4th September  

Next week... 

• Meet the teacher sessions – see below

• Monday 7^th at 8.50am – Secondhand uniform, we have 100s of items, please come and pick up a bargain. What doesn’t go will go to charity.

Meet the teacher session

We run this session each year to give parents a time to touch base with the teacher and get an understanding of the routines and expectations etc. The sessions are all straight after school at 3.30pm, except for Reception which will be at 2.50pm.

• • Monday 7^th  – Mountain Phase (Y3/4) Teachers

  • Tuesday 8^th – Sea Phase (Reception) Teacher (2.50pm)

  • Tuesday 8^th – Land Phase (Y1/2) Teachers

  • Thursday 10^th – Sky Phase (Y5/6) Teachers

Key Reminders 

• The Drive - no one should be using their vehicles on the drive unless they have a pass.

• Booking for BSC, ASC - please use MCAS for booking either Before or After School clubs. (If you’re unsure, talk to the school office.)

• If you haven’t signed up for MCAS scroll down for info.

• Phones - children cannot use phones on the school grounds.

• Appointments - wherever possible, please ensure appointments for dentists etc are made outside of the normal school day.

• Attendance and punctuality – help us help the children make the best progress. Please get them here each day and on time.  Being on time also helps keep staff in the right places supporting all children. Anyone who is late for school needs to come to the main entrance and sign the late book.

• Please let us know when different people are picking up children – for safeguarding reasons we don’t allow pupils to go home with anyone!

• The Comprehensive have asked us to remind parents not to walk through their site for drop offs and pick ups – please use the right of way that drops down to the back entrance, but not the one that comes onto the playground. Thanks.

Allergies

We want to double check our school system to ensure pupil's records are correct regarding allergies. If your child does have an allergy to anything, please take the time to fill this form in: Allergies – Fill in form

SeeSaw

All parents should have a QR code come home which you need to scan to join the class SeeSaw. Paper copies went home this week. This enables teachers to be able to communicate with you. Please don’t delay signing up.

MCAS - My Child at School

The Local Authority have purchased a new Management Information System, called Bromcom, for schools in Swansea. We use it in school for registration, safeguarding, and other key information.

Through Bromcom, we have the ability to interact with families using an app/web based system called ‘MyChildAtSchool’ or MCAS, which will soon replace iPay. We are now using MCAS for:

• Before school club, breakfast club and after school club bookings

• School announcements and notifications

In the coming weeks it will be used for:

• Online payments (for trips, residentials etc)

• An appointments booking system for Parents Evenings

As each of these features are released, further details and parent user guides will be provided.

We kindly ask all parents/carers to register for the MCAS portal, either online or via the mobile app. To sign up for MCAS you must use the email address that we hold on record for you. If you already have MCAS for children at another school, your child should link automatically.

When installing the MCAS app you must enable notifications in order to receive Push Notifications. If notifications aren’t enabled at installation then you will not receive any notifications. If you accidentally skip this step, you will need to delete the app and reinstall it, making sure to allow notifications during setup.

If you would prefer to use the app:

Download the MyChildAtSchool (MCAS) app from your app store

• Click reset password

• Enter email

• Tick ‘not a robot’

• Click send reset email

• Go to your emails

• Click on ‘here’ in the email text from MCAS

• Enter a password and then re-enter

• Click continue

• Go back to the parent login and sign in

• Chose a 5 digit pin enter and then re-enter

• Click confirm

• Make sure you say yes to notifications pop up and then allow notifications

If you would prefer to use a web browser:

Go to www.mychildatschool.com

• Click reset password

• Enter email

• Tick ‘not a robot’

• Click send reset email

• Go to your emails

• Click on ‘here’ in the email text from MCAS

• Enter a password and then re-enter

• Click continue

• Go back to the parent login and sign in

• Make sure you say yes to the notifications pop up and then allow notifications

• If you receive the error message ‘incorrect email address’ or have any problems please contact the school office.