Office Reminders

Forms for Completion and Return

Please return the below forms to the office as soon as possible so that we can update any changes to medical information or contact details.

Current Emergency Contact Details

Please check all student information, clearly highlight any changes on the paperwork and return to school.

Confidential Student Medical Forms

The pink form is updated each year for the purpose of a teacher excursion register and to note if any changes have been made to your child's emergency and medical details. One completed form is required for each student. N.B. Most Prep students have already completed one for this year. 

Camps, Sports & Excursions Fund (CSEF)

The CSEF will be provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.  If you hold a valid means-tested concession card you may be eligible for CSEF.  Contact the school office to obtain an application form. For further information please see the attached flier or visit:

www.education.vic.gov.au/csef 

Medical Forms

For parents who indicated that their child suffers from asthma, anaphylaxis or epilepsy, it is a Department requirement that the appropriate plan is signed off by your child’s doctor and returned to school. Completed forms are required before your child can attend OSHC.  Parents should notify the school immediately if there are any changes to the plan. Students are required to have their own asthma medication and spacer.  We are not allowed to disinfect and reuse the spacers.  We do have disposable spacers on hand, but parents will be invoiced to reimburse the school for the $8.00 cost.

Visitors and Parent Helpers

All visitors, parents and friends are asked to please report to the office before visiting any classroom or school grounds.   We do request this measure most politely but always, as I’m sure you would understand, there are security risks of people on or near the school grounds.  We also try not to disrupt class time programs and activities and for this reason, we politely request that you wait for your child outside the school buildings at home time.

Visitors and voluntary helpers are requested to sign in and out of the register at the front office, as a security and safety requirement. A current Working with Children card is required which is free for volunteers. To apply go to: https://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/

Further information will be made available soon regarding Parent Helper Information Sessions.

Absences

Parents are reminded that an absence notification is required for all student absences by 11am on the day. The most efficient way to advise an absence is via the Sentral Parent Portal where you can send an email directly to your child's teacher. 

Alternatively, please phone the school or complete an absence note available at the office. 

Using Sentral / Parent Portal

If you are logging into Sentral for the first time, please do so using a desk top or lap top. A mobile device can be used to log in only after the initial log in has occurred via the above method. 

Should you have any issues logging onto Sentral, please contact the office.

Click here to go to the Parent Portal

How to message your child's teacher

Log in via the Teesdale Primary School website and click on the SENTRAL Parent Portal tab.

Once you have logged in you should see the Dashboard screen as follows. Click on the Messages tab. (To notify of an absence, do not use the Absences tab. This tab is only used if you are requested to explain an absence). 

On the next screen below, on the far right side of the screen, click on New Message.

The next screen below allows you to select your child's teacher and write your message.

Click Send Message, then your message will be sent directly to your child's teacher. 

Oxygen Music Lessons

Our school is pleased to offer private music tuition to students from grades 1 to 6 in conjunction with Oxygen Music. Their professional staff are experienced with beginners through to advanced and offer a half hour lesson here at school on Tuesdays during school terms. 

For more information, contact the school office.