The Department of Education is delivering a new online student information system to all WA public schools called Program Kaartdijin. The Kaartdijin Solution for schools uses Compass to manage student attendance and wellbeing and communicate important school information.
The Kaartdijin Solution for parents/guardians allows schools to invite parents/guardians to connect with them online through their Compass parent portal.
Noranda Primary is transitioning to this new system from 27th May. Before this date you will receive further information and an email with details on how to access the Compass portal.
The new system will notify parents, guardians, and caregivers of unexplained absences or late arrivals.
It will send parents an SMS on their mobile phone when their child is marked absent without an explanation.
This is a sample message below. Parents will get this SMS with the link if their child is marked absent without an explanation. Parents should use this link to add attendance notes about their child’s absence. Please note that the link will be valid for only 48 hours. Do not reply to this message via SMS as the school will not receive it. The school will receive your response via the link provided. Ensure the phone is connected to an Internet data plan or has WIFI access to use the hyperlink.
If the child is absent again without a prior explanation, parents will get a new one-time link.
If parents do not use the link provided, they can notify the school of their child’s absence via telephone or email.
If you have any other questions regarding the Attendance SMS Communications, please call the school on 9218 1550.
Last Friday 16 May was P & C Day, a day where we show our appreciation for our P & C members. We currently have nine members, who work hard to provide our students, families and staff resources and experiences enriching the school experience. The staff invited our P&C for a morning tea so we could show our appreciation, with an event they didn’t have to plan, one they could enjoy as our way of thanks.
Our annual faction carnival is tomorrow. Parents will have seen the schedule, which was made available via ClassDojo earlier this week. Students are asked to wear their faction shirts (plain coloured t-shirt without logos) and school shorts, skorts or skirts. Students must have their school hats and sneakers. The P & C have organised a coffee van that will be in attendance from 8.30am. There will also be the traditional bake sale, so we ask for donations of sweet or savoury items (with ingredients listed and no nuts) to be dropped off at the start of the day to the table set up. The bake sale will be cash and EFTPOS. If you are able to assist in the stall on the day, please reach out to pandcnorandaprimary@gmail.com. Students’ Subway orders will be delivered to them in their faction bays for Year 1-6 and classrooms for Kindy and Pre-primary. The current Year 5 students will be running a raffle throughout the day and the draw will be done before the presentations.
Parents are reminded to please not enter the student bays throughout the day. Students will come over to the parent area at recess and lunchtime, which are the only breaks of the day. Parents are able to take photos of students after their races on the dias, and are asked to respect the space and not interfere with running of events at the finish line.
We had a fabulous day on Friday for Angkor Awareness Day. Our students participated and had a ball with the activities on Friday afternoon. We had water balloons, obstacle courses, relays, and of course our Foam Frenzy. I would like to thank our School Board members for taking the lead on this fun and rewarding afternoon. Thanks to 8 Ball Global, we had the Foam Frenzy at no cost to our students or school. Our students then brought in donations, and this combined with our raffle raised $1641 for Ang Serey PS, our sister school in Cambodia.
In 2024, the funds we raised for Ang Serey Primary School resulted in work being done for their toilets. Prior to our assistance, they had one functional toilet for 680 students plus staff. Thanks to our generosity, they have repaired broken toilets and built another toilet block so they have six toilets for staff and students. Congratulations to the Noranda community for having this impact in our world.
