INFORMATION BOOKLET

2017 FEES AND CHARGES 40 CHARLES STREET, KEW VICTORIA 3101 AUSTRALIA

TELEPHONE: +61 3 9854 3600 FACSIMILE: +61 3 9853 9457

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Dear Parent/Guardian

The School has compiled this comprehensive booklet of information pertaining to the financial commitment you have made to have your child(ren) here at Trinity.

We hope that you find this information useful in assisting you to plan your family budgets and cash flow throughout the year ahead.

Should you have any comments or suggestions regarding the booklet, please contact the Finance Manager, Mr Tristan Davidson, on (03) 9854 3600 or via email at davidsont@trinity.vic.edu.au.

Yours sincerely

Kirsty J Brown

Business Manager

Dear Parent/Guardian

The School Council sets the fees with regard to many factors, including the range of Trinity's educational and co-curricular offerings and its desire to attract and maintain the best quality teachers at Trinity. The Council is mindful of the substantial financial commitment that parents make for the education of their children. We manage costs carefully, and Trinity measures very favourably against educational benchmarks. The fee schedule for 2017 is detailed in this information booklet. In deciding on this fee schedule, we have taken into consideration the following:

· Expansion and enhancement of educational and co-curricular programs in both the Junior and Senior School · Employment of additional staff required for this program enhancement · Appropriate increases in staff compensation · Investment in new facilities and maintenance of existing School assets · Maintenance and improvement of the School's technology platform for both students and staff · General increases in costs of goods and services

If you have any questions please feel free to contact the Business Manager, Miss Kirsty Brown on (03) 9854 3600 or via email at brownk@trinity.vic.edu.au. Yours sincerely

Garry Ringwood Chairman

Please note: This information was correct at the time of printing but may be subject to change. (September 2016)

2017 ANNUAL TUITION FEES

The following scale of fees will operate from Term 1, 2017 and is in respect of students who qualify to receive both the Australian and Victorian Government subsidies.

TERMS OF PAYMENT

Instalments

Each year’s tuition fees are charged via four instalments, each one term in advance. The first instalment is paid in the year prior to entry to the School. Subsequently, four instalments are paid each year other than for Year 12 when only three instalments are paid. Please note that the Fixed Charge is not charged one term in advance, and will be charged in addition to the Tuition Fee each term.

A tuition fee statement will be issued to parents at the beginning of each Term. Payment of each fee statement is normally due three weeks from the date of issue. Relevant 2017-2018 dates are as follows:

Please note that a further statement may be issued at the end of Term 4 of each year to include miscellaneous charges incurred during Term 4.

Net Annual Fee 2017

Net Fee Payable per Term

Full Year Fee Paid in Advance

Primary and Secondary

$ $ $

Preparatory 21,180 5,295 20,756 Yrs 1, 2, 3 24,320 6,080 23,832 Yrs 4, 5, 6 27,548 6,887 26,996 Yrs 7, 8 29,500 7,375 28,912 Yrs 9, 10 30,332 7,583 29,724 Yrs 11, 12 30,756 7,689 30,140 Early Learning Centre (ELC)

5 days 21,160 5,290 20,736 3 days 12,964 3,241 12,704 2 days 8,640 2,160 8,468 Fixed Charge Prep, Yrs 1 – 3 1,068 267 Yrs 4 – 8 1,144 286 Yrs 9 – 12 1,284 321 Boarding All year levels 26,668 6,667 26,132

Term

Term dates Date of fee Statement

Due date of fee statement

Term 1, 2017 1 February – 31 March 2017 3 October 2016 24 October 2016

Term 2, 2017 19 April – 30 June 2017 1 February 2017 22 February 2017

Term 3, 2017 18 July – 15 September 2017 19 April 2017 10 May 2017

Term 4, 2017 9 October – 13 December 2017 18 July 2017 8 August 2017

Term 1, 2018 31 January – 29 March 2018 TBC 9 October 2017 30 October 2017

Please note: This information was correct at the time of printing but may be subject to change. (September 2016)

METHODS OF PAYMENT

The School accepts the following methods of payment for all fees and charges processed to your tuition fee statement:

BPay: Pay from your bank account or debit/credit card via your internet banking website.

Credit Cards: Mail or phone in your Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Diners Club details.

Direct debit: Please contact the School’s Finance Department to authorise the direct debiting of your nominated bank account.

Salary sacrifice: The School is able to accept amounts salary sacrificed via your employer direct to the School’s bank account. Advice that this arrangement is to occur is requested.

