Parents Role & Communication
Close communication between home and school is essential to the success of our pupils. At St. Francis College we strive to achieve this by communicating with parents in a variety of ways:
ManageBac
ManageBac is a academic online platform used to consolidate all IB related communication between parents, pupils and school. Once the student is enrolled at school, parents will automatically receive an invite to join the School App.
E-mails
Parents will be sent emails from the College reminding them of important upcoming events and field trips. It is important that parents check these on a regular basis. It is also important for parents to inform the College of any changes to their email addresses. This ensures that we update our databases so that parents are able to receive all communication from the College.
Social Media
Another strong communications platform for us has become our Social Media pages. These pages are open to the public, so many sensitive matters and pictures will only be shared in our Bulletin. Nevertheless, our Facebook and Instagram pages do share on almost a daily basis what has been happening at school. It also announces upcoming events, plays, sport events and results and more.
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Diary
Diary
The pupil’s diary is a two-way communication tool between parents and the College. Diaries are given to pupils on their first day of school, and pupils are expected to have their diary with them at all times. The diary is to be used as the primary means of communication between parents and teachers.
Bulletin
The St. Francis Bulletin is a fortnightly report on the main events and highlights of the school. It’s sent to parents via email and also can be downloaded here on our website. Read more about the Bulletin and our Social Media under the "Bulletin & SN" drop down here on our website.
Pick Up APP
Our school uses a pick up app called School Guardian. We ask parent's to give us their consent to sign them up to this app. It's a GPS based location app that allows parents and legal guardians to notify they are on their way to pick up their child. Children are only let out of school once the request has come through the app. More information is shared with the family once enrolment takes place.
Workshops & Coffees
As a learning community not only do we at St. Francis ensure that teachers take part in professional development but we also try to promote as many workshops for parents as possible. These workshops aim to give parents necessary information about how their children learn but they also aim to bring parents into the world of learning at St. Francis. Early Years and Primary promote workshops about child learning. Some Parent workshop examples are: The PYP, Child development and Emergent reading and writing. The Helping Parents also promote some parent workshops on topics they deem interesting and relevant. Parents wishing to suggest a parent workshop should contact their class representative.
Additionally we also offer a monthly coffee to parents. At this event parents and staff get to speak, exchange ideas, build relationships all over a very pleasant coffee atmosphere at the school´s cafeteria. Staff always selects a topic of discussion for this coffee, and it’s another great opportunity to acquire and exchange knowledge, and be an active participant in the St. Francis community.
Check our calendar to view dates and times of these events.