Harmony Primary School

Contributions and Charges 2021

Dear Parents and Caregivers

The Education Act 1999 requires schools to notify parents of all contributions and charges prior to the start of the school year. These costs are divided into five areas: School Contributions, Extra Cost Options, Student Requirements List and Charges. These costs have been endorsed by the Harmony Primary School’s Independent Public School Board:

1. School Contributions: A voluntary school contribution towards the cost of items used in the educational program provided for your child.

2. Student Requirements List: Items on this list are required for students use in the classroom.

3. Charges for Extra Cost Items: An estimate of the costs of these items is listed for non-compulsory activities. Payment for these items is a condition of participation by students, includes activities such as Graduation, Swimming, Incursions and Excursions.

4. Voluntary Additional Requests: Kindy and Pre Primary Cooking, Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program, Cars and Stars, iPad hire etc.

5. Other Services: Leaver shirts and school/student photos.

1. School Contributions

Our School Board have endorsed the amount of $60.00 per student as a School Contribution for 2021. This equates to approximately $1.50 per week. These contributions are voluntary and are used to enhance the teaching and learning opportunities for all students and supplement funding gained from other sources, including the State and Federal Governments. At Harmony Primary School, the School Contributions will be used to purchase supplementary materials and resources used in classrooms in the following areas:

· Literacy: extra reading and library resources

· Numeracy: extra materials for mathematics

· Cooperative Learning: funding will be directed to provide specific resources, charts etc that will enable teachers to teach students the skills needed to work collaboratively and cooperatively

· Student Self-Esteem: funding for reward programs for students who are constantly being responsible and making appropriate choices

· Visual Arts: craft, art supplies

· Music/Physical Education: equipment as needed

· History, Geography and Science Resources

· Information Communication Technology (ICT) Resources

· Library Books

· LOTE (Languages other than English)

· Hygiene items: spare clothing, first aid supplies, Aqium gel and suncreen

2. Student Requirements List

The cost for items on this list will vary from year level to year level. It includes items such as pens, pencils and scrapbooks. Parents may purchase these items from their chosen retailer or use the nominated school supplier Ziggies. The school receives a small commission for each order processed through this company.

You can also pay your School Contribution of $60 per student for 2021 through Ziggies when you order your child’s student requirements. This contribution can also be paid at the School Administration Office or via direct deposit to the Harmony Primary School bank account.

3. Extra Cost Items

This amount can vary from year to year and from class to class. A breakdown of estimated charges for your child’s participation in excursions/incursions and other school activities such as swimming lessons etc. for 2021 has been outlined in the schedule attached. The amounts indicated on the schedule represent the maximum that can be charged for scheduled activities in 2021. Students can only participate if they have parental permission and have paid the charge. This money will be used to fund the following types of activities: visiting performers, excursions, interschool sports carnivals, swimming lessons and other special events as they occur.

The excursions/incursions and other school activities charge can be paid in advance at the beginning of the year and any excursions/incursions or other activities that your child/children attend, will be deducted from this amount. Any credit left in your child’s account at the end of the 2020, will be automatically carried forward into 2021 or refunded if your child is to leave our school. All payments must be received in full by the DUE DATE – unfortunately late payments cannot be accepted. Please note that Direct Deposit’s do take additional time so payments must be made two days prior to Due Date. As of 2021 limited follow up for payments will be made, if you have not paid by the Due Date your child will be unable to attend or participate in the planned activity.

4. Voluntary Additional Requests

This money is used by the school to provide additional opportunities for all students. They include, but are not limited to items such as iPad/Mac Book hire, cooking charges, Mathletics and Cars and Stars.

iPad/MacBook

The Australian Curriculum expects that students learn to use ICT effectively and appropriately to access, create and communicate information and ideas, solve problems and work collaboratively in all learning areas at school. Together, the teachers and School Board have researched current ICT best practice in education, along with Harmony Primary School’s current and future capacity to deliver this. Currently, Kindy to Year 3 students have an average of one hour per day access to iPads, which equals $1.00 per week, Year 4 to 6 participate in a Bring Your Own Device Program. For those students that do not have a personal device, HPS provides each class with a small number of MacBooks. There is a cost associated with using these devices and they are classed as shared items.

5. Other Services

Items that are required by students at a cost but are not directly part of the educational program, such as Leaver Shirts and school photos.

