Parents’ Resource Page (Boarding School)

Overview of residing at the Boarding School

Boarding School Code of Behaviour

3rd Year & 6th Year requirement for PPS Number

Checklist

Contact list for Boarding School

School Policy

Overview of school events

Booklists are available on the College website

Click the guide to find out how to order the Student 2-in-1 Laptop Bundle from the Olive for Education store.

Student device information booklet

School uniforms are available from Uniformity.

*Uniformity will inform which House Colours to purchase*

The Yondr programme creates phone-free spaces in our education environment

Lessons are available with the Music Department

When a student joins Blackrock College they also become a member of a House

A range of activities organized outside of the regular school day

Latest news from the school

Students and teachers use the Microsoft Office 365 suite for communication, collaboration, and learning

Microsoft Teams is a digital hub that brings conversations, content, assignments, and apps together in one place, letting educators create vibrant learning environments and build collaborative classrooms – all from a single experience. Read through the student quick start guide

Microsoft OneNote is a note-taking program for recording information and collaboration. Read the student guide for setup and usage information

Microsoft Outlook is the email platform used in the College. Read the student guide for access information

REACH is a boarding school booking system. It allows parents and guardians to make leave requests for their son/ward. For example, if you wanted to request to take your son/ward out of school for an evening or the weekend you would put in a request through REACH. The requests are pending until they are confirmed by the boarding school director.

*Each parent/guardian will be emailed their own login details to sign in*

Payzone is our online payments system for school run events, trips, activities and products.

*One parent is set as the account holder, this is selected at random. If your contact details receive an error logging in please try the other parents details. Account holders can be swapped upon request*

Debitrak student cashless cards. Each student will be provided with a smart-fob that can be used for catering purchases and in the secretariat. Once the card is registered parents can log into their account and top-up the card on the Debitrak website. Students can top-up the card in school using the cash loader located by the secretariat.

Section on the College website managed by the Parents Committee (BCPA). Tickets for Committee events can be purchased in the Parents Area  (BCPA PayPal Links)