Enrolment Process
River Valley Primary School
Applications for enrolment for students from Kindergarten to Year Six can be made by following the steps below:
- Complete and return the Application for Enrolment
- Complete and return the Enrolment Form and Student Health Care Summary
- Please note that as the enrolment process advances, additional forms may be required
Please ensure that your child/ren's original Birth Certificate and up to date ACIR Immunisation History Statement is provided. These forms and any accompanying documents can be scanned and emailed to rivervalley.ps@education.wa.edu.au or handed directly to our office. If a scanned copy of the Birth Certicate is emailed, the original must be sighted before your child commences.The Enrolment process consists of two parts.
Please complete either:
The editable Online Application for Enrolment form and the Additional Information for students enrolling in Kindergarten (editable documents) OR the printable Enrolment Pack - Part A; together with the relevant Enrolment Pack Part B (K-2 or 3-6).
Please submit both parts to the school for approval.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the office on 9586 0850 for assistance. Our office hours are 8:00am - 3:00pm, Monday to Friday during the school terms.
Contributions, Charges & Additional Costs
The River Valley Primary School Board has endorsed the schedule of Contributions, Charges and Optional Costs for 2025, which can be found at the bottom of the page.
The schedule allows you to calculate all costs that may be incurred throughout the school year.
The School Education Act 1999, School Education Regulations 2000 and Department of Education policies permit a $60 maximum rate for primary school contributions. At River Valley Primary School this revenue is directed to extend school expenditure in the curriculum areas listed in the attached tables.
Financial support provided by parents is particularly important in formulating the school budget. Parents may choose to pay by instalments and/or in advance.
Contributions and Charges can be paid in cash at the school front office, by mail or by internet banking:
Bank: CBA Bunbury
BSB: 066507
Account: 10259716
Please use your child’s name as the reference.
Glossary
Charges
Any costs for which payment is compulsory.
Extra cost optional components
Voluntary courses and activities where an election is made by the parent or student to participate. These include:
- optional courses in Years K-10 which have a high cost associated with their provision (for example outdoor education, specialised design and technology courses);
- optional activities in any course for which there is a high cost associated with their provision (for example excursions , visiting performers or displays). This category includes options within a course of study where higher cost materials may be chosen; and
- other optional school-based activities which address broad learning outcomes and for which there is a high cost (for example school social events, such as graduation dinners or school balls, or excursions such as end-of-term picnics, movies or skating).
Participation in these components is voluntary, but a charge is payable if the student opts to participate.
Contributions
A voluntary payment requested from parents towards the cost of materials, services and facilities used by K-10 students in the educational program.
Fees
This term applies to fees for instruction. Fees can be imposed:
- where someone other than a Department staff member provides tuition; and
- for certain adult and overseas students regardless of whether or not the tuition is provided by a Department staff member.
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