Monday, 8 February 2016

COMMUNICATION WITH THE COLLEGE

Our first week of term was a busy one with many new students commencing at the College, the commencement of our first Year 5 and 6 students, Year 7 Transition, a College Opening Assembly and Breakfast and the College Ball.

I would like to thank the staff for their work in ensuring that we had a good start to the year and also the Student Leaders who assisted  with the transition of new students on their first day.  

PARENT INFORMATION SESSIONS AND FAMILY BBQ
Information sessions for parents of students in the Junior and Middle Schools will be held on Wednesday, 24 February.  All parents are expected to attend the Information Session for their child’s year level.  Middle School students are required to attend with a parent.  A letter regarding these sessions will be sent out this week.  The Friends of Holy Cross will be holding a Welcome BBQ at 5:30pm on this evening.  This will give you a chance to meet other parents and staff and will also alleviate the need for you to feed your children when you get home!    

COMMUNICATION
The College will communicate with parents this year in a variety of ways.

SMS messages will be sent at 10.30am each day regarding student absence where parents have not notified the College of their child’s absence. Please refer to the Parent Information Handbook for more information if your child is to be absent or arrive late/leave early.  SMS messages are also used to remind parents of upcoming events at the College. Please ensure your mobile number record is kept up to date with the College Office.

Emails - will be sent to advise details of events. Please ensure your email address is kept up to date with the College Office and that you check your emails regularly.

Parent Coneqt – Direct Messages in Parent Coneqt may be used between parents and teaching staff.  If you do not have a log on to Parent Coneqt, have lost your log-on or are unsure how to use it, please contact the College Office.

Website - www.holycross.wa.edu.au   The College website has a number of blogs (under the news tab) which are updated on a regular basis. The purpose of these blogs s to keep parents up to date with key developments and upcoming events and also to share information and photos about recent events.
  • Principal’s Blog
  • LIFE@HCC
  • Wellness Blog
The blogs replace the traditional newsletter - allowing us to post information and photos on a regular basis.

The College Calendar can be found under the News tab on the website under Calendar and Upcoming Events. Please check this regularly so you are aware of upcoming events or student home study days.  2016 Term Dates also lists the student home study days for the year.

Facebook - The College Facebook page is used to alert people to upcoming events and also to celebrate what is happening in the school through photos and information.  People must request to join the Facebook page and the College is able to block anyone who uses the page inappropriately.  We do request that people do not tag photos with student names, including your own children.

A reminder that our Privacy Collection Notice, which parents receive at the time of enrolment, includes:
Each year visual imagery (photographs and videos) are taken of students which are used in various media outlets such as College publications (College newsletters, Year Book, website etc), student files, newspapers, community magazines and others.  Visual imagery may be used for the promotion of the College, College public relations, documentation and the recognition of student achievement.  If you have any concerns, please contact the College Office.

Communication with staff
Parents may use Parent Coneqt to email teaching staff or may make an appointment via the College Office.  A reminder that a Coneqt message will not receive an immediate response as staff will only attend to this when they are not teaching. Email contact to Admin Staff should be via the admin@holycross.wa.edu.au email and not directly to the staff member.

Parents should deal with concerns with the people who work most closely with their child - in Junior School - the class teacher and in Middle and Senior School - the House Tutor or Subject Teacher.  More serious concerns may be referred to the Cluster Coordinator in Junior School, House Coordinator, Learning Area Coordinator, Head of Junior School and Deputy Principals as appropriate.

Communication with the Principal should be via the admin email - admin@holycross.wa.edu.au  Communication with the Vice Principal, Mr Collins should be through collins.peter@cathednet.wa.edu.au.  Please do not use Parent Coneqt to contact the Principal and Vice Principal.

Check out https://web.holycross.wa.edu.au/news/principalblog.php for information about the past week, coming events and development of buildings and grounds.
  
I look forward to seeing you on 24 February.

Yours sincerely 
Ms Mandy Connor


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