St Columba's News

School Notifications

Change of residental address

In the event that your residental address has changed within the past 12 months please email the office with your current details: office@scelwood.catholic.edu.au 

Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund

The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) is provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.  The annual CSEF amount per student is $125 per year for eligible primary school students.

 

The applicant must be one of the following:

  1. parent/carer (of the relevant student) who is:
    • on the first day of term one (28 January 2020) or the first day of term two (14 April 2020) an eligible beneficiary of either a Centrelink Health Care Card or a Pensioner Concession Card; or
    • an eligible beneficiary of a Veterans Affairs Gold Card; or
  2. a temporary foster carer

The parent/carer must submit an application to the school prior to the end of term 2.

Parents/carer who receive a carer allowance on behalf of a student, or any other benefit or allowance not income tested by Centrelink, are not eligible for the CSEF payment unless they also meet the above eligibility criterion.  

 

Payments are made directly to the school and are tied to the student.

 

More information can be found here:

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

 

Please see Paula in the office who can supply you with the form.

Andy's Before and After School Care Program

I would like to take this opportunity to confirm that the Approved Provider for the Before and After School Care Program (BASC) has changed from St Columba's Primary School to Andy's Before and After School Care Program.  St Columba's Primary School Before and After School Care is ceasing operation.  Andy's Before and After School Care Program will be sending out the first invoice for the year on Wednesday 19th February 2020, we apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Kind regards,

Andy

Back to School BBQ

To kick things off in 2020, let's all join at the (BYO) Back to School BBQ on Friday 21 February from 5 -7 pm at Point Ormond Reserve.