Attendance Matters

Every day missed can affect a child's educational outcomes. Attendance at Our Lady's includes being on time. Every minute missed is a minute that we cannot get back and as educators we are always striving to make maximum impact. 

This year we are aiming for improved attendance throughout the school to ensure all of our students can reach their full potential. 

Attendance Requirements

If your child is sick or absent, you are required to notify the school as soon as possible on the day of absence, by calling the Office on 57213783 or emailing admin@olwangaratta.catholic.edu.au.

Notifying the school of your child’s absence either prior to, or on the day that they will be away, helps ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and will fulfil your legal responsibility.

All Victorian schools are required to contact parents/carers as soon as practicable on the same day of an unexplained student absence. If your child is absent on a particular day and you have not contacted the school to explain why, the absence will be marked as unexplained.

This system also promotes daily school attendance. Going to school every day is the single most important part of your child’s education, they learn new things every day – missing school puts them behind.