Ratcliffe Crescent, Florey ACT 2615
PO Box 223, Kippax ACT 2615
Website: www.floreyps.act.edu.au
Telephone (02) 6205 8011
Fax
(02) 6205 8002
GUIDELINES TITLE:
SCHOOL – PARENTS/CARERS COMMUNICATION
GUIDELINES
PUBLISHED:
2010
LAST REVIEWED:
2013
IDENTIFIER:
201303
CONTACT:
School Board Chair, Florey Primary School
RELATED DOCUMENTS: Parents & Carers as Partners in Schooling Policy,
September 2001.
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Florey Primary School Communication Guidelines provide a framework for
effective and respectful communication which: 
promotes understanding and cooperative teamwork between parents/carers,
staff and students

encourages active participation of students, parents/carers and staff in
effective communication

streamlines communication by encouraging the use of appropriate
mechanisms and channels of communication
These guidelines aim to engender a strong sense of community where staff,
parents/carers and students can share ideas and knowledge in an inclusive
environment that contributes to providing the best possible learning outcomes for our
children.
To achieve this both the intra and inter communication needs of members of the
school community have been considered.
These guidelines are aligned with:
Parents & Carers as Partners in Schooling Policy, September 2001.
http://www.det.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/19494/Parnt_Carer_
SchPartners.pdf
Communication with parents: 
Acknowledges “parents/carers as the first educators of their children and their
right to participate in their children’s schooling”
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Within the “scope of parent/carer involvement enables the planning of more
inclusive strategies to enhance parent/carer participation. It acknowledges the
right of parents/carers to have their opinions respected and considered,
including the need for sensitivity to the rights and roles of adults with different
caring responsibilities.”
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Will provide clear information on student well-being, policies, programs,
assessments and general concerns.
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Will be made using a variety of contact mechanisms – verbally in meetings
and forums, in writing, by telephone, email, Florey Primary School App; text;
using interpreters or other appropriate outside agencies when needed.
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Will include verbal and written contact with those parent/carers who have
been authorised by law to receive information about their children i.e.
specifically those parents recorded on the school database as ‘Contact 1’ or
‘Contact 2’ N.B. In cases where parents/carers reside in different locations
and provide legal shared custody or responsibility for their children,
communication will be duplicated (written) or repeated (verbal) to facilitate
equal access to the communication.
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In emergencies, will necessitate the first available form of communication in
the interests of the child’s well-being or safety.

Relies on the regularly updated contact and medical details for any students
enrolled at Florey Primary School and therefore will need to be reviewed at
regular intervals, sometimes with proof of change e.g. court orders, evidence
of prescribed medication dosages
The guidelines were developed by Florey Primary School Board through consultation with the school
community in 2010.
Last date reviewed: December 2013. Date next review: Dec 2015.