From the Office

Update Your Information

Have you recently changed, or are about to change, address, home, mobile or work phone number or email address? Please remember to ring the College on 9571 7838 or update your details on Xuno to keep us informed.

Xuno Portal

Need your login details for the Xuno portal? Contact the College on 9571 7838 or email glen.eira.co@edumail.vic.gov.au

Student Absences

Student absences should be reported to the school on the day of the absence. Parents are reminded that the College has a designated telephone line for notification of student absence – 9571 4178.

There is also an absence proforma in the student planner that parents can complete for the student to return to the General Office on their return to school.

Early Leavers

If your child needs to leave school early you are required to provide a signed note for them to show their year level coordinator and bring down to the General Office when they sign out. Students are not permitted to leave the school early without signing out at the General Office.

Newsletter

This newsletter is emailed home to all families three times per term. If you have any items of interest to the college community or would like to advertise your business, please contact Penny Marks on 9571 7838.

Parent Payments

The College is committed to providing the broadest possible educational opportunities to prepare our students for life-long learning and success in their chosen field. Most funding for the College comes from the Government. However the amount allocated is insufficient for us to provide the type of education expected by the College community and required in today’s complex world.  Thus we seek parent support with regards to the payment of the Consumable Materials and Service charges. These are used during the school year for the direct and immediate benefit of each student. Monthly statements are sent out to families where there are outstanding fees.

Parents may make payments in instalments, and are provided with several methods of making payment including, cash, cheque, BPay, EFTPOS, Centrepay and XUNO Events. Parents experiencing financial hardship are able to enter into confidential payment arrangements by contacting the nominated parent payment contact person, the School Business Manager (Gabrielle Darvell) on 9571 7838 or darvell.gabrielle.g@edumail.vic.gov.au.

XUNO – APP available for all platforms

The new look XUNO APP has been launched and we encourage you to start using it. Download the APP from the Apple store or the Google Play Store.

You can login using your XUNO login details and use the school code f3ci5b.

Please send through any feedback on glen.eira.co@edumail.vic.gov.au

Camps, Sports & Excursions Fund (CSEF)

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

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 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.

The annual CSEF amount per student is $225 for secondary school students.

Please find attached the CSEF application form.  

The closing date for applications is Friday 28th June 2019.

You only need to complete an application form if you are new to GEC in 2019, you did not apply in 2018 or there has been a change in your family circumstances (such as a change of custody, change of name, concession card number, or new siblings commencing at the school in 2019).

Please contact the General Office on 9571 7838 if you have any questions.

Woolworths Earn & Learn

We've been busily collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn stickers to help get some new equipment for the school. A big thank you to all the parents, students and staff who've been collecting for us.

Woolworths Earn & Learn finishes on the 25th of June, which means that we only have a short time left. So if you shop at Woolworths, please don't forget to pick up the stickers and place them in the collection box at the General Office before the end of term.

Gabrielle Darvell

Business Manager