Absentee line
When your child is absent please contact the school prior to 9.00am via:
- telephone (07) 4693 7287, or
- SMS to 0418 164 912 and include your child’s name, class, reason for absence, and when your child is expected to return to school.
A note may also be sent to the classroom teacher.
Absences
Schools are now required to make daily contact with parents of students with unexplained absences, so, if we have not heard from you by 9.30am on the day of the absence we will attempt to make contact with you.
If a child is absent due to illness for more than 2 days a medical certificate is required from a medical practitioner. Please also advise if your child has a contagious illness so we may notify the school community of precautionary action.
All student absences are recorded in OneSchool as either explained or unexplained (an absence for which no explanation has been received]. I would impress upon parents the importance of a regular attendance at school. The syllabus is a very full one and children who miss new work when it is being taught, have great difficulty in 'picking up' later. Every day counts and therefore 100% attendance should be every student’s goal.
Leaving school early
Please inform classroom teachers and sign out your child/children at the office.
Exemption
Exemption forms can be obtained from the office should a student’s absence be greater than 2 weeks.
Leaving school grounds
Students are not permitted to leave the school grounds once they have arrived at school unless written authority is provided by their parent. In the interest of safety, if you wish a person not known to us to collect your child, please inform the school of this, otherwise the child/children cannot be released.