Activation Letter No Dinner Money – Letter refers to trips and music lessons only.
Activation Letter Dinner Money – Letter refers to school meals only.
Activation Letter All Services – Letter refers to school meals, trips, and music lessons.
Activation Letter Dinner Money PayPoint – Letter refers to school meals only, and contains a PayPoint barcode for payment.
Consumer Repeater Activation Letter – Used to send log in details to secondary payer account (additional parent).
Staff Activation Letter – Used to send log in details for staff payer accounts (not manager accounts).
NOTE: It is not recommended to send out activation letters containing a PayPoint barcode in the first instance. Having a PayPoint letter may discourage payers from activating their ParentPay accounts. If payers do not activate their account, they cannot provide verified email addresses and mobile numbers used for communication.
9. If required, copy and paste any of the field codes listed on the right side of the window to pull in details of individuals such as name or class. Field codes can also be used to add headers, signatures, or logos onto emails or printed letters. A list of the field codes and an explanation of their use can be found in the guidance document Communication centre field codes.
WARNING: Selecting Save will not save a copy of the message run. Leaving the Communication centre at this point will lose all progress of the message.
NOTE: The new page will show a yellow warning message at the top regarding snow closure messages. This is for information only.
At the bottom of the page in Add recipients, select the required group or individual pupil/staff member from the drop-down menu.
Select Add to add the recipient to the email run.
17. If a class, year group, or all pupils have been added to the message run, but individual pupils, or certain groups are not to be included, select the individual/group from the drop-down menu, and select Exclude. This will remove them from the assignment to the letter.
NOTE: Selecting Confirm send for a printed letter will not automatically print the letters. It will allow you to review the letters in a PDF format before choosing whether to print them.