Payment of School Contributions and Charges

Payments can be paid by:

· EFT Transfer to Harmony Primary School bank account.

· ANZ Bank Booragoon

· BSB: 016-267

· Account Number: 108448085

****(Please include STUDENT OR FAMILY NAME in the reference)****

· EFTPOS can be paid directly at the school office or by phone authorisation

· Payment plans are available, please contact the Administration Office on 6174 6600 to arrange this option

· Or when ordering 2021 Student Booklists via Ziggies

Refunds

School activities (e.g. Excursions/Incursions, Swimming etc) are undertaken by the school on a self-supporting cost basis. If you have paid for an activity and your child is unable to attend, please notify the Administration Office as soon as possible, monies will be credited to your child’s account for future use – refunds are only available upon request. If the school has already incurred a cost for an activity on behalf of a student it will not be credited to your child’s account. Should you have an enquiry relating to the Voluntary School Contributions and Charges information please do not hesitate to contact the school on 6174 6600, or email Donna.Connors@education.wa.edu.au (Manager Corporate Services).

We thank you for supporting your child and Harmony Primary School through remembering to pay your Voluntary Contributions and Charges.

Lea Hadley

Principal

18th November 2020

ITEMS

Costs (maximum)

Interm Swimming Lessons PP - Year 6

Students will participate in Interm Swimming Lessons in 2021.

$70

Dance Lessons

Kindy Dance Program. Edu-Dance PP – Year 6.

$35

Excursions

Each classroom teacher will arrange their own excursions to suit the needs of the students and the learning programs (generally only 1 per term). E.g. Scitech, Naturescape Kings Park, Shipwreck Gallery.

$90

Incursions

The school or classroom teachers may arrange for visitors to come into the school to perform or provide expert talks or activities. E.g. Cyber Safety, Life Education, First Aid Focus, Visiting Author, NAIDOC Week.

$80

Interschool Sport

This charge is for students who participate in Interschool Sports. E.g. Cross Country, Eagles (Football) or West Coast Fever and other School Sport WA Events. Also includes St John’s First Aid at major carnivals and participation costs at local venues.

$80

Year 6 Graduation – Costs

Teachers and parents may wish for students to have a luncheon or excursion to celebrate this event (includes bus hire).

Year 6 Yearbook

$120

$40

Leaver’s Shirt

Year 6 students will require a Leaver’s Shirt for the Graduation Ceremony and formal school photos. Students are encouraged to wear their leaver’s shirt as part of their uniform during the year.

$45 ea

Year 6 Big Week

This will be a week filled with different incursions (may include some excursions) and it will give our students the opportunity to participate some fun activities together.

$30

Captain/Minister Badges

Replacement of lost or damaged badges

$20

Lost/damaged Library Books

Costs are dependent on the replacement price of the lost or damaged book/s and will be invoiced accordingly.

various

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program

Year 3 & 4 students participate in SAKGP, the cost covers items such as flour, butter, seedling etc. (In the event that there may be Year 2 or Year 5 students in split classes with Year 3 or Year 4 a charge may be applied.

$20

ITEMS

Costs (maximum)

Class Photos

Traditionally, the school has a professional photography company to take class and individual student photos. Payment is made directly to the company taking the photos.

$20 - $80

Integrated Cooking Classes

Kindergarten and Pre Primary

$10

Educational Programs K - Year 6

For example, Mathletics/Cars & Stars (see detailed program information included), Click View etc.

Spelling Mastery (Year 3 – 6) (see detailed program information included).

Year 5 & 6 Health & Wellbeing Book

$60

$30

$12

Student Leadership – Student Leaders

Leadership development for Year 6 Leaders

$30

School Based Specialist Programs

· Burswood WAGSM Bus Hire (not including ticket prices), Choral Festival and/or Lakelands Music Spectacular

· School Production – costume charge only (tickets additional charged closer to event)

$50

$15

CARS & STARS

See detailed program information included.

Year 3 - 6 STARS Books/CARS online assessment program

$30

2021 PEAC Charges

PEAC charges for Year 5 & 6 students, if selected, will be no more than $300 for the year. Cost depends on courses selected which range from $15 to $110.

$300

Year 4 - 6 MacBook Program (Lease)

Students with their own personal device will not incur this fee. Students without their own device will need to share; the shared devices remain at school at all times.