Other: Cheque or Money Order (payable to Trinity Grammar School), Cash and EFTPOS.

The School’s preferred method of payment of your tuition fee statement is via BPay – it should be noted that you may use your credit card in this regard.

Please note that should a payment be dishonoured, an administration fee of $20.00 will be charged.

Payment of multiple years’ fees in advance

Discounts are offered to those parents wishing to remit payments for multiple future years’ tuition fees, providing their child(ren) is/are already confirmed or enrolled at the School.

The payment in advance must be for a minimum of 6 years and the student cannot be receiving a scholarship, discount or bursary. Please contact the School’s Finance Department should you wish to enquire of this option.

The Fixed Charge, together with any supplementary charges for camps, music tuition and other sundry charges is not included in this payment and should be paid within statement terms. Non-payment of these supplementary amounts within the required time may result in a late fee charge.

Payment of one full year’s fees in advance

You may elect to pay the 2017 (ie. four terms) tuition fees in full at the discounted rate (tabled on page 2), provided the School receives the payment no later than 24 October 2016.

The Fixed Charge, together with any supplementary charges for camps, music tuition and other sundry charges is not included in this payment and should be paid within statement terms. Non-payment of these supplementary amounts within the required time may result in a late fee charge.

Payment of tuition fee statement via instalments

You may elect to pay a student’s tuition fees and charges for each 12 month period October to September via monthly instalments authorised to be drawn by the School from your debit/credit card or bank account. The School also draws automatically from the same nominated card/account amounts due for miscellaneous items. There is no additional charge payable to adopt this method of payment. Please contact the School’s Finance Department should you wish to enquire of this option.

Please note that should a payment be dishonoured, an administration fee of $20.00 will be charged.

Please note: This information was correct at the time of printing but may be subject to change. (September 2015)

OTHER CHARGES

Fixed Charge Payable by the parents/guardians of all students (including Scholarship holders, but excluding ELC students), the Fixed Charge covers the use of sporting equipment, bus travel to training and matches, the issue of the school diary, “The Trinity Grammarian” and “The Mitre”, and accident insurance protection.

Camps All students at Year levels 3 to 10 attend compulsory School camps with the costs of such processed to tuition fee statements. Destinations (subject to change) and approximate fees for 2017 are as follows:

Please note: This information was correct at the time of printing but may be subject to change. (September 2016)

Australian Scholarships Group – School Plan

School Plan is a school fee payment service that spreads your child’s school fees into monthly payments. School Plan pays your fees directly to the School when due while you pay School Plan back in instalments. For more information as to this service please visit www.schoolplan.com.au. Please note that the School does not receive a financial benefit in referring this payment service.

Destination

Total fees $

Tuition fee statement(s) charged to

Year 3 Belgrave 200 December

Year 4 (1st) Camp Rumbug (Foster) 320 April

Year 4 (2nd) Beechworth 300 December

Year 5 (1st) Portsea 320 April

Year 5 (2nd) Sovereign Hill 575 December

Year 6 (1st) Camp Waratah (Foster/Waratah Bay) 600 April

Year 6 (2nd) Canberra 1,050 April & July (2 instalments)

Year 7 Leppitt 990 April & July (2 instalments)

Year 8 Nillahcootie 990 January & April (2instalments)

Year 9 Licola 990 April & July (2 instalments)

Year 10 (1st) Grampians 1,204 January & April (2 instalments)

Year 10 (2nd) Leppitt Leaders’ or Lord Somers 160 December

China Experience

All students in Year 9 travel to China in Term 3, staying for 2 weeks at the Yu Xin School, immersed in the local culture. The cost of the trip is $3,000 approx., with instalments charged on tuition fee statements as follows:

Instalments

$approx

July (when student is in Year 8) 750

October (when student is in Year 8 750

January (when student is in Year 9) 750

April (when student is in Year 9 750

Instrumental Music Lessons Undertaking of instrumental music lessons is optional, with such arranged through the School’s Music Department. Applicable fees, which from 2017 will be charged in advance, are:

Please note: This information was correct at the time of printing but may be subject to change. (September 2016)

Fees

$

Per 30 minute lesson 44 Per 45 minute lesson 66 Per 60 minute lesson 88

Instrument hire (per term) 120

Exam costs and accompaniment fees for rehearsals and exams, and attendances on Music Camps are billed in addition, if incurred. All costs are processed to tuition fee statements.

Student Laptops (Years 5-12) Details of the School’s laptop program are detailed on a separate information sheet. Instalment amounts of approximately $800.00 per annum are charged on the January tuition fee statement. In the event that an insurance claim for a repair is required, the excess (approx. $100.00) incurred will also be processed to tuition fee statements.

