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Dromana College
Briars Family Fun - Winter 2021 flyer
Sharks Football Club -Elite Skills Day
Moonlit Sanctuary
Moonlit Sanctuary is once again running the popular Keeper Club Holiday Program over the winter school holidays. We hope you are still able to assist us with advertising our holiday program in return for a complimentary family pass to help with your fundraising activities.
If you’re not familiar with us, Moonlit Sanctuary is a Wildlife Conservation Park located in Pearcedale. It is a place where people can experience the rare and unusual animals that call Australia home. We are committed to raising awareness and educating people about these wonderful creatures and the need for their conservation.
One of the educational programs we offer is our Keeper Club School Holiday Program. This is run by our Education Officers and offers children hands on experience with environmental activities, animal encounters and native animal care. They learn about our animals, their conservation and the environment, all with a focus on fun!
We would greatly appreciate it if you could help us by placing an ad for our winter holiday program in your school newsletter and have attached a couple of ads you can use. Please choose whichever one suits the layout and style of your newsletter. In return for this, we have also attached a day family pass, valued at $70.00 and valid for six months.
We operate without government support and are entirely dependent on funds raised to support our work. The income from our holiday program, and visits to the Sanctuary in general help support our conservation, breeding and education programs. Thanking you for your help.
Dunns Creek Landcare Harrisons Rd Working Bee 17th July
Ritchies Community Benefit Program
If you are a regular shopper at a Ritchie's Community Benefit Supermarket, could we please ask that you update your Ritchie's Community Benefit card to benefit Dromana College.
To do so, use this link www.ritchies.com.au/loyalty follow the prompts, add Dromana College. This can also be done in store.
Mornington Peninsula
Families program Fusion
YMCA Peninsula Youth Services
Important notification from Hillview Quarries
Quarries are extremely dangerous places to visit or swim. See below attachment for an important notification from Hillview Quarries.
Financial Assistance
Saver Plus assists individuals and families on lower incomes to build assets and improve financial capability, and has supported thousands of lower income earners to develop a lasting savings habit.
Saver Plus offers:
- up to $500 in matched savings for education costs
- fun, free and informal financial education workshops
- assistance and support from a Saver Plus coordinator to establish a savings goal and develop a savings habit.
Participants make regular deposits towards a savings goal over a 10-month period and attend workshops to build their financial management skills. When participants reach their savings goal, ANZ matches the amount – up to $500 –towards education costs including uniforms, text books, laptops, sports equipment, music tuition, TAFE or apprenticeship costs, and much more.
Contact us
Phone 1300 610 355
Email saverplus(at)bsl.org.au
View the provider list (PDF, 258kb).
Participants must meet all of the below criteria:
- have a child at school or starting next year, or attend vocational education yourself
- have some regular income from your work (you or your partner)
- be at least 18 years old
- have a Centrelink, Health Care or Pensioner Concession Card
- be able to demonstrate a capacity to save after your regular expenses have been paid
- have a connection to the area in which the Saver Plus program is run, by living, working, studying or having children at school there
- have not received matched funds from Saver Plus before (you or your partner)
- be in receipt of an eligible Commonwealth social security benefit, allowance or payment*
Radio Astronomy - The Invisible Universe
A free opportunity for all students.
The VSSEC Radio Telescope is now available to all students in government secondary schools in Victoria. Take complete control of the telescope to view objects of your choice.
Work by yourself, with a group of friends, or your entire class.
This is the only radio telescope in the world exclusively for school students.
And it’s free to use! Operate the telescope from your own home after school and at weekends.
Radio telescopes work day and night and can see through cloudy skies so time and weather don’t matter. Use the telescope to reveal the hydrogen in space, invisible to human eyes.
View hydrogen clouds (nebulas) in the Milky Way Galaxy, remnants of supernovas (exploding stars) and the centre of the Milky Way.
VSSEC astronomers are here to help.
More information is here on the VSSEC website.
Or contact Ian Christie at VSSEC
This program is part of the Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series, a new series of FREE high-quality, extension activities for Victorian students.
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