PLC Communication Channels Handbook

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Your Guide to PLC Communication Channels

Keeping informed about your daughter’s social and academic progress, co-curricular opportunities, School event bookings and latest news at PLC Perth is easy, thanks to a range of information sources at your fingertips.

If you have a home computer, laptop, tablet or mobile phone you will be able to access all of the key information you need to know.

For many sites you will need a login and password. Parents receive this shortly before their daughter’s start at PLC, however, if you need help retrieving your password, or with access to any of the links, please contact the PLC Tech Centre on techcentre@plc.wa.edu.au.

home.plc

For parents at PLC, home.plc.wa.edu.au is the primary source of information relating specifically to your daughter.

You will be given your own secure login to home.plc and, because it is password protected, it is safe and secure. home.plc hosts important information you need specific to your daughter.

On this portal you will find access to:

» SEQTA for parents

» Parent - Teacher interviews booking facility

» Flexi-schools link to set-up and top-up your daughter’s cafeteria account

» Co-curricular information

» Outdoor Education information

» Music information

» School calendar

» Library and Innovation Centre

» PLC Gallery - provides password protected access to photographs and videos of School events

» Absentee email link

» Printing Credits

» School TV

» ILT@PLC

» Online Learning @PLC

» Assesment Archives

» Boarding Life

» Being environmental @PLC

» Gorna Liyarn Programme

» Medical Information

» News and Events

» Committees and Support Groups

» Password Reset

» PLC Courses

» PLC Handbooks

» Booklists

» Service Learning

» House Information

home.plc is accessible on any modern web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari) or by using the PLC App. As a parent at Presbyterian Ladies’ College, you have been provided with access to the home.PLC portal. You can access the login page by either:

1. Navigating to the PLC homepage (plc.wa.edu.au) and clicking the QuickLinks button in the top right corner of the page.

2. Navigating directly through the home.PLC login URL (home.plc.wa.edu.au)

Use home.PLC to access up-to-date and meaningful information about PLC and your daughter’s progress.

If you have any troubles accessing home.plc, please contact the PLC Tech Centre at techcentre@plc.wa.edu.au

SEQTA for Parents

SEQTA is an all-in-one collaborative platform that allows parents to better engage in the education of their children. It allows you to have visibility across your duaghter’s whole school life, including:

» Lesson information

» Homework

» Reports and teacher feedback

» Timetables

» Notices

» Attendance and wellbeing information

» Key school documents

» All assessment and feedback data

This link within home.plc.wa.edu.au is your window into your daughter’s academic progress.

As well as being a tool to have an overview of your daughter’s learning and assessments, it also provides a communication channel for parents and teachers, enabling greater collaboration and enhanced learning outcomes for your daughter.

Assesments

View your daughter’s results and teacher feedback for any subject through the Assessments page. Upcoming assessments appear when a teacher has made the assessment ‘visible’ in their marks book.

Teachers may choose to upload resources to individual assessments to support students with the completion of a task. You can also view and download these documents through SEQTA.

Courses

Through Courses, you can view lesson outlines, resources and homework. Homework is also visible through the Dashboard.

Dashboard

The Dashboard provides an overview of many areas relating to your daughter. See information such as dates of unresolved absences, pastoral care records, homework and the timetable. More dashlets can be made visible by selecting other available options, as shown on the following page.

Direct Messages

You can exchange messages with teachers in an integrated message system. When you receive a new Direqt message a new notification will appear in the notifications icon (top right). If you click on the message, the Direqt message screen will open and the message will be displayed.

Documents

You can also receive access to a range of documents. Examples of documents include camp forms, policies and procedures, excursion details etc.

Notices

The Notices page is used to communicate information to parents. You can also review past notices by selecting the date required.

Portals

Portal pages contain additional content such as library information, co-curricular activity information, parent-teacher interview bookings and links to resources etc.

Reports

School reports are available to parents through SEQTA Engage. Current and past reports can aslo be downloaded and viewed.

Timetable

The Timetable page allows you to view your daughter’s individual timetable. You can select to view tutorials, classes and/or events.

PLC Perth App

The PLC Perth App can be downloaded from the Apple Store or Google Play Store.

The PLC App is the central place to receive important information. To download the App, you will need your username and password. This is the same as your login credentials for SEQTA.

