Principals Report

Cross Country

Congratulations to the Imogen, Lucas and Eddie, members of the Cross-Country Team who competed today in the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Cross Country at the Yarra Valley Racecourse. Congratulations and all the best to these super stars!

Aerobics

Congratulations to our Aerobics Teams who performed last week for their parents in the Hall, it was a great opportunity for the teams to perform live to an audience and they all did an amazing job especially the students who are new to aerobics this year. They are all practising hard for the upcoming Pacific Open Aerobics Competition next Saturday the 22nd June at Rowville. Go Syndal!!

Parent/Teacher Interviews

Parent-teacher interviews will be held on Monday 24th June unless otherwise advised. The interview will once again be booked online via the Compass Parent Portal. The booking system will be open from tomorrow and will remain open until 9.00am on Monday 24th June.

A reminder that interviews are scheduled for 10 minutes duration only. Please help to support our families by ensuring you are on time for interviews and finishing within the allocated 10 minutes. If you need more time to discuss any particular issue with your child’s teacher, please indicate this to them before the interview finishes, so that you can both arrange a suitable time for a follow-up conversation.

The purpose of the meeting/interview is:

• To allow parents to discuss their child’s progress so far this year.
• To exchange any relevant information that parents/teachers feel is pertinent to their child’s future learning goals.
• For teachers to discuss any general issues that have arisen since the start of the year.

It is important that before the interview parents have read their child’s midyear report.

Reports

Teachers are just adding the final comments to the student reports. From approximately 4.00pm on Friday 21st June, you will be able to access your child’s Semester 1 reports from our Compass Portal. Once logged in, you will be able to download a pdf copy of the report and save it or print it for your records. If you misplace your report in the future, you can simply log in to the Compass Portal and download it again, whilst your child is enrolled at SSPS.

Compass is a web-based system that is accessible on any modern web browser or by using the ‘Compass School Manager’ app available for iOS or Android. If you have a smartphone, we encourage you to download the app, as this will allow both parents/carers to receive ‘push’ notifications on your device. Please note that some features of the portal are only available by logging in via the website. If you are experiencing problems accessing your child’s report via the app, then please try to access it on a desktop or laptop computer instead, as sometimes the app doesn’t work.

To access our Parent Portal, go to https://syndalsp-vic.compass.education.

To log in to the site, you will need your family’s username and password. If you have misplaced these details, please contact the office, which can reissue you with a new password.

Once you have logged in navigate to the reports section of your child’s student profile page (see instructions below).

New Building Move

Finally, our move to the new building is becoming a reality. I have mentioned in previous newsletters that we would greatly appreciate support on the day from parents to move light furniture and boxes (as well as a few large and heavy items). If you have some time on Friday 28th June please follow this link to register your attendance.  Please note that this is an ADULT only task - children are not permitted to assist in any way on the day.

Have a fabulous fortnight everyone.

Helen