Other Costs Unless otherwise stated, the following are payable separately (ie. not processed to tuition fee statements). Books and Uniforms Requirements, fees and charges are listed in detail on separate information sheets, which are distributed to all families subsequent to enrolment. Miscellaneous subject charges, such as distance education, art, photography, graphics, and VET, and Special Education may be levied during the year and processed to tuition fee statements. School photos (approx $40.00) are processed to April tuition fee statements each year. Year 12 expenses Expenses specific to Year 12 students – Colloquium, Formal, Valedictory Dinner, Leadership Dinner, School Jumpers – will either be charged to parents separately or will be processed via tuition fee statements. My Monitor The School operates a parent-funded cashless system, “My Monitor” which enables each student’s printing and copying needs, and purchases at the Cafeteria. Parents may fund their son’s account from the Trinity Connect portal (at the $ Payments tab). Before and After School Care (ELC) The ELC provides Before Care (from 8:00am to 8:45am) and After Care (from 3:15pm to 5:00pm), both at the rate of $10.00 per hour or part thereof. Such charges, if incurred, are processed to tuition fee statements. Students not collected by 5pm may attract a surcharge of $50 per subsequent 10 minute period and may be precluded from utilising the After Care service. After School Care (Junior School) External provider, Camp Australia, provides onsite After Care for students in the Junior School from 3:10pm to 6:00pm. Programs and fee details are available from the Junior School Office or at http://www.campaustralia.com.au/. Please note that there is no Before Care facility available to students.

Holiday Program (Junior School) The School conducts Camp Trinity at various times during holiday periods. Program and fee details are available from the Junior School Office. Holiday Program (Junior and Senior School) External provider, Camp Australia, conducts various activities during holiday periods, some onsite, others offsite. Programs and fee details are available from http://www.campaustralia.com.au/. Extra-curricular cultural and sporting tours The School conducts a number of sporting and cultural tours each year, both interstate and overseas, for the benefit of students. Costs of these tours vary depending on destination and length of tour. Where tuition fees are outstanding, it is the School's policy that those students are not permitted to attend extracurricular sporting, cultural and other School tours.

Annual Giving Program

The School conducts an Annual Giving program each year with the proceeds directed to a specific project, generally capital-based. Further information as to the designated 2017 project will be communicated to parents in the new year.

Donations

Parents and friends of Trinity who are interested in making donations, bequests, etc. to the School are encouraged to contact the School’s Director of Development and Community Relations, Sue Felton, on 9854-3667. The School holds Deductible Gift Recipient status and is therefore able to provide tax deductible receipts in many instances.

Please note: This information was correct at the time of printing but may be subject to change. (September 2016)

FUNDRAISING

TERMS OF PAYMENT

Please note: This information was correct at the time of printing but may be subject to change. (September 2016)

REBATES & SUBSIDIES

Child Care Benefit – ELC only

The ELC is certified with the Family Assistance Office (FAO) as a provider of registered child care. Parents may, therefore, qualify to receive the Child Care Benefit (CCB). Parents are requested to contact the FAO to determine whether they are eligible for the CCB before contacting the School’s Finance Department. Please note receipts must be presented to the FAO within a specified period to be valid.

Child Care Rebate – ELC only

As the ELC is certified with the Family Assistance Office (FAO) as a provider of registered child care and not of approved child care, please note that there is no entitlement available for parents to access the Child Care Tax Rebate.

Kindergarten Fee Subsidy – ELC 4 year old level only

Parents of children attending the ELC at the 4 year old level, providing they are holders of an eligible conces-sion card, may be entitled to the Kindergarten Fee Subsidy administered by the Department of Education & Early Childhood Development. Parents are requested to visit http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/for-individuals/financial-support/concessions/education/kindergarten-fee-subsidy-for-4-year-old-children to determine eligibil-ity prior to contacting the School’s Finance Department.

APPLYING FOR ADMISSION

Application

An application for enrolment at the School is effected by the execution and submission of the Application for Admission form, available from the School’s Admissions Office, accompanied by a non-refundable payment of $110.00 per child (including GST) for non-OTG parents or $55.00 (including GST) for OTG parents, and a copy of the child’s birth certificate.