Information accessed via the App includes:

» Year group/class notices, school notices and urgent information such as event cancellations etc

» E-newsletters

» Absentees

» Uniform Shop

» School TV

» Key Contacts

» Calendar

» Co-Curricular

» Gallery

» home.plc

» SEQTA

» Term Dates

Download App and Manage Subscriptions

1. Search for PLC Perth on the Apple App Store of Google Play and download the app.

2. Manage your subscriptions by clicking the settings cog on the bottom right-hand side. Select subscriptions and deselect the year groups and other groups that don’t apply to your family. You can change your subscriptions at any time.

3. Ensure you receive push notifications by clicking the settings cog and then selecting Notifications and ensuring these are switched ON.

At the start of each new year, we ask all parents/guardians to update their notification subscriptions to your daughter/s new year level, to ensure the correct information for your daughter’s year is received.

The App is an excellent avenue for the School to communicate with parents because it allows for push notifications to your phone or iPad, which is invaluable in circumstances such as the cancellation of sports carnivals or notifications of buses running late.

Student SmartRider

Collecting Your PLC SmartRider

On the first day of school, students will be supplied with a blank SmartRider Card to be used until they are issued with a permanent SmartRider Card with their school photo on it.

SmartRider cards are available for collection at the Junior School Reception and the McNeil Street Reception. Junior School students requiring a SmartRider should see the Junior School Reception or their classroom teacher.

Activating your PLC SmartRider

Your daughter will need to activate her SmartRider card once she has received it. To activate these cards, students must swipe their card onto a printer in the Tech Centre and log in. This attaches the card number to the student. If students are unsure or want to check they have done it correctly, the Tech Centre team (for Senior School students) or the Junior School Tech Centre desk (for Junior School students) will be able to offer their assistance.

What can your SmartRider do?

Ticketing on Transperth bus services.

Ticketing on HorizonsWest dedicated PLC bus services.

Purchases at the school Canteen and Bev’s cafe through Flexischools.

Uploading Credit to your SmartRider

Cafeteria or Bev’s Café

Printing credits to use at any Senior School printer.

A limited number of credits are allocated to all students each term.

All purchases at the School Cafeteria and Bev’s Cafe are cashless and are made using the SmartRider card. Funds can be uploaded to cards for this purpose at flexischools.com.au.

Transperth Bus Services

Transperth provide public transport services for the Perth metro area. Funds can be uploaded onto your SmartRider card by visiting transperth.wa.gov.au.

PLC School Bus Services

To view the PLC school bus services, visit plc.wa.edu.au/enrolments/all-about-plc/ getting-to-plc.

PLC school bus services are paid for using a SmartRider card.Funds need to be uploaded to the Horizons West eticketing service at horizonswest.com.au/eticketing. Each trip is a $2.50 flat rate.

For students who already have activated their SmartRider card and now need to upload credit, please note that Transperth, Horizons West, and Flexischools payments are all uploaded seperately to different accounts.

PLC Gallery

The PLC gallery brings together all the audio, video and pictures that are taken at PLC. Each year thousands of these resources are created and shared to the PLC community via the Gallery.

PLC uses Pixevity to share photographs, which has advanced facial recognition software so parents can see all photographs that include their children automatically. We have already set up your account linking you with your child(ren).

You can access the PLC Gallery by clicking the Gallery tile on the PLC App. You will be automatically logged into the Gallery. From time to time, you will need to login. Please use the same PLC login details as SEQTA. Once logged in, you can see all the photos of your daughter/s by clicking the orange My VIP’s button.

Please familiarise yourself with how to navigate and use Pixevity by reading the user guide, accessible by clicking here.

School TV

A Wellbeing Resource for Schools

PLC recognises that parents face a multitude of challenges as they strive to raise healthy, happy, resilient young women. We also know that while there is a great deal of information available, it can prove difficult to source reliable material.

To assist you, PLC has subscribed to School TV. School TV addresses this as a new online resource designed to empower you as parents with credible and sound information with realistic, practical ongoing support strategies. We encourage you to interact with the resources on this site.

You can access PLC School TV from home.PLC or by visiting plc.schooltv.wa.edu.au.

Publications

Black Watch

Black Watch is the School magazine that is published online twice a year. Families and members of the School community will receive an email with a link to the latest edition as soon as it becomes available.

It features recent School highlights, upcoming reunion and other information for Old Collegians, PLC Foundation and PLC Parents updates and the Tartan News, featuring inspiring achievements of our Old Collegians.

Junior and Senior School Notices

Each Thursday, our Junior School and Senior School Notices are published on the PLC App. Key dates, upcoming events and latest important Junior and Senior School information is found in this weekly publication. You can read these notices via the App, by clicking the Head of Schools tile.

