Communication

Clear and accessible communication between the school, our students, families and broader community is essential for developing and maintaining strong partnerships.

To enable effective communication, Gaven State School deploys several methods of communication to ensure students, parents, carers and the community can access and receive the latest information available to them.  

• website, email, social media
• Digital sign
• Notes sent home
• School apps (see below)
• Parent/Teacher interviews
• Parent teacher meetings – formal or informal and phone calls
• School reports
• School assemblies
• P&C meetings
  

The report is one of several strategies used by our school to communicate with you throughout the year about your child's achievement, effort, and behaviour.

Parent interviews will be offered at the beginning of Term 2  as well as Term 4, and available upon request.

Essential Apps for School

To assist us in supporting you and your child, we use several applications to enable timely and effective updates between home and school. 

QParents
The QParents web and mobile application provides an easier way for you to interact with our school. Securely access your child's student information, anytime, anywhere, through your phone, tablet or computer. QParents allows you to connect instantly with our school to access and manage your child's school information, including:

• Attendance and absence details, as well as the ability to notify the school of an absence
• Behaviour information
  
• Academic report cards
• Viewing unpaid invoice details, payment history and making payments online
• Viewing and updating student's personal details, including medical conditions and address details
• Enrolment details

You will be provided with a unique code from our Administration team with information on how to register. Download this app for free from your App Store pp Store or click here for more information.

FlexiSchools

We use the Flexischools app to enable you to order food online from the school canteen. You can top up your Flexischools account using your credit card, bank account or Paypal account.

Flexischools is free can be downloaded from your app store. Click here for more information and to set up your account. Please contact FlexiSchools support if you have any questions on 1300 361 769

Our P&C use the School24 app to enable you to order school uniforms and pay for any P&C events.  Click here for more information and to set up your account.  Please contact School24 support if you have any questions on 1300 067 337

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