P - 12 News

In this week's Prep to Year 12 News find out about our

• 2023 student return dates,

• download our Sentral Parent Portal App,

• CEM Schools Annual Survey and

• 2023 bus travel

2023 Student Return Dates

While it is hard to believe we are already looking ahead to 2023, we know some of our families are trying to book holidays and be prepared for the year to come. Please find our student return dates below:

Friday 27 Jan	Yr 7 & Yr 11-12 commence
Monday 30 Jan	Yr 1-6, Yr 8-18 commence
Friday 27 Jan - Monday 30 Jan	Best Start Assessment - Prep & Kindy. Dates will be emailed to families for their child
Tuesday 31 Jan	Prep & Kindy commence

Sentral Parent Portal App

Thank you to all our families who have already downloaded the Sentral Parent Portal App. We trust you are finding it helpful and welcome any feedback you may have.

For those families who are yet to download the App, could you please download it as soon as possible, as permission notes and other information is now being uploaded to this App. If you didn’t receive the Parent Portal email, please contact our Administration Team on 4052 3300 and we will resend you the link.

You can use the Parent Portal to:

• notify the school of absences

• approve permission slips for excursions

• stay up to date on the latest news and events

• update your contact details if anything changes

• update your child’s medical information

Key Features of the Parent Portal App:

Newsfeed will contain news items for the whole school. Some of these may require action, others will just be for information.

By selecting absences you can provide information relating to a past absence. You can also create a future absence by selecting ‘Absences’ and then clicking on the ‘+’ on the top right hand side of the screen and adding the relevant details.

Stay up to date on all our school events and activities through the Calendar .

To update your details, please click on the ‘Settings cog’ on the bottom right hand side of the App home screen. Then select ‘Edit’ to update your details.

CEM Schools Annual Survey

Each year CEM Head Office surveys Parents, Students and Staff as a meaningful way to engage with our school community and seek to address improvements across all our schools as well as each individual school. The survey will be released on Friday 28th October and closes on Wednesday 9th November. We do appreciate your time and effort in ensuring that your voice is heard not only in areas of improvement, but also areas MCS is doing well and should stay on course.

2023 Bus Travel

MCS Buses

Students who live in Fern Bay/Stockton or Raymond Terrace are able to apply to catch one of our MCS buses. For a modest fee, you can feel confident that your child is travelling safely to and from school with one of our drivers.

At MCS we use the RollCall bus management system. This free App allows you and your family to manage transport arrangements each day, while knowing your child is travelling safely to and from school. Each child catching our bus is issued with a tag individually linked to their travel, bringing you peace of mind.

If you are interested in applying for your child to travel on one of our MCS buses, please contact our Office on 4052 3300.

Public Transport

Applications for student travel in 2023 are now open. If you need to apply for a bus pass, or change your details, visit the Transport NSW website.