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PARENTS & CARERS INFORMATION 

Everyday information to know

Parent Handbook 

This handbook is an essential source of information about the College and a practical step-by-step guide on how to use parent programs, how to log in and day-to-day information. 

  • If you're new to the College it is essential that you read this booklet to log into different platforms.
  • If returning, please check the handbook for any updates.
  • A copy is below and it's also available on the Parent Portal.
Parent Handbook 2023.pdf

Parent Portal 

The Parent Portal is a secure link to access and download college information.

  • See the Parent Handbook for step-by-step instructions on how to set up your portal access.

Change of Contact Details

Please email the College Registrar  sac.enrol@cns.catholic.edu.au if your phone numbers, email or postal addresses change. 

Student Dairy

Every boy is given a student diary, which contains important information that you and he need, to navigate the days and weeks at school. Please sign the diary at the end of each week. 

It contains information about such things as:

  • Bell times
  • Key dates
  • College expectations, obligations, regulations and policies
  • Goal setting
  • Homework and assignments. 

Policies and Guidelines

  • Please visit the Parent Portal for detailed policies and guidelines.
  • For Catholic education guidelines and policies please click here.

Day-long Absences

If your son will be absent:

Automated text messages are sent daily to both parents of students who have been marked absent without parental approval

Late Arrival

  • Please notify the student office on 07 4052 9157 before 8:40am.
  •  Or email: sac.absences@cns.catholic.edu.au
  • Your son must sign in at the student office on arrival.
  • Students are expected at Saints by 8:35am and in homeroom before 8:40am.

Early Morning Arrival 

  • The Gildas Centre (library) is supervised from 7:30am.
  • The  College grounds are supervised from 8:15am.

Punctuality and Attendance

  • As mentioned previously, students are expected to arrive by 8:35am and be in homeroom before 8:40am.
  • All school days are compulsory
  • A student who arrives after 8:40am must report to the student office
  • A student who is late may have to make up that time after school
  • A student who deliberately misses all or part of the day may have to make up lost time on a Saturday or another time as defined by the Deputy Principal
  • Years 11 & 12 students who are absent from a formal assessment task due to illness must give the Director of Studies a medical certificate.
  • A student who is absent from a college sports carnival, walkathon, camp or retreat requires a medical certificate
  • If a medial certificate is not produced a student may have to attend a make-up day

Permission to Leave the College 

Ideally, appointments are scheduled out of school hours to minimise interruptions to learning. However, if your son needs to leave the College during the day:

  • Please fill in the form at the back of the student diary
  • Your son shows his diary, before or during homeroom, to his head of year for approval
  • Before leaving with you, he goes to the student office with his diary.
  • You sign him out and sign him back in when you return
  • For emergency appointments, please call the College 07 4052 9111 and speak to your son's head of year. Arrangements will be made with the student office.

Requests for Student Absence

Please restrict leave to gazetted term holidays. 

  • Requests for leave outside normal holiday times must be made in writing to the College Principal, before other arrangements are made
  • Fill in a Request for Student Absence form and email to sac.absences@cns.catholic.edu.au  
EF2 Request for Student Absence.pdf

Illness or Injury

The College is responsible for contacting you if your son is unwell and has gone to the Health & Wellbeing Centre. He should not phone you. 

 

If your son feels sick he must:

  • Tell a teacher who will sign his diary and send him to the student office.
  • There he'll receive a pass to go to the Health & Wellbeing Centre

If he is injured:

  • A teacher will ensure he is taken to the Health & Wellbeing Centre.
  • When he requires outside medical treatment or needs to go home staff will try to contact you.
  • Students are covered for ambulance travel to the Emergency Department but will need accident and/or medical insurance if admitted.

Valuables

Expensive jewellery, watches, mobile phones and iPads may present security problems, therefore: 

  • They should be left at home
  • If phones are brought to school they must be securely stored in lockers or put in bags and kept there until 3:20pm
  • No visible jewellery, including chains, rings or religious symbols, should be worn
  • The College is not responsible for the loss of or damage to items mentioned above.

Lost Property

  • Students report lost property to their homeroom teacher or head of year immediately.
  • During a break, they should enquire at the student office
  • Check the lost property table
  • To help prevent loss, clearly label all equipment and clothing 
  • Valuables should not be brought to school 

Found Property

Students should take items to their head of year or to the student office immediately

Visitors

All visitors must sign in at reception when they arrive. 

Locker Locks

  • Each student must buy a combination lock from Saints Shop (no other lock is acceptable)
  • He devises the combination for his lock and keeps it private 
  • If he forgets the combination, he should contact his head of year
  • If lost, a new one must be bought from Saints Shop

ID Cards

Each student receives a photo ID card. If lost, he can buy a replacement card from the student office.