New FamiliesWelcome to Covenant

Every parent is automatically issued a login for the Edumate Parent Portal and the Covie App. Parents will receive this via email, typically in the week before or during the week your child starts.

All Covenant parents are required to download the Covie App to stay up to date with the latest information that's relevant to you and your child. Please note that the App is not for student use. If you are having trouble installing or logging into the App, please contact Techserve - techserve@covenant.nsw.edu.au. New parents will receive their login details in the week before or during the week your child starts.

An important element of the Parent Portal is that parents have the ability (and responsibility) to update their own personal details (e.g. phone, address, email) and their child's details, including medical details and emergency contact information, directly in Edumate. It is most important that each individual parent logs into the portal to ensure that their own details and each of their children are correct. If any of these details change during the year, they need to be updated immediately.

Please note: the portal is not optimised for use on mobile devices. You will need to use a PC or Laptop device in order to access the portal.

If you have any questions, or difficulty accessing the portal, please contact TechServe via the School Office

Absences

It is a requirement that within seven days of a student absence, a parent/guardian provide an explanation for an absence.

The Covie App allows you to approve absences from your mobile. You no longer need to email or call the school or send in a note.

Arriving Late/Leaving Early

If a student arrives at school late or is to leave early, a note must also be provided. The only exception to this is if the lateness is due to a bus running late. All students (other than Infants) must sign in and out via Student Reception and hand their note explaining their late arrival/early departure to the Office.

Application for Extended leave

If you plan on taking your child out of school for an extended period of time such as for travel, an Application for Extended Leave - Travel 5 days or more is required. Please give as much notice as you can regarding this leave. This form should be submitted to the School Office for approval. The school reserves the right to decline the request if, in the opinion of the school, the request will be significantly detrimental to the child's education. Secondary students will be required to catch up on class work and will need to arrange this with their subject teacher prior to leaving.

Application for Leave for Exceptional Purposes

Please use the relevant form for any of these applications for leave.

• Elite Art or Elite Sport - more than half a day
• Medical and Ill-Health extended leave
• Employment in the Entertainment Industry extended leave

For students who are commencing at Covenant at the start of the year, applications for student travel usually open in October of the year prior.

Students who require a new School Opal card or travel pass can apply online. A new application should be submitted if a student is applying for a school travel pass for the first time or requesting an additional pass as a result of a new shared parental responsibility situation (e.g. joint custody).

Students who have changed school/campus, changed address, repeated a year or received an expiry notification from Transport for NSW for their school travel entitlement should re-apply or update their details.

Where there is a change of distance eligibility based on a student’s grade, the system will automatically update a student’s entitlement if they meet the new criteria. If they do not meet the new eligibility criteria, they will receive an expiry notification via email.

Applications need to be submitted before 31 December to ensure that current student entitlements are updated and their current entitlement/card remains valid. If their application is submitted after 31 December, the system will automatically cancel an entitlement/card and a new one will need to be issued.

In line with our desire to continue to share what happens in the life of our school, we will be collecting and sharing images and recordings of our students on our website, social media and internally as per the school’s terms of enrolment agreement. This will be done in keeping with our Privacy Policy and Privacy Statement and replaces all previous image consent requests. For all images used in external advertising (e.g. billboards, magazines etc.), we will seek additional approval before publication. Please contact the Office if you do not wish for your child’s image to be used on our website or social media.

The Parent Involvement Program (PIP) encourages parents to be involved in the life of the school community. Each family with students from Kindergarten to Year 12 pays a Maintenance Levy that is waived when parents complete 24 hours of volunteer work in a year. For more information about PIP and how to get involved, visit our Parents in Partnership page.

PIP Declaration of Hours form

Mobile Phones - Students should only use mobile phones before they arrive at school or after school finishes. Please do not contact your child via mobile phone in school hours. All communication must go via the School Office.

Bikes - Students can park their bikes in the bike rack located next to the Agriculture plot inside the Dell Street gate.

Skateboards - Students are not to bring skateboards to school.

Parking - The parking area inside the school is not to be used by parents between 8.15am and 3.20pm unless picking up a child from Sick Bay. Prep parents are able to use the visitor parking to drop off their child from 8.30am and pick up in the afternoon.