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Attendance
Going to school every day is the single most important part of your child’s education. Students learn new things at school every day. Attending and participating in school will help your child develop academically, socially, and emotionally.
Research consistently shows students who attend school regularly are more likely to achieve academic success, develop important social skills and build a strong foundation for their future. By attending school every day, students have the opportunity to engage with their peers, participate in classroom discussions, and benefit from the guidance and support of our dedicated teachers. Regular attendance plays a significant role in establishing positive habits and routines that are essential for academic growth and personal development. When students miss school, they not only miss out on valuable learning opportunities but also risk falling behind in their studies and building social connections with peers. Any day/period missed, is associated with falling behind in subject topics and assessment tasks. Continuous absence may impact on achievement as students progress through years of schooling and particularly impact achievement in Years 11 and 12 and post-school pathways.
As partners in your child's education, we urge you to prioritise regular school attendance and ensure your child is present in school every day. There are no safe numbers of days for missing school! You can help your child have success in the following ways:
Family holidays: where possible, plan family holidays during the term breaks rather than during the term. If you are planning to go on holiday during term time, make sure you talk to the school in advance.
Build healthy habits: helping your child have a healthy sleep routine by setting bedtimes and limiting technology use and access of a nighttime.
Model positive behaviour: help your child be organise through setting routines ensuring bags are packed, uniforms are prepared and devices are charged the night before to assist in being on time.
Appointments: where possible, making medical/health appointments outside of school hours.
It’s never too late to improve attendance. Even in the middle years, when school can seem the most challenging for students and when attendance rates can be at their lowest, going to school more often can make a big difference. Every day counts.
We are here to help – if you’re having attendance issues with your child, we ask you to contact your child’s Pastoral Group or School Leader so we can work in partnership to address issues or concerns your child may have which may impact on their ability to attend school.
IN VIC, SCHOOL IS COMPULSORY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 6-17 YEARS
A reasonable excuse to be absent from school includes:
- Illness /Injury
- Bereavement
- Religious event
You are legally required to ensure your child attends school every day or you must provide an explanation for their absence. Where possible, it is best to let the College know in advance of any upcoming absences. You must contact the College in the morning if your child will be absent from school, or if they will be late or picked up early. You can do this through calling the College office on 4812 2993 or log your child’s absence using PAM.
In order for schools to implement the same day notification requirement, it’s essential you provide the school with your most up-to-date contact details.
A reminder the school day commences at 8:55am and concludes at 3:15pm.
BEING ABSENT FROM SCHOOL FOR 1 DAY PER FORTNIGHT EQUALS MISSING 1.5 YEARS OVER 13 YEARS OF SCHOOL.
Resilience Rights and Respectful Relationships (RRRR)
The RRRR Program is a program taught in government and Catholic schools and many independent schools from Prep to Year 10. Respectful Relationships focuses on treating everyone with respect and dignity. It is taught as part of the Personal and Social Capability and Health and Physical Education areas of the Victorian Curriculum.
The supporting RRRR Program teaching and learning materials have been developed by world-leading experts from the University of Melbourne. These age-appropriate resources align to the Victorian Curriculum and include lesson plans and activities that help students learn and practise social skills, develop emotional literacy and self-management skills and apply them in a positive way to learning, life and relationships.
The RRRR resources cover eight topics foreach level.
- Emotional Literacy
- Personal Strengths
- Positive Coping
- Problem Solving
- Stress Management
- Help Seeking
- Gender and Identity
- Positive Gender Relationships.
In The School of Wonder, the RRRR resources are embedded throughout the weekly learning program. In School of Innovation, the student will commence their health curriculum in semester 2 where the RRRR resources will be embedded into health sessions. Across the College, the delivery of the TRP curriculum runs in conjunction with Rights, Resilience andRespectful Relationships (RRRR) resource as a part of our holistic College approach to wellbeing.
Meet the Wellbeing Team
Click here to view an information sheet on St Anne's College's Wellbeing Team.
Child Safety
St Anne's College is committed to the safety of all children. Click here to view a Victorian Government factsheet on mandatory reporting to child protection.
Resources
Click hereto view a helpful information sheet with parent and student resources to assist with student health and wellbeing.