Appointments With Staff
If you wish to discuss any matters concerning your child, please contact your child’s teacher in the first instance as they are in the best position to inform you of your child’s issues.
Class Requirements
A booklist containing the class requirements is sent out to every child in October for the upcoming year. The P and C have an arrangement with Enoggera Newsagency to supply the items on the booklist. Orders returned by the due date will be available for collection from the school before the end of each year. Included in the booklist are details concerning P&C contributions.
Communication From School
Parent Information Evenings
These are held early in the year for every class. They provide general information on the operation of the classroom and the curriculum.
Newsletter
The school newsletter is sent home weekly on a Thursday with the youngest child at school. It is also available on our website www.ashgrovess.eq.edu.au. Parents are urged to read this carefully as it is the main means of communication between the school and parents. The newsletter contains school information, school news, news from the School Council and P and C, examples of student work and other items of interest.
Notices etc
Other notices and information are forwarded home with the children concerned as required.
Communication Handbook and Diary
Teachers can use the Communication Handbook and Diary issued to each child to communicate with parents about your child.
Communication To School
If parents need to communicate a brief message with the teacher, parents generally find writing in the student’s diary effective for this purpose. If parents require an interview with a teacher a letter should be addressed to the teacher requesting an appointment.
Mobile Phones
Students may bring mobile phones to school as some students travel via public transport or walk unsupervised and parents like to ensure their safety. Once at school students are required to bring their mobile phones to the office where they will be held for the day. Students may collect mobile phones at the end of the day at 2:55pm.
Parent Teacher Interviews
The school has two formal periods for parent teacher interviews. These are at the end of term one and term three. Parents may at anytime request an interview with the teacher to discuss students’ progress.
Reporting Procedures
Two written reports will be given to parents for children in Years 1-7. These will be available towards the end of each semester i.e. approximately June and November/December. Children in Year 2 will also receive a Year Two report at the end of semester one. Year 1 and Year 3 children receive a net report at the end of semester two. With the mid year report an invitation will be issued for parents to discuss their child’s progress with their child’s teacher. Parents are always welcome to make an appointment to discuss their child’s progress at other times throughout the year. Teachers may also request to meet with parents at various times if there is a perceived or potential problem associated with the child’s progress.
Telephone Calls
Messages will be given to children during the day if they are of an urgent nature or concern changes to how children are to go home at the end of the day. However we cannot always guarantee students will receive messages that are received after 1:00pm as children often move classes or are involved in extra curricula activities.
Children do not, as a rule, have access to the telephone. Should the need arise, parents may be contacted on behalf of the students.