Student Absences

Same-day notification of unexplained student absences

Dear families,

Please take the time to read the following information about the Department of Education’s expectations for school attendance and absence.

Contact details

There are times when we will need to contact you, including on the day if your child is absent and you haven’t informed the school as to why. Do we have your most up to date contact details?  If not, please contact the school on 9743 9211 so we can update our records. Please include parent/carers’ name, address, phone numbers, email address and emergency contact details. Please remember to contact the school if any of these details or your circumstances change. 

Notify the school of your child’s absence 

Protecting the safety and well-being of children through the reporting and monitoring of absenteeism is the responsibility of both parents/carers and schools. 

Please remember to call the school on 9743 9211 and ask to be transferred to one of the two House Assistants, Sallee for Barak/Lang Houses or Carly for Watts/Pyke Houses, early in the morning if your child is going to be away or late for school so your child’s absence can be recorded correctly. A written note or medical certificate must be provided for every absence.

For further information on the processes and procedures our school uses to record, monitor and follow-up student attendance and absence please read our Attendance Policy which is available on the college website.

Same-day notification of unexplained student absences

Our school will text/call you as soon as practicable on the day if a student is not at school and you haven’t notified the school as to why. If you are notified by the school that your child is away without a reason, please contact us as soon as possible to let us know where your child is. If we cannot reach you because we don’t have your correct contact details (i.e.: message notification fail, disconnected number), then we will make contact with any emergency contact/s nominated on your child’s file held by the school, where possible, on the same day of the unexplained absence.

Please remember it is your responsibility to contact us to provide an explanation for your child's absence from school, and where possible, please inform us in advance of upcoming absences.

Regards,

Ms. Aylin Gokmen

Assistant Principal - College Operations.