2022 School Fees

Dear Parents / Guardians,

Your School Fee Statement will be emailed soon.  We would like to point out the School Fee Policy for your information.

Firstly, all fees need to be paid in the term in which they are issued, unless you have a payment plan organised with the School.

Secondly, all enrolments are planned that your child will complete their Primary School years at Prescott Primary Northern.  However, if for some reason you need to withdraw your child’s enrolment the School requires one term’s notice, otherwise, you will be charged the term fee.

ANNUAL ACCOUNTS

Families who have requested an Annual Account need to settle their School Fees by the 17^th February 2022, to receive the 5% Prompt Payment Discount.  If the Account is not paid by the discount due date, the full amount needs to be paid by the 3rd March 2022.

TERM ACCOUNTS

Term Accounts attract a 3% Prompt Payment Discount.  Most families are issued with a Term Account which means they receive four Statements in the year, and four discount dates as follows:

Term 1 – 17^th February 2022       
Term 2 – 12^th May 2022
Term 3 – 4^th August 2022          
Term 4 – 27^th October 2022

It is important to remember the discount dates, if the School Fees are not settled by these dates they must be paid in full by the following dates:

Term 1 – 3rd March 2022             
Term 2 – 26^th May 2022
Term 3 – 18^th August 2022       
Term 4 – 10^th November 2022

Fees can be paid in various ways:  

• BPay information is on each statement. If you have internet banking you can organise this method.
• Credit Card over the phone or in-person at the Front Office.
• Cash payments at the Front Office.
• Direct Debit arrangements via credit card or directly from your bank account. These forms are available from the Front Office.       

Overdue School Fees, if left unattended without a payment plan, will be pursued through our Debt Collection Agency.

SCHOOL CARD

School Card Application Forms are available at the Front Office, if you need a copy please come and collect it at your earliest convenience.

If at any time you are having financial difficulty, please contact the Front Office and make an appointment with the Principal.

Wishing you a Happy School Year at Prescott Primary Northern.

BUS FEES

Bus Fees are not being raised until after the 14th of February, so they will not appear on your first fee statement.  Bus fees will be issued on a separate invoice.

BPay Biller Code Change

• Biller Code: 376798

Bus Driver Position

Afterschool Chess & Basketball Postponed

Due to current SA Health advice and restrictions, we have postponed afterschool activities such as Chess and Basketball until later in the term, once these restrictions have eased.

Lunch Deliveries

We would like you to know that taking commercial/fast food type lunches (e.g. Hungry Jacks, MacDonalds, Subway etc.) to classrooms for students is something we will no longer do. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, there are risks involved in food being served later than it should be, and the school is not able to pass that food on. The foods in question can be particularly susceptible to these risks. Secondly, the arrival of some of the commercial foods into a classroom can be very unsettling for the class. Finally, it can create a feeling of lack for some children in the class whose family cannot, or choose not to provide these popular meals for their child.

We can provide an emergency sandwhich if required.

Please do not be offended if we say we are not able to deliver these lunches to your child’s classroom.

Many thanks,

Mark Borresen
Principal – Prescott Primary Northern

Birthday Treats

Birthdays are an exciting time for children and our teachers celebrate each child on their birthday.

Please DO NOT send in anything for your child’s birthday. If anything is brought to school, we will unfortunately have to send it back home with your child.

Parking Around The School

1. Parking out the front of the school- 
We are noticing a lot of parents parking in the front area of the school, walking to the single gate and dropping off, only to return to the car minutes later and reversing out into traffic. We understand the convenience but parking here and reversing out is stopping the flow of traffic from the drive through zone. We are asking that if you are walking your child onto our school grounds or collecting them in the afternoons, please use the back car park.

2. Keeping the car park entrance clear
It is very important that you do not park in the entrance to the back car park. If the drive through line is full, please wait with your left indicator flashing while on Nelson Road. When the line starts to move, then feel free to move into the drive through zone - but please don't block the car park entrance.

3. Turning left only out of car parks and drive through
In peak times, when families wait and try to turn right onto Wright Road from the drive through, it again, slows the whole drive through down - often to a complete stop. We are asking kindly that you turn left only out the drive through onto Wright Road. 

4. Side gate entrance 
We have opened the side gate walkway again to allow an alternative entrance, rather than going through the Front Office.

We hope to continue to develop the parking around the school so it runs as smoothly as possible. 

Afternoon Pick up

Afternoon Pick up 1.24 MB

Asthma/Medical Records

Each year the school needs to update student asthma records. If your child is currently listed as asthmatic, you will receive an asthma record to complete and return to school.

If your child has recently been diagnosed with asthma, please update and upload the plan in Consent2Go. If you are unable to do this, please call for information and help.

Medication

If your child requires regular medication to be administered during school hours, please send it to Student Services. Please note that staff may only give medication, prescribed by a doctor, in an original, labelled (with your child’s name) pharmacy container.  Any other medication that your child requires must be in the original packaging, labelled with their name and clear instructions on how and when it may be administered.

Uniform Passes

There are times throughout the year when students do not wear a part of the uniform due to something unforeseen happening.  When this occurs, the parent/carer is to write a note, send an email to info@ppn.sa.edu.au or an SMS to 0429 557 989 explaining the situation and the student will be issued with a uniform pass for the day.

Students will not be issued with a pass without first presenting a note from home.

A uniform notification will be issued to children without a uniform pass, and parents will be asked to address this promptly.