Final Messages for 2022

Merry Christmas!

Best wishes to everyone for a Merry Christmas and a happy holiday.

If you require anything during the hoildays I will be monitoring the school email before handing it over to Janet. principal@scmortlake.catholic.edu.au 

Thanks again to everyone for your efforts in 2022 and best wishes for 2023.

Kind regards, Stacey 

Christmas Mass Times

All are welcome to attend Mass at St Colman's or St Thomas'. 

Chook Roster

Thank you to those people who have volunteered to look after the chooks. 

Please make sure they have food and clean water. They love scraps if you have any of those at home. Thanks again. 

Week 1- 21st- 25th December Dolling Family

Week 2- 28th Decemeber- 1st January Baulch Family

Week 3- 4th - 8th January Price Family

Week 4- 11th-15th January Francis Family

Week 5- 18th-21st January Greig Family

Week 6- 25th-29th January Toleman/McKenzie Family

Extra Jacket

Scarlett has gone home with an extra jacket, so if your child is missing theirs it is safe and sound at her place. 

New PAM Accounts 2023

Dear Parents,

In January 2023, your SIMON Everywhere /PAM account will be undergoing a major upgrade to provide greater security and other improved functionality.

During the week of the 16^th of January 2023, your current SIMON Everywhere/PAM account will cease to function.

New PAM accounts will then be created by your school, and you will receive an email asking you to create new credentials for a new PAM account.

This will be as simple as:

• clicking on the link provided in the email
• following the prompts to create a new password for your new account.
• opening the SIMON Everywhere app and log out of your old account
• navigating to the “Tools” menu in SIMON Everywhere and then “Add School”
• finding your school on the list and clicking on the “Login” button for Parent Access
• using your new credentials to log into your new PAM account via SIMON Everywhere

Your username will be your email address.

Your SIMON Everywhere/PAM interface will not look any different, but you may receive an account per parent if you were previously sharing an account with your spouse.

Please refer to the below FAQs for further information:

1. We have a single, family email address that is used by both parents. Is that still ok?
   1. If the parents both use the same email address, you will only receive a PAM account for one parent.
      1. Example single email:

Parent 1 - Mother - Mrs Joanne Smith - jandcsmith@myemail.com

Parent 2 - Father - Mr Chris Smith - jandcsmith@myemail.com

A PAM ACCOUNT CAN ONLY BE ASSIGNED TO ONE PARENT, who can then share their login credentials with their spouse.

1. I do not have an email address OR have not provided my email address to the school.

   1. Parents with no email address provided cannot have a PAM account

2. Will any historic data be lost in this process?

   1. While no data will be lost in this process, it is possible that some information may become disconnected from the new account, such as historic letters, historic excursion permission and historic parent notified absences.

   2. You may have to review your personal details (Medicare number etc) if you previously had split access with another parent to your child’s medical information.

   3. You will definitely still be able to access historic student assessment reports and learning area assessment tasks. However, access to historical parent reflections may be lost if the school has chosen to not allow parents to see reflections by other parent accounts attached to that student.

3. What do I need to do now?

   1. This letter is to simply let you know about the changes that are coming. Right now, the best thing you can do is make sure that the school has your preferred email address on file.

4. What do I need to do in January?

   1. Be aware that your current SIMON Everywhere/PAM account will stop working as of the 16^th of January.

   2. Look out for the email later in that week asking you to set up credentials for your new account (this may go to your junk/spam folder).