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SJPC Communication - Facebook

Do you follow SJPC's Facebook page? This is where you will find reminders of upcoming social events, sporting updates, transport delays, job advertisements and photos of SJPC students participating in everyday life at the College.

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Vaccinations

The following vaccines are offered free to students at school in 2024:

• Year 7 - diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (dTpa) and human papillomavirus (HPV) - Thursday  April 11 - Year 7 vaccinations

To provide consent for vaccination online, parents/carers will need to:

• visit the online consent portal link: online consent portal (https://nswhealth.service-now.com/school).

• click the login with ‘Service NSW Account’ button and log in with their Service NSW details, or create an account with ServiceNSW if they don’t already have one
• enter Medicare details for themselves and their child

Read a step-by-step guide on how to provide consent online. Translated guides are available in Arabic, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese.

www.health.nsw.gov.au/schoolvaccination

Compass

Attendance and Permission to Leave School during the Day - Early Departure

Please note early departures or late arrivals cannot be submitted as an attendance note via the Compass App. Only full day absences can be submitted using the attendance note via the Compass App.

Students must have a written note from their parents/carers, giving an explanation and requesting permission to leave the College at a specific time. Students must take the note to the College Office before school and a Compass reminder notice is uploaded on the student's dashboard. At the allocated time, students must return to the College Office to formally sign out for the day and return the handwritten note.

For urgent appointments or requests to leave the College without a written note, parents/carers are required to collect their student from the College Office. Students will not be dismissed from class until parents/carers arrival at the College Office. Please allow enough time for the Office staff to retrieve students, as there could be delays leaving the Office. If students are able to bring a note in the morning this will alleviate any delay.

Arriving Late or Returning from an Appointment

Students MUST sign in at the College Office if they are arriving late to school or if students are returning to school after an appointment.

Compass - Permission to Leave from SPORT - Early Departure

Students must bring a written note from their parents/carers to the College Office before they depart for sport. Early departure from Sport cannot be submitted via the Compass App only a written note will be accepted. Only full day absences can be submitted using the attendance note via the Compass App.

Traffic and Parking Guidelines

Helpful information is found in the student diary regarding daily college procedures. Please take the time to go through the student diary with your child.

Lost Property

Please encourage your child to visit the Office if they have lost any school items. Please mark your child's name on all school items, including airpods, pencil cases, drink bottles, sport bags and school uniform. 

Term 1, 2024 Tuition Fee and Foundation Levy is now available on your Compass App for the nominated Fee Payer to arrange payment. BPay is the preferred payment method. If you are a new family to the school, please email cofhs-fees@lism.catholic.edu.au to request your reference details. The other payment option is through the Compass App or by EFTPOS/Cash at the College (you are unable to set up recurring payments through these two options).