St Lawrence Primary School

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1 APPLICATION for ADMISSION I hereby make an application for my child for: Pre Kindy Kindy Year/Grade in 20 CHILD S CHRISTIAN NAME: SURNAME: Address: Phone: Date of Birth: Place of Birth: (Please enclose copy of Birth Certificate) Child s Religious Denomination: Date of Baptism: (Please Enclose copy of Baptism Certificate) Present school (if applicable) Father s/guardian s First Name: Surname: Address: Occupation: Contact Numbers: Religious Denomination: Visa Category Number (if applicable) Mother s/guardian s First Name: Surname: Address: Occupation: Contact Numbers: Religious Denomination: Visa Category Number (if applicable) SIBLINGS CURRENTLY ATTENDING THE SCHOOL: Name Year Level Name Year Level Signature of Parent(s)/Guardian(s): Mother or Female Guardian Date Father or Male Guardian Date OFFICE USE ONLY: DATE RECEIVED AMOUNT ENCLOSED BIRTH CERTIFICATE BAPTISM CERTIFICATE IMMUNISATION RECORD

2 PRIVACY COLLECTION NOTICE 1. The School collects personal information, including sensitive information about pupils and parents or guardians before and during the course of a pupil's enrolment at the School. The primary purpose of collecting this information is to enable the School to provide schooling for your son/daughter. 2. Some of the information we collect is to satisfy the School's legal obligations, particularly to enable the School to discharge its duty of care. 3. Certain laws governing or relating to the operation of schools require that certain information is collected. These include Public Health [and Child Protection]* laws. 4. Health information about pupils is sensitive information within the terms of the National Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act. We ask you to provide medical reports about pupils from time to time. 5. The School from time to time discloses personal and sensitive information to others for administrative and educational purposes. This includes to other schools, government departments, [Catholic Education Office, the Catholic Education Commission, your local diocese and the parish]* medical practitioners, and people providing services to the School, including specialist visiting teachers, [sports] coaches and volunteers. 6. If we do not obtain the information referred to above we may not be able to enrol or continue the enrolment of your son/daughter. 7. Personal information collected from pupils is regularly disclosed to their parents or guardians. On occasions information such as academic and sporting achievements, pupil activities and other news is published in School newsletters, magazines [and on our website]. 8. Parents may seek access to personal information collected about them and their son/daughter by contacting the School. Pupils may also seek access to personal information about them. However, there will be occasions when access is denied. Such occasions would include where access would have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of others, where access may result in a breach of the School's duty of care to the pupil, or where pupils have provided information in confidence. 9. As you may know, the School from time to time engages in fundraising activities. Information received from you may be used to make an appeal to you. [It may also be disclosed to organisations that assist in the School's fundraising activities solely for that purpose.] We will not disclose your personal information to third parties for their own marketing purposes without your consent. 10. If you provide the School with the personal information of others, such as doctors or emergency contacts, we encourage you to inform them that you are disclosing that information to the School and why, that they can access that information if they wish and that the School does not usually disclose the information to third parties. * If appropriate

3 EXTRACT FROM THE ST LAWRENCE SCHOOL ENROLMENT POLICY ST LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL ETHOS is a Catholic school and as such aims to develop the whole child: SPIRITUALLY, INTELLECTUALLY, EMOTIONALLY and PHYSICALLY. You, the parents are the primary educators of your children both in the faith and in ensuring, they apply themselves to their schooling. The school is a secondary educator of your child and as such, we, the staff, are here to help you in the education of your child. Our school aims to reflect a Catholic environment of study and worship. RATIONALE has been established by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Perth to further the mission of the Church. endeavours to fulfil the Mandate of the Bishops in so far as this is possible to make a Catholic education available to all Catholic children within the Parish of St Lawrence, Balcatta PRINCIPLES 1. exists to provide a distinctively Catholic Education for children enrolled in the School. 2. recognises the uniqueness of each student. 3. has a preferential option for the poor and marginalized. 4. fulfils its mission in partnership with parents who are the first educators of their children. 5. has a responsibility to fulfil the requirements of relevant Federal, State and Local Government laws and regulations. 6. shall accept all application forms for enrolment. 7. The acceptance of an application form does not guarantee an enrolment interview or offer of enrolment. 8. Enrolment at shall be offered only where the school has age appropriate accommodation and the requisite resources to respond to any identified specific needs of the student. 9. Enrolment at does not guarantee enrolment in any other Catholic school. PROCEDURES 1. Applications for enrolment will be considered according to the following enrolment priorities: 1.1. Catholic siblings 1.2 Practicing Catholics from the Parish with Priest reference Catholic students from outside the Parish with a Parish Priest reference Other Catholic students Siblings of non-catholic students Non-Catholic students from other Christian denominations Other Non-Catholic students. EXTRACT FROM THE ST LAWRENCE SCHOOL FEES COLLECTION POLICY: 15. The Fees timeline each year will be: a. At the School Board AGM in November the fees will be announced to the community. b. The School Administrative Officer will prepare and issue a Fees and Charges Statement to each family by the end of Week Three Term One. c. Parents will have the following options for making payment: i Option 1: One payment in full by the end of March. ii Option 2: Four equal payments by the end of March, May, September and November. iii Option 3: Regular payment plan of weekly, fortnightly or monthly. To be paid in full by end of November. iv Other options may be considered by the Principal upon application of the parent after financial circumstances have been reviewed. 16. The School Administrative Officer will send a written reminder in June and October indicating the balance of outstanding fees.

