Bentley Park College aspires to engage parents and carers in their students' learning and develop close partnerships to help students reach their full potential. The sharing of information between parents/carers, College staff, students and the wider community is very important to the success of BPC.
The College uses several forms of communication to 'get the message out', which often rely on the College having current contact details of parents/carers. If you change your contact details please ensure the College is informed. This can easily be done by phoning one of the Administration offices and verbally advising your new details.
The methods of communication the College uses are:
Telephone/SMS
When we need to speak with parents/carers urgently this is the quickest way. This will either be by a personal phone call or text message. Please provide a mobile number if possible to receive important reminders, messages and absence SMS.
Email
Email is a convenient way to contact our staff, with staff email addresses available on our website. Please provide your email address to receive regular Principal Updates, newsletter links and other messages and reminders.
Newsletters
Our eNewsletter is published electronically twice per term and a link is distributed by email to parents/carers, staff, students and community members and is shared on our Facebook page and website.
Website
Our official website is updated on a regular basis and there is a lot of information about the College's policy and procedures as well as upcoming events and a calendar of College events.
Social media
The College operates active Facebook and Instagram accounts with reminders about events, photo galleries, good news stories and career opportunities in the community. The College also has a YouTube channel for video-sharing.
QParents
A secure, online portal that has been created by the Department of Education and Training to provide parents of Queensland State school students with 24 hour access to their child's information. It allows parents/carers to securely access information about their child and communicate directly with the school regarding student information such as Attendance details, Report Cards, timetables, invoices, payment history and student photo.
Information sharing events
Through the course of the school year there are scheduled events that give parents/carers and in some cases the wider community an opportunity to be involved in the College. These are well publicised through our electronic sign, notices, newsletter articles and the website calendar. The majority of these events are based around providing parents/carers' feedback on their student's achievement at Parent Teacher Interviews, held twice a year in both Primary and Secondary. These are very important sessions which provide parents/carers with valuable information about their student's scholastic and social development, and is a great opportunity for parents/carers to provide the College information on specific issues students may have.
Letters and Notices/Flyers
Printed Activity Consent Forms are sent home with students for things like excursions, which goes through a process as part of the Variation to School Routine (VSR). Staff members are to speak with their HOD or line manager for more information. Other letters of communication from the College may be emailed home to parents/carers and placed on our Facebook page and website.