s date of birth. For more information, see:

www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/Pages/csef.aspx

If you meet the above requirements for CSEF, please call to the office to collect an application form.

Thank you