Volume 36 Issue 1 - 8 February 2024

New Parent App

We’re excited to announce that St Patrick's College is launching Parent Orbit, a new mobile app for parents.  We are keen for parents to have greater flexibility in how you access information about your daughter(s), communicating and completing any tasks needed.

To download the app, please follow these steps:

1. On your mobile phone click this link to go to the app store and download TASS ParentOrbit. If you are on a PC, please scan the QR code with a mobile device. https://parentorbit.page.link/spcg

2. Click the Install button. After the app is installed, our school will be loaded as an account.

3. Click on our school name then tap the login button.

4. Enter your Parent Lounge login details into the login screen that appears. 

Below are a list of features in the Parent Orbit App

Quick Links

Access important information from your school through quick links. This may include documents, web pages or other products you may need easy access to.

Items to Action

Items that require you to review, acknowledge or submit items. This includes:

    • View and book interviews with Teachers via Parent Teacher Interviews
    • Absences to acknowledge and submitting absences
    • acknowledging Pastoral Care records
    • acknowledging and updating Medical Details View
    • accept and pay for Events & Payments your children have been invited to.
    • Accept and pay for Extra Curricular team’s

Daily Digest

Check our what’s occurring Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow through the School Calendar and Notifications tabs of the daily digest giving you a full run down on any activities the parent needs to be notified of.

 

Push Notifications / Notification History

The College will be able to send targeted notifications via the app, so that parents are only alerted to information that's relevant to your child e.g. attendance information, academic reports. You’ll also be able to acknowledge notifications and view and search notification history. 

Attendance & Absences

You will be able to acknowledge and submit absences, as well as view the attendance history for your children on the go, making it easier for the College to ensure we have accurate and up-to-date information on student whereabouts.

Student Details

You will be able to view your child's information including General information, MCEECDYA information, View and Update Medical Details, Email Class Teachers, View and download Academic Reports, and any other additional customised data the College may make available.

Calendars

You will get access to the College calendar, tailored to the information most relevant to you and your children. This includes a multi-student view for parents and the ability to include/exclude different calendar feeds.

Accounts

You will have the ability to access and make payments for School Fees and Events & Payments via links to Parent Lounge.

Parent Profile 

You will be able to view your personal details, address information and login history, as well as submit updates to the address blocks. This will allow you to make sure that the College always has the most up to date and accurate information for contacting you.

If you have any questions about the new app, please email info@saintpatricks.nsw.edu.au

Ben Robson - eLearning and Innovation Coordinator