Parents will have information relating to their child\u2019s school at their fingertips, with the NSW Government today launching the first ever \u2018School Updates app\u2019.
\nMinister for Education Sarah Mitchell said the app will ensure parents receive immediate alerts if their child\u2019s school is to be closed the following day.
\n\u201cThe past few months have been incredibly challenging both for school communities in bushfire and now flood impacted areas,\u201d Ms Mitchell said.
\n\u201cWe have learnt you can never over-communicate in a crisis. This app provides an extra channel to inform parents if their children\u2019s school is closed.
\n\u201cDuring the fires last year and floods this year, schools worked incredibly hard to ensure everyone was informed. The app complements these efforts with an automated and personalised alert informing parents their school is closed and to seek additional advice.\u201d
\nAt the peak of the bushfire crisis, in November, there were up to 20,000 people accessing school safety information on the Department\u2019s website each minute \u2013 and a total of 1.35 million visitors in the last four months.
\nThe app will expand over time to provide more centralised information to parents and families.
\n\u201cIt will be particularly helpful for parents with children at separate schools, as multiple schools can be registered on the app to provide local information,\u201d Ms Mitchell said.
\nThe app is an opt-in service, and is available at app stores for iOS and Android users.
\nDownloaded the School Updates app here:<\/p>\n
https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/au\/app\/nsw-school-updates\/id1494658146<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=au.gov.nsw.education.nswschoolsafetyupdates<\/a> Parents will have information relating to their child\u2019s school at their fingertips, with the NSW Government today launching the first ever \u2018School Updates app\u2019. Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell said the app will ensure parents receive immediate alerts if their child\u2019s school is to be closed the following day. \u201cThe past few months have been … Continue reading “SCHOOL ALERTS DIRECT TO YOUR POCKET”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\nInformation about non-operational schools is also available at\u00a0https:\/\/education.nsw.gov.au\/public-schools\/school-safety<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"