4 17. All payments for fees and charges are made to the School Administrative Officer/Secretary. The School Office is open every day from 8.15am to 3.30pm. 18. Collection of Overdue Fees will be the Principal s responsibility. The Principal will: i Maintain a list of outstanding fees/charges. ii Principal or Administrative Officer will communicate with parents who have fees/charges that are overdue. 19. The School Board reserves the right to engage outside agencies to recover outstanding fees after the October School Board meeting FEES Pre-primary to Year 6 Kindergarten Amenities PP Yr 2 $ $90.00 Amenities Yr 3 Yr 6 $ Excursion Fee $ $20.00 CCI Student Insurance $ $15.00 IT Levy $ $50.00 Swimming Fee - Yr 1 - Yr 6 $ Reading Eggs - K Yr 2 $ $22.00 Mathletics - Yr 1- Yr 6 $ Dance PP Yr 6 $ Reconciliation Yr 3 $ st Communion Yr 4 ` $ Confirmation Yr 6 $ Camp Yr 6 $ Camp Yr 5 $ Speech/OT Assessment $ Year Book (inc GST): per family $ P & F Levy: per family $ $ Building Levy: per family $ $ Bus Levy: per family $ $ TUITION FEES Annual Fee Families with one child $1, Families with two children $2, Families with three or more children $3, KINDERGARTEN $ PRE KINDY (3yr Old) $2, HEALTH CARE CARD DISCOUNTS APPLY PLEASE REFER TO THE SCHOOL OFFICE EXPLANATION OF THE FEES AND CHARGES Amenities Fee: The Amenities Fee provides for stationery - e.g. scrapbooks, file (upper grade), class sets of text books, art and craft materials and to offset photocopying and associated printing costs. Building Levy: To help meet the loan commitment of the school the St Lawrence School Board has established a Building Levy of $ per family per year. School Building Fund: A School Building Fund is available for those families who may wish to make a TAX DEDUCTIBLE gift to the School. Please see the School Secretary. Incursion/Excursion Fee: Over the school year children attend educational excursions that require payment and visits by entertainers, coaching clinics etc. To avoid the inconvenience and unexpected expense for families, each family is charged $55.00 (PP-Yr6) & $20.00 (K) per child per year. Each class teacher is provided with an annual per capita excursion budget, which covers all educational excursions (except Yr 5 & 6 camp), visits by entertainers and coaching clinics. This fee does not cover swimming lessons. Swimming Fee: Children in Year 1-6 attend formal swimming instruction during the year. This fee covers the cost of instruction, entry to the pool and bus hire. CCI Insurance: This policy provides 24 hour insurance cover for Students of.

5 If you wish to place your child s name on the Future Pre-Kindy & Kindy List or Wait list for other grades, you are required to complete an Application for Admission form for our records. The Application form should be sent to the school office with the application fee. Please note that acceptance of an application for admission form does not guarantee an enrolment interview or an offer of enrolment or a place at the school. The Application for Admission should be sent to the school along with the following: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) copy of your child s Birth Certificate copy of your child s Baptism Certificate. copy of your child s Immunisation Record. $25.00 Application fee including GST (non refundable) Cash or Cheque in the office, only. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the School Office on Mr Sheldon Carey Principal