Minimum entry ages

ELC 3 year old programme: the child must be at least 3 years of age by 1 February in the year of entry

ELC 4 year old programme: the child must be at least 4 years of age by 1 February in the year of entry

Preparatory (Prep): the child must be at least 5 years of age by 1 February in the year of entry

Confirmation and Deposit

Acceptance of an offered place at the School is effected by the execution and submission of the Confirmation of Enrolment form, accompanied by the payment of a deposit of $2,000 per child of which $500 is refundable at the completion of the child’s time at the School. A further amount of $2,500 is also required to be paid at the time the offered place is accepted with this amount credited to the student’s second tuition fee statement (January statement). Should the student not commence at the School as previously confirmed this amount is surrendered.

Parents of students entering Prep are advised that their first tuition fee amount will be billed to them in June of the year prior to their commencement.

Return or donation of Deposit

Students leaving the School, other than at the end of Year 12, will have the refundable portion of their deposit returned to them following processing of all finalising charges to their account. Parents of students leaving the School following completion of Year 12 will have their refund processed in February of the following year.

SCHOOL REGULATIONS

The School’s Regulations are included with and comprise a part of the School’s Application for Admission form: a completed and executed form includes acknowledgement and acceptance of the Regulations. Parents’ attention is drawn specifically to the following Regulations:

Non Payment of Accounts

Non-payment of any accounts rendered within the required timeframe may result in the charging of a late fee. The amount of the late fee, which is subject to change, is currently $150.00. If the account remains unpaid after a further fourteen days and no contact has been made with the School, the School may issue a letter advising that the student(s) may be asked not to attend School, and that his(their) future at the School cannot be guaranteed. No student may commence a new term unless the previous term’s fee commitment has been settled. In the event that an account is referred to legal collection, the costs of any such legal collection will be added to the account with responsibility for settlement borne by the account-holder.

Where tuition fees are outstanding, it is the School's policy that those students are not permitted to attend extracurricular sporting, cultural and other School tours.

Please note: This information was correct at the time of printing but may be subject to change. (September 2016)

Notice of Withdrawal

When a student is to leave the School, other than at the end of Year 12, a full term’s notice in writing to the Headmaster is required. Failure to do this will result in a penalty of a half term’s tuition fee being charged.

The withdrawal of a student where a full term’s notice in writing to the Headmaster has not been provided will not result in any refund of that term’s tuition fee.

Extended absence from School

If a student is to be absent from the School for one term or more (to a maximum of one year) and a place is to be kept pending their return, a full term’s notice in writing to the Headmaster is required and a holding fee will be charged. The holding fee charged for a year’s absence will be the equivalent of one term’s tuition fee for the level the student was to have entered, pro-rated should the student’s absence be of less than one year.

Sibling Discount

If a family has three or more students in the Junior and/or Senior School at any one time, a discount in tuition fees of 25% for the third child and subsequent children will apply.

Changes to contact details

It is your responsibility to update your details via Trinity Connect, the School’s communication platform, should such change during the year.

Similarly, if the medical information pertaining to your child changes during the year, please also update such information via Trinity Connect.

School Student Accident Protection Insurance

Arrangements have been made with Willis Australia Limited to provide you with 24-hour worldwide Student Accident insurance for your child(ren) attending the School.

Details of the cover will be forwarded to parents in early 2017. In the event that you need to make a claim please note the procedure on the following page.

Please note: This information was correct at the time of printing but may be subject to change. (September 2016)

WILLIS ED

WEBSITE – www.willis.com.au/studentaccident

We recommend visiting the above website before making a Student Accident claim. The website includes information on the claims process, claim forms and procedures to download, and an FAQ section. Before considering the lodgement of a Student Accident Claim, please note:

All invoices must be presented to Medicare and / or your Private Health Fund insurer where applicable before you present the invoices to the Student Accident insurer, Chartis Australia Insurance.

Whilst the GAP from your Private Health Fund insurance is claimable, if your Private Health Insurer does not pay all or part of the invoices, you must provide a letter from them stating the reasons why.

Legislation prevents insurers from paying claims for any Medicare GAP; in other words, any expense associated with a Medicare benefit is not covered.

The Policy only provides cover for costs incurred for a period of 12 months from the date of the accident / injury.

Please keep a copy of all documents submitted. Please note that the School’s insurance broker, Willis Ed, requires the lodgement of claims by email to Chartis Australia Insurance at: WillisPA@chartisinsurance.com Or, alternatively, by mail to: Chartis Australia Insurance Ltd Claims Department GPO Box 4363 Melbourne Vic 3001 If you are experiencing any difficulties or delays during your claim please contact the Willis Ed Claims Team for assistance on 1300 854 131

Please note: This information was correct at the time of printing but may be subject to change. (September 2016)