Reporting infectious or contagious diseases
If your child becomes unwell with an infectious or contagious disease such as Chicken Pox, Measles, Shingles please report this to us as soon as possible using the form below.
Please ensure that you also report your child’s absence on the Absence Reporting Form too, this can be found above.
Reporting infectious diseases helps us to prevent the spread of infections it also means that we can support some of our students who are particularly vulnerable to infections.
Infectious Disease Reporting Form
Please note that although Shingles and Chicken Pox is not listed as a reportable disease it is still helpful for us to know so that we can make any vulnerable students or staff aware of this.
Arbor notifications for students absence without reason
As we continually review and improve our attendance we have made the decision to contact parents and carers of those students who are absent each morning by utilising the Arbor App rather than text messages. Calls will still be made if there is no responce to the message sent.
Please ensure that you have enabled the push notifications so that you are alerted to these on your phone. If you haven’t already enabled the notifications here is how to do it:
Instructions
iPhone (iOS)
- Open the Settings app: Locate and tap the Settings app on your iPhone’s home screen.
- Go to Notifications: Scroll down and tap Notifications. This will bring up a list of all apps on your device.
- Select the app: Find the Arbor app you want to enable notifications for and tap on it. If the app is not listed, make sure the app is installed and running on your phone.
- Enable Notifications: At the top of the screen, toggle the switch to ON next to Allow Notifications.
- Customise Notifications (Optional): You can choose how you want the notifications to appear by customising options like: Lock Screen: Whether to show notifications on the lock screen. Banners: How you want the banners to appear (temporary or persistent). Sounds: If you want a sound to play when you receive a notification. Badges: Whether you want an app badge on the app icon. Show Previews: Decide whether you want to show message previews.
- Done: Once you’ve customized the settings, you can exit the settings. The app will now send you notifications based on your preferences.
Samsung (Android)
- Open the Settings app: Swipe down from the top of the screen to access the quick settings menu and tap the gear icon to open Settings. Alternatively, find the Settings app in the Apps screen.
- Go to Apps: Scroll down and tap on Apps (or Applications depending on the model).
- Select the app: From the list of apps, tap on the app you want to enable notifications for.
- Go to Notifications: Once you’re in the app settings, tap on Notifications.
- Enable Notifications: Toggle the switch to ON or make sure the notifications for that app are allowed. You may see options like: Show Notifications: Ensure this is toggled on. Notification Categories: You might see different types of notifications (e.g., “Chats,” “Updates”) that you can enable or customize individually.
- Customize Notifications (Optional): Depending on your model and Android version, you may also have options to:Set different sound or vibration preferences.Choose how the notifications appear (lock screen, pop-up, etc.).Enable or disable specific types of notifications (e.g., high-priority, silent).
- Done: Once you’ve set it up, you can exit the settings, and you’ll receive notifications from the app as per your selected preferences.