Port Douglas State School provides a Student Resource Scheme (SRS) for consumables, textbooks and some digital resources. The scheme is supported and approved by the school’s Parents and Citizens Association (P&C), is managed by the school and operates in accordance with section 51 of the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006.
The scheme is voluntary and families are under no obligation to join. However, books, materials and consumables required under this scheme are not funded by school grants. Therefore if you do not wish to join the scheme you will be responsible for providing your child with the items that would otherwise have been provided by the scheme.
Student Resource Scheme Fees can be paid in full at the beginning of the year or by the end of week 1 of each term.
All textbooks and consumables will be purchased by the school and delivered directly to the classroom ready for the beginning of the school year. Classroom teachers will distribute and manage the textbooks and consumables for students in their class.
Parents are required to complete the Participation Agreement Form, indicating their intention to participate in the scheme and listing each participating child in the spaces provided.
If you choose not to participate in the scheme, you are still required to complete and return the Participation Agreement Form, ticking NO at the top and complete your child's details. You will be charged for school specific books and subscriptions as indicated on the 2021 Booklist.
Other expenses for the year are based on a user pays system, invoiced on a term-by-term basis. This includes incursions and excursions, instrumental and choral music programs, swimming lessons, school camps, Year 4 - 6 interschool sport and special events participation.
Our school’s Student Resource Scheme is convenient and cost saving for parents. It also allows our school to have consistent resources for all students in each year level. We encourage all families to take advantage of this scheme.
Our 2021 Booklist is available for those parents/carers who do not wish to participate in the scheme.