Assistant Principals' Report

Dear HPS Community,

Attendance

As the students return to school, we wanted to just highlight the importance of attendance at school every day. We have included a resource with more information.  

This is an excerpt from the Department of Education (DE) resource. 

SCHOOL IS BETTER WHEN YOUR CHILD IS THERE 

Why it’s important 

We all want our students to get a great education, and the building blocks for a great education begin with students coming to school each and every day. 

If students miss school regularly, they miss out on learning the fundamental skills that will set them up for success in the later years of school. 

There is no safe number of days for missing school – each day a student misses puts them behind, and can affect their educational outcomes. 

Each missed day is associated with progressively lower achievement in numeracy, writing and reading. 

Getting in early 

Attendance patterns are established early – a child regularly missing days in kindergarten or in the early years of school will often continue to miss classes in the later years, and receive lower test scores than their classmates. 

It’s vital that students go to school every day – even in the early years of primary school. 

Please see the full resource from Department of Education (DE), attached below.

Have a great weekend.

Kind Regards,

Helen Thomas & Monique Rankin

Assistant Principals

Heidelberg Primary School