Parents & Community - Contributions and Charges

Payment of Voluntary Contributions is a strong symbolic gesture from parents that shows support for our school, the students and our learning programs. While the State Government provides the bulk of our annual funding, the school increasingly uses the funds supplied by contributions from parents, as well as our P&Cs to provide an increasing array of resources to your children, to ensure that we can offer the programs, experiences and quality of material to enable them to reach their potential.

Overall contribution collection rates for our school have not been as high as we would like. In the 2017 school year, across the school, we collected 50% of parent contributions, resulting in a loss of several thousand dollars from our school budget that could have been spent on more resources and support for the students at our school – your children.

The Moora Primary School Board have set the level of Voluntary Contributions to be requested in 2018 at $60 per student from Pre-primary to Year 6, and $30 per student for Kindergarten students. For our PP – Year 6 students, this amounts to less than 30 cents per school day, and far less for our Kindergarten students. I am biased, but I think that this represents great value, and a sound investment. While the contribution is voluntary, it is expected that those who can afford to, will make the contribution.

In addition to Voluntary Contributions, the school also may pass on charges associated with extra cost optional items. Such items include excursions, incursions, camps, swimming lessons, sports carnivals and other activities. For many of these activities, participation is only possible upon payment of the charge. A spreadsheet outlining the possible, maximum amounts that may be charged in 2018 can be accessed below, to assist families with budgeting. Actual costs may be less than those indicated. Requests for payment of charges will be made over the course of the school year and students will only incur costs when they are involved in a particular activity.