Current Student Maintenance

Use the Absent bar to show the details of any absence events for the student at your organisation during the nominated year. The most recent absence events records are displayed at the top of the grid.

Absence event records are created for any absent students, when the class is marked on the Attendance Maintenance window. See Attendance Maintenance window in the Attendance manual.

To open the Absent bar:

Select Students > Student Maintenance from the SynWeb main menu.
The Current Student Maintenance Search Criteria window is displayed.
Search for the student. See Searching for students.
The first student's record is displayed on the Current Student Maintenance window. One or more bars are expanded depending on your last session or earlier selections.
Scroll down to the Absent bar, if required.
Click the Absent bar.
Tip: You can click anywhere on the bar to open it.

The Absent bar of the Current Student Maintenance window is expanded.
Edit the Year, if required.
Click .
Any absence events for the selected year are displayed for the student.

Field	Description
Year	Select the year in which the absence events occurred. Defaults to the current year.

Field

Description

Year

Select the year in which the absence events occurred.

Defaults to the current year.

Button	Description
	Refresh the absence events displayed after you have changed the Year.

Button

Description

Refresh the absence events displayed after you have changed the Year.

Field	Description
Event Type	Type of absence event or mode. For example, absence slips.
Out	Out date and time for the absence event, if relevant.
In	In date and time for the absence event, if relevant.
Type	Type of absence for the absence event. For example, school camp. Absence types are defined in the luAbsenceType lookup table. See Maintaining lookup tables in the Synergetic System maintenance manual. Note: New Zealand schools use the absence codes required by the NZ Ministry of Education (NZ MOE).
Reason	Possible absence reason selected from the drop-down list, when the absence event is added. For example, car breakdown. Reasons are defined by your organisation using the luAbsenceReason lookup table. See Maintaining lookup tables in the Synergetic System maintenance manual.
Event Comment	Additional comments entered when the absence event is added. This is a free-form text field. For example, 'car ran out of petrol' may have been the reason given by the student when they were late.
Approved	Selected if the absence event was approved. Note: Only some absence event types may have been set to require an approval at your organisation.
Late	Selected if the student arrived late.
Note	Selected if the student's parent or guardian has provided a note explaining the absence.

Field

Description

Event Type

Type of absence event or mode. For example, absence slips.

Out

Out date and time for the absence event, if relevant.

In date and time for the absence event, if relevant.

Type

Type of absence for the absence event. For example, school camp.

Absence types are defined in the luAbsenceType lookup table. See Maintaining lookup tables in the Synergetic System maintenance manual.

Note: New Zealand schools use the absence codes required by the NZ Ministry of Education (NZ MOE).

Reason

Possible absence reason selected from the drop-down list, when the absence event is added. For example, car breakdown.

Reasons are defined by your organisation using the luAbsenceReason lookup table. See Maintaining lookup tables in the Synergetic System maintenance manual.

Event Comment

Additional comments entered when the absence event is added. This is a free-form text field.

For example, 'car ran out of petrol' may have been the reason given by the student when they were late.

Approved

Selected if the absence event was approved.

Note: Only some absence event types may have been set to require an approval at your organisation.

Late

Selected if the student arrived late.

Note

Selected if the student's parent or guardian has provided a note explaining the absence.

Button	Description
	Navigate between the selected students.
	Display the Current Student Maintenance Search Criteria window. You can update the search criteria and search for new students. See Searching for students.
	Customise how the bars are displayed. See Customising navigation bars in the Introduction manual.
	Create a new task relating to the current student. See Managing tasks in the Introduction manual.

Button

Description

Navigate between the selected students.

Available students

Display the Current Student Maintenance Search Criteria window.

Current Student Maintenance Search Criteria (synweb, cut down)

You can update the search criteria and search for new students. See Searching for students.

Customise how the bars are displayed. See Customising navigation bars in the Introduction manual.

Create a new task relating to the current student. See Managing tasks in the Introduction manual.

Current Student Maintenance - Absent bar