$40

iPad Lease (Kindy - Year 3)

Students from Kindy to Year 3 will have the opportunity to use iPads as part of their IT curriculum giving them greater access to Literacy and Numeracy programs during the week. $1 per child per week.

$20 Kindy $40 PP-Yr 3

Reprinting Documents

School Reports will be available on Connect (please ensure that you print or save a copy) NAPLAN results are sent home for each child. In the event of lost or misplaced documents additional copies can be requested from the Administration Office. The printing fee applies to each additional document/report that is requested.

$5/document

DETAILED PROGRAM INFORMATION

CARS & STARS

CARS & STARS is a comprehensive reading program that diagnoses student comprehension and supports teachers in providing levelled instruction according to student needs. The CARS & STARS program plays a major part in reading programs at Harmony Primary School and allows students to receive focused learning to their unique needs. In 2021, all students from Year 3 – 6 will receive a STARS book individualized to their level and access to an online assessment program.

SPELLING PROGRAM – SPELLING MASTERY

Students in Years 3 – 6 attend levelled Spelling Mastery Classes every day from 10.40am – 11.00am.

In just 20 minutes a day, Spelling Mastery can help teach your child the strategies they need to become successful, life-long spellers.

Using a combined approach to phonemic, morphemic and whole-word strategies, Spelling Mastery helps students to understand the relationship between sounds, word parts and spelling patterns. Students are taught in small steps, using sufficient practice, so that they comprehend how spelling works and apply this to become proficient writers.

Year 5 - 6 Health and Well Being Journal

Our school Business Plan is divided into two sections – everybody learns and everybody cares. We have obviously a big emphasis on everybody learns and our school is keen to promote the second part of our plan – everybody cares.

For our Year 5 & 6 students we want to further develop their social and emotional wellbeing and resilience, to help our students become their best possible selves, to live a life that really matters. The journals are set activities in a colourful format that invite home discussion and direct wellbeing classes at school. It ensures that all of our children will have access to a quality wellbeing program.

Included are

· character strengths

· mindfulness

· wellbeing fitness challenges

· wellbeing goal setting

· resilience building

· what went well

iPad PROGRAM

Students at Harmony Primary in Years K - 3 use iPads in the classroom.

All students have access to a variety of apps for consuming and creating content although across the school there are different apps installed for the different year levels using the devices.

The touch screen allows students to engage interactively with content and access learning activities quickly.

Teachers use the iPads with small groups during activity rotations and whole classes for explicit instruction.

This year, the students in Years 1 - 3 have special iPad keyboards to assist them to learn typing skills on the devices.

Some uses of the iPads include:

Nurturing creative storytelling

Book Creator for iPad

Sock Puppets Complete

Comic Life

Engaging students in literacy and numeracy programs

Eggy 250

Starfall ABC’s

Guess-My-Number

Number Frames

iPads are also located in our Art and Music classrooms

Students have access to a number of exciting opportunities in these programs using apps such as:

Garage Band

Staff Wars

Sketchbook Express

Superimpose

Parents are asked to contribute the equivalent of 50c per week for Kindergarten students and $1 per week for Pre-Primary to Year 3 towards the lease.

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program

Students in Year 3 & Year 4 are involved in the SAKGP.  This program allows students to discover the pleasures of hands on learning through preparing and sharing fresh, seasonal healthy foods. All lessons are closely linked to learning in the classroom in Numeracy, English, History, Technology and Science. Students develop an appreciation for working in a kitchen environment, aspects such as hygiene, preparing food and reading recipes are covered. Students then get to enjoy what they have produced as part of their class lesson.

The $20 charge will be applied at the beginning of the year, once class structures are in place, and is used supplement products that can’t be grown in the permaculture garden.

MATHLETICS

Mathletics is a supplementary maths program used from Pre Primary through to Year 6 at Harmony Primary School.

Students receive an individual log in and password which remain the same for their entire time at Harmony.  They have access to maths activities, problem solving games, NAPLAN style practice tests and live Mathletics.

Some teachers set Mathletics activities as a part of their homework program, others use it both in the classroom and at home.  Mathletics enables students to consolidate concepts learnt in the classroom through ongoing practise. Students earn points and gold bars within the program, providing motivation to complete the activities. Students who excel are rewarded with certificates at assembly.

The cost of the program includes a full year's access both at home and at school.