We acknowledge the Bpangerang People, the traditional custodians of this land, and we pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging.
The name of our school Wangaratta is the Bpangerang word for the long neck of the cormorant.
School Saving Bonus
The Victorian Government is making life that little bit easier for families by providing a one-off $400 School Saving Bonus.
This support will help cover the cost of school uniforms, textbooks, and school activities like camps, excursions and sports.
The School Saving Bonus is in addition to existing and continuing means-tested supports for Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) and the Affordable School Uniforms Program. The bonus will be provided to schools and families in Term 4, 2024 and is available for parents and carers of all Victorian government school students from Prep to Year 12, in 2025.
To receive the School Saving Bonus, your contact information must be up to date to ensure you receive emails sent by the Department of Education. To update your information now, see Change of Student Information Form
Accessing the $400 School Saving Bonus
You do not need to apply for the School Saving Bonus. The Department of Education will email you in November 2024 with your $400 School Saving Bonus, where you will be able to access it via an online system.
You can decide how to best use the School Saving Bonus for your family’s needs. You can choose how to allocate the $400 in the online system.
The bonus can be used towards 2025 school costs, which may include:
- Camps, trips, excursions and incursions
- Swimming and sporting programs
- Outdoor Education programs
- Graduations
- School uniforms
- Textbooks
The bonus can be used at your school’s approved textbook or uniform suppliers either in-store or online, or through State Schools’ Relief. The list of suppliers may include a school uniform or bookshop. Any amount that you choose to allocate to textbooks and uniforms will be valid until 30 June 2025. It will then transfer to your child’s school account for future activities.
Funds will roll over for use in future years if it is not all spent in 2025.