Handbooks

All Handbooks are accessible via the ‘Handbooks’ button on home.plc or on the PLC website here - www.plc. wa.edu.au/the-school/publications/ handbooks

Photo Permissions

On occasion, the School publishes photos of students or their school work on our website, social media, and marketing material to showcase the PLC differnce.

If you do not wish to give your permission for publication of your daughter’s photo or work, please advise the Principal via principal@plc.wa.edu.au and specify which of these three areas (website, social media, and/or marketing material) the objection applies to.

Social Media

PLC Perth regularly uses social media accounts to keep the PLC and wider community informed about events and achievements of students and staff.

Find us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

@plcperth #plcperth

Parent Contact Lists

Parent Contact Lists are provided to parents in each Year group with name, email and mobile phone details. The lists are used by families to arrange playdates, gatherings etc. and are subject to strict guidelines of use. These guidelines are attached to the Medical, Emergency and Parent Contact Details form, which is completed prior to your daughter’s enrolment.

These lists will be updated throughout the year should a new family join the cohort.

If you do not wish to have your details disclosed on the Parent Contact List, please notify our Admissions team at registrar@plc.wa.edu.au.

PLC Website

The PLC Perth website, plc.wa.edu.au, provides a broad range of information to the wider community about the School.

However, there are also some key features of the website that are particularly relevant to PLC parents and students. These include:

PLC Lighthouse

The PLC Lighthouse offers a comprehensive, integrated wellbeing curriculum as well as fitness and classes to students, staff and parents. Book at plc.wa.edu.au/wellbeingservice/plc-lighthouse.

Publications

All publication produced by the School are uploaded to the website at plc.wa.edu.au/theschool/publications.

Latest news

Find out about what’s happening in the School by visiting our news and events page at plc. wa.edu.au/connected-community/news-events.

Bus routes

PLC has a number of dedicated bus services that run before and after school. To discover if a route stops near you go to plc.wa.edu.au/enrolments/all-about-plc/getting-to-plc.

PLC Courses

As well as home.plc and the APP, you can access the courses on offer by visiting our personalised learning page. Begin your daughter/s course selection at plc.wa.edu.au/ personalised-learning.

School Calendar

You can pencil PLC events in your diary by visiting the PLC calendar on home.plc or the PLC App. Visit plc.wa.edu.au/connected-community/calendar.

Uniform Shop

PLC Uniform items and accessories are available for purchase online from our webstore. The webstore is accessible from the top menu on the homepage. Visit plc.wa.edu.au/our-uniform.

Connected Community

Find out more about our parent support groups and the Old Collegians’ Association at plc.wa.edu.au/connected-community/committees-support-groups.

Main Reception 9460 6444

reception@plc.wa.edu.au

Junior School Reception 9460 6428

juniorschool@plc.wa.edu.au

Senior School View Street 9460 6579

Senior School McNeil Street 9460 6494

Boarding House 9460 6423

boardinghouse@plc.wa.edu.au

Music Department 9460 6512

music@plc.wa.edu.au

Tech Centre 9460 6469

techcentre@plc.wa.edu.au

Uniform Shop 9460 6243

uniformshop@plc.wa.edu.au

Health Centre 9460 6432

healthcentre@plc.wa.edu.au

Admissions 9460 6555

registrar@plc.wa.edu.au

Communications & Engagement 9460 6531

cande@plc.wa.edu.au

Sports Department 9460 6364

sports@plc.wa.edu.au

PLC Lighthouse 9460 6333

lighthouse@plc.wa.edu.au

PK - Year 2

Jennifer Rickwood

jennifer.rickwood@plc.wa.edu.au 9424 6572

Years 3 – 6

Aleasha Franetovich

aleasha.franetovich@plc.wa.edu.au 9424 6572

Year 7

Jane Brandenburg jane.brandenburg@plc.wa.edu.au 9424 6144

Year 8

Helen Jones

helen.jones@plc.wa.edu.au 9424 6123

Year 9

Claudia Feldman (commencing T3) claudia.feldman@plc.wa.edu.au 9424 6368

Year 10

Christa Snyman

christa.snyman@plc.wa.edu.au 9424 6527

Year 11

Lynne Jones lynne.jones@plc.wa.edu.au 9424 6134

Year 12

Deborah McPhee

deborah.mcphee@plc.wa.edu.au 9424 6124