Essential Guide to Byron Bay High School everything you need to know for day 1

We are so lucky here at Byron Bay High School to be provided with such healthy delicious food in our Canteen.

How will we communicate with you?

We use a variety of platforms to communicate with our families. We have compiled a guide below so you know what to keep an eye on.

The essentials are reading our emails and Thursday's Byron Breeze. If you are curious about something the answer can usually be found on our website!

Email | When we need to contact you with important information it will be via email. Please ensure you check this daily and that we are a 'safe sender' in your email browser so we don't end up in your 'junk box' :) Important information about excursions, events, and links to newsletters, assessment booklets and more all come via email. Also keep an eye out in your junk email and add noreply@mail.schoolbytes.education to your safe senders. All online permission notes for excursions and sporting events will come from this address.

Website | To see upcoming event dates, to access the school calendar, newsletters, assessment publications and information about our daily procedures. Take a look, you'll be surprised how much information is online.

Byron Breeze | Emailed every Thursday, the Byron Breeze is a celebration of all that is happening at Byron Bay High School, important information and key dates for your diary.

Facebook | A little bit of fun and some important bits and pieces too. Like us today!

Excursions

Don't miss information about your child's excursions

All information regarding excursions and sporting events will come from us via School Bytes. Check your junk and be sure to mark the email address noreply@mail.schoolbytes.education as a SAFE SENDER

If you give online consent for your child to attend an excursion please have a conversation with your child so they are clear they are attending.

You are able to add excursion events to your calendar, or print them for your fridge using the blue icons at the top of the online permission form.

Payments | 6 things you need to know

1 | When payments are required you will be sent an email containing an easy online payment link. For sporting events and excursions you will also need to give online consent.

2 | Students can also pay with cash, cheque or card at the front office after online consent has been given.

3 | Phone payments are no longer possible.

4 | If you have paid online the online permission must also be given. Payment alone does NOT guarantee a place.

5 | Online permission and payment is cut off 2 days prior to all events and excursions to allow for staffing, buses, medical information and rolls to be prepared.

6 | Some sports and excursions fill up fast! Early payment together with online permission secures your child’s place. For this reason it is important to check your email daily.

Keep us in the loop!!

Have you changed your email, address or phone number? Has your family situation changed? Are your emergency contacts still current? Remember to keep us in the loop if any of your family details change!

In the event of illness or an emergency with your children at school it’s vital we have up to date details and emergency contacts so that we can reach you quickly. You can notify us easily in writing of all changes by filling in our Change of details form on the Links and Downloads page on our website.

Lockers

Student lockers are available to hire for $10 per year, depending on availability. Please email the school at byronbay-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au to add your child's name to the Locker waiting list.

Wednesday Sport

Wednesday sport runs for the duration of the term and is a compulsory part of the Byron Bay High School curriculum. There will be plenty of support on hand as students navigate this new process.

Sport Selections take place online.

• Please have a conversation with your student about their choices prior to Selection Day.
• Students receive an email with a link to the Sport Selections in their school email inbox.
• Students sign-in to sport selections is identical to them signing in at school, using their school email address and password.
• Students will select 2 preferences and submit their choices.
• Sports will still have capacities and as they fill up, they will drop off the selection menu.
• Students who are absent from school will still have access to emails and sport selections so they can make their choices from home.
• Computers will be available at school for if students cannot access a phone/computer/internet at home.
• After sports selections close parents are sent an email with the sport their child has selected, including a payment and permission link to be completed.
• Any students who doesn't select a sport will be allocated a sport.

There are loads of great sports to choose from so pick something you enjoy or try something new - but get in quick!

Sport finishes at approximately 3:10 pm, in time for students to catch their usual buses home.

Any issues that may arise almost always have a solution! Students simply need to come and see the PE office at Recess on Wednesdays if there is a problem, ie. forgot sports gear, don’t know where to go, etc.

If you miss the bus to sport see Mrs Caoyonan out at the bus bay, or simply go straight to non-sport in Room 5 at the end of lunch. This is where students go who are sick/injured with parental notes or students who may have missed their bus.