Sentral For Parents
Sentral Education is a School and Student Management System. Currently we use Sentral Parent Portal for the following:
– Receive notifications and notices from the school
– Message your child’s homeroom teacher
– Receive excursion permission / medical forms
– Receive absence notifications (sent at 10am week days)
– Respond to unexplained absences
– Submit future absences
– View the school calendar
– View your child’s Continuous Reporting Continuums
– View Semester Reports
– Book parent/teacher interviews
– Update family details
– Update medical records
Click the logo above to go to the Parent Portal.
Or
Download the ‘Sentral for Parents’ app from your devices store.
If you have not received your unique identifyer key from the school or have any other enquiries regarding Sentral, please call the office on (03) 9354 2928.
Excursion Permission Forms
All excursion permission and medical forms are completed on the Sentral Parent Portal.
You will receive a Sentral notification when a new excursion is added for you child.
Newlands Notebook Program
The 2022 Technology Plan will continue to see the F/1 area using a shared class device bank. The banks will consist of iPads and Notebooks and use a range of applications to support their learning.
Year 2 – 6 students are required to have their own device at school each day.
Newlands primary school offers 3 options for student Notebooks:
• JBHI FI Newlands Portal
• Newlands Rent to Buy
• BYOD Program
If none of the options suit your circumstances, please contact the school to make alternative arrangements.
In Order to help us protect your child’s device and to ensure that all students have access to a device, please complete the Device Registration Form.
Online Learning Platforms
Newlands COmmunity – Feedback of experience or ideas
Hours & Term Dates
School Hours
8.50 am
Students assemble near their classroom entrance
9.00am – 11:00 am
Teaching and Learning
11.00am – 11:45 am
Play break
11:45 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch Eating time
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Teaching and Learning
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Play Break
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Teaching and Learning
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Play Break
2:30 -3:30 pm
Teaching and Learning
3.30 pm
Dismissal
Term Dates 2022
First Day of School
Monday 31st Jan 2021
Term 1
31 January to 8 April
Term 2
26 April to 24 June
Term 3
11 July to 16 September
Term 4
3 October to 20 December
First Day
All students in grades 1 to 6 will begin school on Monday 31st January 2022.
Foundation
Our foundation students will begin fulltime classes on Friday February 4th. They will be given a time to undertake their beginning school assessment between Monday 31st January and Thursday 3rd February.
Curriculum days
Each year schools receive four student-free days. These days are used for professional development, school planning and administration, curriculum development, and student assessment and reporting. The first day of Term 1 each year is a student-free day in all government schools. This is to allow for appropriate planning to take place by teachers prior the arrival of students for the new school year. School councils have the flexibility to schedule the remaining three student-free days each year to meet local needs of the school.
Before & After Care
HOURS OF OPERATION
Before Care: 7:30AM – 8:50AM (children are accompanied to their class by staff)
After Care: 3:30PM – 6:00PM SHARP (Prep and grade 1 children are accompanied to OSHC by a teacher)
Located in the C-Block multipurpose room. OSHC offers a wide range of activities and experiences for children outside of school hours.
Example activities include Arts & Crafts, Games, Creative resources, Sports, and a dedicated quiet area for children who wish to do their homework.
We provide breakfast to all children in before school care and a healthy snack in the afternoons for those attending after school.
Enrolment
To enrol your child / children in the program, parents must complete an enrolment form online using the my family lounge widget.
New Prep Families please enrol prior to then end of your child’s kindergarten year.
Click here for instructions on how to enrol your child for Before and After Care.
Bookings
Permanent bookings are classified by an ongoing booking lasting a term or more. There will be limited opportunities for casual and emergency care. In the second last week of each term, parents/carers will be given the opportunity to alter bookings subject to availability of spaces. Bookings need to be confirmed in writing before the term commences.
Non Attendance
Parents/Guardians must notify the service by marking their child absent on the “My Family Lounge” app.
Signing In/Out
Parents/Guardians of children attending the program must sign children in via the ipad when they arrive at the before school program and sign them out when collecting from the after school program.
FEES
Before School Care: $22.50 per day After School Care: $25 per day $30 Casual
Our fees are charged per session or any part thereof. Child Care Benefit (CCB) may be available from the Family Assistance Office (FAO).
There is a strict late fee charge of $1 per minute for children collected after 6pm.
Click here for the current Parent Handbook
Parent Payments
Beginning in 2022, parents can make payments through the Sentral Parent Portal. Parents will be notified of available payments as they are created.
Uniforms
Our school colour is royal blue with gold accents.
School uniform is compulsory.
A full list of uniform options is available through the Primary Schoolwear Website www.psw.com.au
You can order directly online and have uniforms delivered directly to your home.
