BMG 2021 Business Notice

2021 Business Notice Bacchus Marsh Grammar CONTENTS - Page 17 - 6.6 Health Restrictions 6.6.1 Students with an Anaphylaxis Condition Students, who have been flagged as suffering an anaphylaxis condition, will not be allowed to commence a new School year unless an updated Anaphylaxis Management Plan or a Medical Clearance Certificate is submitted to the Health Centre. 6.6.2 General Health Restrictions From time to time, the School may impose limits on access to classes and the school, for individuals considered to pose a health risk to the immediate School community. This action is a means of assisting in the control of the spread of infectious diseases. The School will not be financially liable for loss of access to class time. It will, however, make every endeavour to ensure that students have access to educational material and assistance that does not require attendance at School. Parents/guardians may be entitled to fee relief under the Fee Relief provisions. [6.2.1] 6.7 School Communications 6.7.1 myBMG Parent Portal Accessible from the School website, the myBMG Parent Portal provides an efficient, secure and environmentally friendly way for the School to communicate and share information with Bacchus Marsh Grammar parents. The portal provides options to make payments towards your school fees, various user pays activities and any ad hoc charges. The portal also provides easy access to information about current students in each family, including school reports, booking parent/teacher interviews, student timetable, forms and documents, financial information and fee statements. Families are also able to update medical and contact information. 6.7.2 Edsmart The School uses the service of EdSmart, which is a software providing a more effective and efficient platform for managing school communications between the school and parent/guardians. A significant benefit of the software is that it assists the School in achieving its objective of being a more sustainable organisation by significantly reducing the carbon footprint through the elimination of paper communications. Through EdSmart, communications e.g. letters for camps and excursions, are sent to parents/guardians electronically via email. The School does need to share parent and student personal information including names, addresses, date of birth and some medical data with EdSmart. EdSmart is a cloud-based platform and is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. It uses a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorised access, use or disclosure and they are required by law to abide by the Australian Privacy Principles. For more information on EdSmart privacy, please view their Privacy Policy. For the system to operate effectively it requires all parents/guardians to update email and mobile telephone details on the MyDetails Tab on the School’s website as soon as possible. 6.7.3 Schoolbox Schoolbox is the School’s learning management system (LMS). Parents can use this system to access the curriculum, assessment due dates, interim results and view what’s happening within the School community. 6.7.4 School Website An important form of communication within the School Community, the School’s website is updated regularly with important news and information relating to the School and associated communities. It is important that parents/guardians and students access the website regularly to ensure that they are conversant with the most current information. The website is located a t http://www.bmg.vic.edu.au . 6.7.5 School Newsletter An important form of communication within the School Community, the School’s newsletter the “BMG News” is published on the School’s website every Friday. To keep up to date with key dates and activities it is suggested that parents subscribe to the newsletter. To subscribe to this service visi t www.bmg.vic.edu.au > News & Events > eNews and enter your contact details. You may subscribe or unsubscribe at any time. The newsletter provides administrative information for the coming week and provides information on the daily operations of the School. Importantly, the newsletter will often contain reminders related to information contained within the Business Notice. It is vital, therefore, that parents/guardians read the newsletter and are fully aware of its contents.