Pastoral Care
From the Assistant Principal Pastoral Care
Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome to the 2019 School Year at St Pius X College and I hope you have enjoyed a great break with your sons.
With regard to the College’s legislated and moral responsibilities to accurately record the attendance and academic progress of your sons, our College exercises its duty of care and concern for the safety, wellbeing and learning of our students with the utmost integrity.
ATTENDANCE: Administratively, Attendance Rolls are marked in morning administration or assembly time, 8.42 – 8.57am. Students are marked absent or present by their Homeroom Pastoral Care Teachers on the IWISE timetable. Subsequently an email to the nominated parent’s address is generated if the absence has not been explained by mid-morning.
Parents should therefore contact the College at their earliest opportunity to explain any student absence, preferably before roll call, by:
- Ringing and leaving a message on the attendance line: 9414 4377
- Emailing The Attendance Roll Manager: studentmanagement@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au
- Using the portal to explain an absence http://iwise.stpiusx.nsw.edu.au/igloo/portal
OR
4. Providing a written/printed note explaining the absence on the next available opportunity.
Please address the communication appropriately to the College staff and include the student’s full name, date/s of absence, student’s year and class group, reason for absence, likely return date, your signatory’s details, relationship to the student, and return contact means.
If a student is absent for more than two consecutive days, or a pattern of concern arises, pastoral care staff should ensure that contact is made with the parents of the student to seek clarification and express our concern.
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF eSAFETY FORUM
7.00 - 8.30pm, Tuesday 19 February in the College’s Chatswood Gym
In an effort to develop an informed consensus of how we can keep our students safe in their responsible use of and learning from technology, all members of the wider College community are warmly invited to attend an eSafety Forum to be conducted by a guest speaker from the Office of the eSafety Commissioner between 7.00 and 8.30pm on Tuesday 19 February in the College’s Chatswood Gym.
Please refer to the flyer attached below and book a free ticket on the Trybooking site https://www.trybooking.com/453005 so that we can plan appropriately and cater with tea/coffee/ nibbles with the support of the College P&F.
Looking forward to a great year ahead and to seeing as many of you as possible at the upcoming parent information evenings.
Mr Sean Brannan - Assistant Principal Pastoral Care