Parent Contributions

2027 Parent Contributions

This letter provides information about voluntary contributions you can make to support Montmorency South Primary School for 2027 and other payments you can choose to make.

Victorian government schools provide free instruction. This means all students have free access to all items, activities and services that schools use to deliver the curriculum, including reasonable adjustments to support students with disability.

Some families choose to make a voluntary financial contribution to support the school, and we are very grateful for this support. Making a voluntary contribution is your choice. There is no expectation or pressure for families to contribute.

Montmorency South Primary School offers a range of items and activities that are additional to the free instruction provided to all students at our school. Financial help is available for extra-curricular items and activities if you are experiencing financial hardship (see further details under Financial Help for Families in the attached information). For a confidential discussion about how to access the financial help available, please contact: Paula Hogan (Business Manager), 03 9439 6201, paula.hogan@education.vic.gov.au

If you need an interpreter, please contact 03 9605 3053 and give our school’s phone number 03 9439 6201. An interpreter can help you speak with us. This service is free. For more information, please see How to use an interpreter to contact your school.

For more information on the Department of Education’s Parent Contributions policy please see the information attached. You can read the full policy at Parent Contributions: Policy | education.vic.gov.au.


Financial Help for Families

Montmorency South Primary School understands families can experience financial difficulty. Help is available, including:

• Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund – this program provides funding for eligible students, including those in out of home care, and holders of eligible financially means-tested cards (such as health care cards), to attend extra-curricular activities like camps, sporting activities, excursions and incursions that are offered on a user-pays basis.
• Affordable School Uniforms – delivered by State Schools Relief, this program helps cover costs such as school uniforms, shoes, and other essential school items where families are experiencing financial hardship or short-term crisis.
• Payment plans for Extra-Curricular Items and Activities
• Second-hand uniform sales are held termly by our Parents’ & Friends Committee (details advertised in school newsletter)
• State Schools’ Relief (stateschoolsrelief.org.au)
• Banyule residents may be eligible for assistance through Diamond Valley Community Support https://www.dvsupport.org.au/kidsassisteducation

Applications for support under both the Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund and State Schools Relief are submitted by the school – please contact us to discuss these and other financial help.

For a confidential discussion about how to access financial help, please contact: Paula Hogan (Business Manager) 03 9439 6201.