Current Student Enquiry - Personal tab

Use the Personal tab to view personal information about an individual student.

Note:
Information in these fields cannot be changed in the Standalone version of Synergetic.

See also Current Student Enquiry - School tab.

 Opening the Personal tab

To open the Personal tab of Current Student Enquiry:

  1. Select Module > Assessments > Current Student Enquiry.
  2. The Personal tab of the Current Student Enquiry window is displayed.

    Tip: You can also access the Current Student Enquiry window by either clicking  and then Current Student Enquiry, or clicking the launch button  next to the student's name on the Student Results Maintenance window.


Current Student Enquiry - Personal tab key fields

Fields

Field

Description

Surname

Student's surname.
In New Zealand schools:

  • This field should not contain brackets or multiple spaces before or after hyphens or apostrophes. This affects the roll return file sent to NZ MOE.
  • The student's legal surname only must be entered in the Surname field.

Given

Student's given names.
In New Zealand schools:

  • These fields should not contain brackets or multiple spaces before or after hyphens or apostrophes. This affects the roll return file sent to NZ MOE.
  • Only the student's legal given names must be entered in the two Given fields.
  • Ensure that the student's middle names are not included in the first Given field but are included in the second Given field.

Preferred

Student's preferred first name.
For example, a student named Robert might prefer to be called Rob.

Preferred Formal

Student's preferred first name for use on formal documents and occasions.

Initials

Student's initials.

Internal Name

Community member's name as used by the Synergetic database.

 

Override Internal Name

Select Override Internal Name to enter a different internal name.

 

Gender

Student's gender.
Gender is used for NZ MOE roll returns.

 

Date of Birth

Student's date of birth.
A student's date of birth is used for NZ MOE roll returns.

 

Age 1st Jan /
Age Current

Depending on the configuration setting, either the student's:

  • current age for the current file year

  • age as at 1st January for the current file year.


    Age 1st Jan
    The field is useful to quickly refer to a student's age. For example, when preparing a NZ MOE roll return the following dates are useful when resolving errors:
  • Age at 1st January
  • Age at the March roll return date = Age 1st Jan + 3 months
  • Age at the July roll return date = Age 1st Jan + 7 months.

    See Roll return errors and warnings in the Roll returns manual.
    Configuration
    You can configure which field is displayed at your organisation. See ShowCurrent configuration setting in the System maintenance manual.

 

Family Position

Student's position in their family. For example the oldest child's family position is 1.
Note: Synergetic treats all students, current or future, who share the same primary (SC1) contact as a family. Twins are sorted by their ID.

Religion

Student's religion.

Naturalis'n Date

Date that the student became a citizen of your country, if applicable.

Parish

Student's parish, if applicable. Required by CEO schools.