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2022 School Fees & Levies
Scholastic Book Club
New Scholastic Book Club catalogue (Issue 7) is now available!
Your orders will help earn free books and teaching materials for our classrooms at St John's.
Please order at scholastic.com.au/LOOP
by Monday 22 November, 2021 at the latest.
PDF copy is at https://www.scholastic.com.au/media/6530/bc721final.pdf
For queries: contact Cynthia Timoti on 0421 835 778 (Maxwell 3/4 KC, Jasper 1/2 CB).
School Banking
Commonwealth Bank has recently announced their decision to close their school banking program nationally at the end of 2021. The decision was made following a ban on school banking programs by some State Governments, in line with a report issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
As a gesture of goodwill, every active banker will be eligible for a final reward, regardless of the amount of tokens collected.
If you would like to order a reward for your child, please email Cynthia Timoti at ctimoti@gmail.com to organise this.
The last day to order rewards is Wednesday, 17 November 2021 - so please get in touch before this date to ensure that your child does not miss out.
This will allow for delivery of the rewards to the school, prior to the end of the program.
School Banking Update from the Commonwealth Bank
The official announcement from Commonwealth Bank is as below:
For 90 years, our School Banking program has helped children learn about money, reinforced the importance of regular savings and provided structure for parents to support their children to save.
Though the program continues to have strong support from schools, parents and teachers, recent decisions by some state and territory governments because of a review by the corporate regulator mean we are unable to continue providing programs in schools, and we have had to make a difficult decision to close our School Banking program for all government and non-government schools across the country.
Our School Banking program was established in 1931 at a time when having a bank account was not commonplace, and since then we have helped more than 15 million Australians take their first financial steps. This would not have been possible without the wonderful support we have received from schools like yours, including all the parents and volunteers, and for this we are deeply grateful. Thank you.
Even though this is a sad time, School Banking has taught so many young Australians, past and present, the value of money and we believe this should be celebrated. We have created a place for you to share your stories, fondest memories and lessons learnt through the program. To share your story and access our financial education resources, please visit commbank.com.au/schoolbanking
Even though the CommBank School Banking program will not be returning to your school after this year, you can continue to make deposits into your child’s Youthsaver account through online transfers or at any CommBank branch. If you need further information please phone 132 221 or visit your local CommBank branch.
