Commencing week 2 of next term, Monday 28 July, our school will be switching over to a new messaging platform for communicating student absences.   This will replace our current Schoolzine SMS text message.

The new platform, called EdSmart is an Australian platform which is designed to improve communication in school communities by allowing electronic messaging i.e. SMS and emails. For now, it will be used to manage absence messages; the students main contact (enrolling parent/carer/guardian) will receive an SMS and email alert if your child is absent from school requesting a response.  Note, the text message sender will be a shortened version of our school’s name - Please keep an eye out for it!

The platform will, over time, be rolled out across all Tasmanian Government Schools and new features will be added. 

Further information is available on the Department’s website

Communicating with your child's school - Department for Education, Children and Young People (decyp.tas.gov.au)

Parents/carers will still be able to notify us of absences using the Schoolzine SZapp.

Lucy Powell

School Business Manager