Whittlesea Primary School is looking forward to another great year of teaching and learning and would like to advise you of its voluntary financial contributions for 2026.

Schools provide students with free instruction to fulfil the Victorian Curriculum, and we want to assure you that all contributions are voluntary. Nevertheless, our families' ongoing support ensures that our school can offer our students the best possible education. We want to thank all our school community members for their continuing support, whether through fundraising or volunteering. This has made a significant difference to our school and the programs we can offer.

Within our school, this support allows the school to:

• Offer a wide range of curriculum learning areas, specialist subjects and various adaptive learning experiences for all students across all year levels.
• Purchase and maintenance of digital devices, such as Laptops, iPads and applications, to support technology use and promote digital citizenship to enhance learning outcomes
• Purchase of equipment to support the specialist subject implementation, such as sports equipment for Physical Education/Sport, PE Boost/Perceptual Motor Skills Program (PMP) (F-2), Language provision (TBC), STEM (Years 3-6), Arts supplies, Inquiry resources, Developmental Play (F-2), Wellbeing Programs (Respectful Relationships, Friendology & The Resilience Project), enrichment opportunities and student excellence initiatives.
• Develop outdoor structures and learning spaces with a variety of seating/outdoor options.
• Refurbishment and beautification of school spaces, rooms, and grounds, including walkways, gardens, signage, and shared student/communal areas.

Please also see the one-page overview for further information on the Department’s Parent Payments Policy.

In 2026, the school will continue not to use an additional ‘booklist’ supplier, as we have incorporated all classroom costs into the Curriculum Contributions (as in 2025) Once families pay their Parent Payment (School Fees), no further items need to be purchased, as all classroom items will be available at the school for all students at the start of each year. Please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions Guide for further information.

Please see our 2026 Parent Payment Arrangements (letter to families)

Please note that the information regarding payment options/methods for Whittlesea Primary School will be communicated later in Term 4, 2025. This will include multiple payment plan options. 

We will start to collect payments at the end of Term 4, 2025. Dates and details will be shared once finalised. 

Our school contact person for any queries about payments (and payment plans) once these have been set up and posted on Compass will be Ms Angela Kilvington (our Business Manager). If you have any questions, please get in touch with her.