Dear Parent/Carer,
Craigieburn Primary School is looking forward to another great year of teaching and learning and would like to advise you of our school’s Parent Payment Policy for 2025.
Craigieburn Primary School is very proud of the quality programs that we have put in place to cater for the needs and interests of our students. Each year our student contributions, set by School Council, provide vital funds necessary to ensure we maintain a high quality of education for our students. On an annual basis School Council prepares a budget to provide resources for educational programs, administration, facilities development and maintenance. Our school’s income is currently funded from two sources:
Department of Education and Training (DET) Student Resource Package (SRP) Provides for the teaching of the standard curriculum and basic operational costs such as school administration, utilities and services, staff salaries, urgent works, maintenance, cleaning and general school operations.
The payments and contributions provided by our parent community are an essential component of funding. The three areas for which parents may reasonably be invited to make a payment or contribution are:
- Curriculum Contributions are items and activities that students use, or participate in, to access the curriculum. These include classroom consumables, materials, equipment, digital online subscriptions, software & licences and classroom devices.
- Extra-Curricular items and Activities are those items, such as excursions, incursions, camps and other activities or services that are offered in addition to the standard curriculum program that are on a user pay basis.
- Other Contributions are invited to be made by Parents/Guardians. The voluntary contributions or donations to the school are for maintaining our buildings & grounds, playground and school ground’s improvements and extensions.
- 2025 Book pack lists are a list of items that the school recommends you purchase from Kookaburra Educational Resources for your child to individually own and use.
Book packs delivered to the school will be distributed to your child on Wednesday 31 January in their classrooms. The teachers will assist your child to label their items on this day.
Kookaburra Back to School book pack list instructions
- To order your child’s 2025 back to school book pack list, please go to kookaburra.com.au/login and login using the Username: CRAIG011 (the last 3 characters are numbers) and Password: student5
- Select your child’s year level for 2024 to locate the book pack list for their grade.
- Payment is made direct to Kookaburra. Payment method offered by Kookaburra is via credit card.
- Cut off for orders is Sunday 8 December for free delivery to the school. Orders placed after the 8 December will incur a $10 delivery fee to the nominated home address.
- There is no guarantee that orders placed after Sunday 10 December will arrive in time for the first day back at school.
- On the first day back at school, classroom teachers will distribute your child’s book pack items and assist them to label and name their items.
The payments and contributions are the minimum amount considered essential to enable School Council and our Staff to maintain our excellent educational programs, successful outcomes and high-quality standards that have become the hallmark of Craigieburn Primary School.
Please find the links to the 2025 Parent Payment Policy and the 2025 Book pack lists.
Craigieburn Primary School makes every effort to keep the cost of items and activities to a minimum and affordable for all parents.
Financial Support for Families
Craigieburn Primary School understands that some families may experience financial difficulty and offers a range of support options, including:
- The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) – Families who qualify with a health care card may access CSEF funding towards camps, excursions/incursions, outdoor education programs and transport to school organised activities. Applications are available from the office.
- State Schools Relief- State Schools’ Relief provides support to any Victorian student attending a government school (primary, secondary or specialist), on the advice of the school. Schools are able to submit an application directly, whenever they believe there is a need to support a student whose family/carers are facing difficulty in providing appropriate uniform, footwear, or educational items for attending school.
- An individual Payment Plan to assist families with Curriculum Contributions, Extra-Curricular items and User-pay activities such as excursions.
- For a confidential discussion about accessing these services, or if you would like to discuss alternative payment arrangements, contact the office via phone or email:
Ph: 03 9308 1228 | Email: craigieburn.ps@education.vic.gov.au
Payment Methods:
Craigieburn Primary School has transitioned to a cashless school. The preferred payment methods are:
- EFTPOS (debit/credit card)