Attendance

Why regular school attendance is important for students?

Regular attendance at school is fundamental to student learning.Students who attend school regularly are more likely to achieve educational success, and increase their career and life options.

Promoting regular attendance

Promoting the benefits of regular attendance to students, teachers, early childhood centre staff, parents, and community groups will help create a culture where regular school attendance is the norm.

Who else benefits?

Not only students benefit from regular attendance at schools. Teachers, parents and caregivers, and the wider community all benefit when students are attending school and achieving.

 What Happens when my child is absent from school?

Parents are expected to let us know if their child is going to be absent for any reason by phoning the office before school. The following methods for explaining student absences, either before or after the event will be accepted from parents/caregivers:

                                               i.     A phone call

                                              ii.     A face to face explanation

                                             iii.     A note

                                            iv.     An email to school stating the students name, date of absence and the reason for it. (use web site form)

                                             v.     A certificate from a health professional.

• We operate an electronic register which is marked in the classroom by 9.00a.m.  The school office then checks all absences and phones the parents of any students whose absence is unexplained. 

What if I want my child to leave school during the day?

• Parents needing to collect children for any reason need to visit the school office first to sign them out before collecting them from the classroom.  We are unable to release them from class to wait unsupervised at the gates – they must be collected from the office. 
• Children are not allowed to go home for lunch unless the parent collects them from school. 
• We will sometimes question the person collecting children from school to make sure they have parental permission - and often ring to check. Please don't be offended if this is the case - we just want to make sure we only let children leave with an approved person.