Attendance
Every Day Counts
Dear Families,
Why going to school is important?
Going to school every day is an important part of your child’s education. Children and young people learn new things at school every day, connect with friends, have fun and develop good habits that help them to succeed after school. Attending and participating in school will help your child:
- develop important skills and knowledge to help them learn
- develop social and emotional skills such as good communication, resilience and teamwork
- establish friendships with peers which help develop self-esteem and a sense of belonging.
There is no safe number of days for missing school. Being away from school for 1 day a fortnight adds up to missing 4 whole weeks of school a year. Where possible, you should avoid your child missing school, for example, make appointments for your child outside of school hours and keep family holidays to outside term time.
Recording Attendance
Wollert Primary School must record attendance each day. This is necessary to:
• Meet legislative requirements
• Wollert Primary School’s duty of care for all students
Attendance will be recorded by the classroom teacher/specialist before 9:05am each day using the whole school management software program Compass. If students attend a school approved activity, the teacher in charge of the activity will record them as being present.
| If your child misses | That equals… | Which is… | And over 13 years of schooling that’s…. |
| 1 day per fortnight | 20 Days per year | 4 weeks per year | Nearly 1.5 years |
| 1 day per week | 40 Days per year | 8 weeks per year | Over 2.5 years |
| 2 days per week | 80 Days per year | 16 weeks per year | Over 5 years |
| 3 days per week | 120 Days per year | 24 weeks per year | Nearly 8 years |
If you require further information on the management of attendance at WPS, please follow the link below to our Attendance Policy.