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Go to: www.stpstratford.catholic.edu.au

2025 SCHOOL SAVINGS BONUS (SSB)

The School Savings Bonus is a State Government initiative designed to assist families with cost-of-living pressures. Under this funding, each eligible student is entitled to a $400 bonus for application towards activity levies and uniform purchases from approved supplier. Within our school, all CSEF applicants are eligible to receive this funding. All families who have a Centrelink Health Care Card and have not applied for CSEF in the past are encouraged to contact the school office and initiate an application this year. Please refer to the below link for more information:

https://www.vic.gov.au/receiving-school-saving-bonus#non-government-school-information

The supervision of students by staff (teachers) is a legal requirement. 

Students are supervised by teachers beginning at 8.30am.

 Students arriving by bike, car or walking are asked not to arrive before 8.30am.

BUS TRAVELLERS

Children travelling by bus are supervised on arrival in the mornings and after school.  All drivers convey and pick up from the school.

Your child’s behaviour on the bus is your responsibility.  Continual misbehaviour will result in the withdrawal of the privilege of bus travel for the child concerned.

The bus coordinator for this area is Beth Lanigan, Sale College.  She may be contacted on 5144 1711 should you wish to make any comment regarding behaviour, safety, convenience, satisfaction etc.

Parents of students who travel on a bus other than the norm are reminded of the following requirements:

• Three days prior to the intended change, bus coordinator, Beth Lanigan at Sale College must be notified.
• Beth will issue a permission form to be completed and returned to her prior to the intended change.
• Beth will then issue a consent form and this will need to be presented to the bus driver by the student.

Unfortunately, if this procedure is not followed, for legal reasons, we cannot allow children to travel on a different bus.

Thank-you for your co-operation.

EVERYDAY COUNTS

Going to school every day is crucial for a child’s success at school.  Attendance habits can be set early, from the first year of schooling and followed through primary and secondary education.   Regular absence does impact on a child’s learning and relationships; therefore, St Patrick’s promotes the importance of consistent attendance.

 PARENT ACCESS MODULE

PAM is an innovative parent-controlled electronic medical form for our school.  It’s an electronic version of the paper-based forms we previously completed for excursions and camps. It provides parents with the opportunity to update medical information promptly and accurately while providing the school with instant access to the emergency information provided by you. We use PAM in the best interests of the children, whilst also reducing the burden on parents to fill out the same information on multiple forms throughout the year.

Parents can use a PC, laptop, tablet or smartphone to enter details including:

• Student absence - entered via ‘Parent Notified Absences’.
• Medical checklist, including asthma, allergies, seizures, diabetes
• Notes and other care instructions from parents
• Parent teacher interviews
• Student reports

St Patrick’s Primary School uses PAM as a tool to send parents’ permission forms and notifications.

Please note, that it is the responsibility of parents to ensure their child’s medical and contact details are up to date and complete. In the event of an emergency, school staff will rely on the information provided via PAM.

We recommend that you add the PAM website (pam.stpstratford.catholic.edu.au) to the home screen on your mobile device, which will then be displayed as an App.