VsWare Guide for Parents

Parental Guide to VsWare

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VsWare - Submit an Absence Request

How to submit a past or future absence request to your school as a parent

Submitting absences / Informing the school when your child is absent

Click here to watch a video of a parent submitting an absence request.

Future absence

To inform the school that your child will be absent for a holiday, medical appointment etc., go to the main Attendance screen for your child, scroll down to Absence Requests and click Submit Absence

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Then select either Single Day or Multi Date and hit Next
Select the date, the type of absence (holiday, illness etc), and provide a reason for the absence
Hit Your absence request will be sent to the school for approval
To submit an part day absence i.e. student will leave early or arrive late due to an appointment make sure to select SINGLE DAY Absence.

Note: if you select Single Day you will be given the option to select a Full Day or Partial Day absence

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Past, unexplained absence

If your child has been absent in the past without an explanation being given to the school, you can record the reason in one of two ways

Go to the main Attendance screen for your child, scroll down to Absence Requests and click Submit Absence
Select Past Absence and hit Next
Then select the date in question, enter the type and reason for the absence and hit Submit. The information will then be sent to the school

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Alternatively, there will be a notification on in red at the top of the Attendance screen. Click into this to record the reason for the absence

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Editing and deleting an absence request via the mobile app

Open the mobile app and go to Attendance > Absence requests > click on 'details' beside a specific request > here you can select the edit or delete pencil.

View Pending Attendance Requests

On the main attendance screen, scroll down to Absence Requests. You can use the tabs along the top to sort according to Pending, Approved or Rejected requests
Click on Details to read further details such as why a request was rejected etc.

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Below is a link to a sample video of a parent notifying the school of her daughter's upcoming dental appointment. In this video the parent is using the Chrome browser to do this. She could also has done this using the Mobile App.

https://support.vsware.ie/en/submit-an-absence-request