{"id":214,"date":"2022-07-01T11:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T10:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolcentral.co.uk\/?p=214"},"modified":"2024-07-11T14:51:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T13:51:50","slug":"staff-newsletter-july-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolcentral.co.uk\/?p=214","title":{"rendered":"Staff Newsletter: July 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ch-ch-ch-changes!<\/b><\/p>\n

“It is what it is…\u00a0until it isn’t!”
Right?<\/p>\n

Well, get ready because\u00a0we\u00a0are working on a lot of changes this summer…\u00a0so let’s get to it!<\/p>\n

New school branding.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

You saw it on the home page, but this is just the beginning. The school is getting a fresh new look, new banner outside, new photos in corridors, new website, new letterhead, new official font (Source Sans Pro), new ID badges…\u00a0So starting in September, please make sure you start using the new branding!<\/p>\n

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New Gate systems.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is just not one upgrade but many.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Out of hours panel (Mytel):
Analogue phone lines are going bye bye, so the “out of hours” panel was upgraded to use a SIM card.<\/p>\n

Working hours panel (Paxton)
Hardware upgraded\u00a0to allow compatibility with Mifair cards.\u00a0The aim is to allow students to use their ID cards to open\u00a0the gates.
To make the cards known to the PAxton system, a\u00a0link between Inventry and\u00a0the gate system was created. It will allow cards registered on Inventry to be used at the gate without having to re-register the cards.\u00a0The gate panels basically become\u00a0inventry scanning units which means you only scan once at the gate or at reception when you sign in.<\/p>\n

As we will issue new ID badges with the new branding, these will your only ID for the gates, signing in\/out and printing.
When your new card gets registered with Inventry, we will ask you to return your fobs.<\/p>\n

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Arbor launch!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have already touched on this in the\u00a0<\/span>May 2022 Newsletter<\/a>. Leaving SIMS is the biggest change the school has experienced in 20 years.
This change also impacts 15 third parties that used to get\u00a0their data from SIMS. Each of them will need to migrate to a new solution (Groupcall, Wonde, API…).<\/p>\n

Update on the status of some of the\u00a0third parties reporting issues (14\/09\/2022):<\/p>\n