Attendance at St. Kilian’s

🏆 Attendance – Let’s Make Term 4 Our Best Yet!

Welcome to Term 4! As we begin our final term of the year, we’re celebrating some fantastic attendance achievements from the end of Term 3 — and setting ourselves a challenge to keep improving!

Our school goal remains 95% attendance or better, helping ensure every student has the best opportunity to learn, grow, connect and flourish at St Kilian’s.

A huge congratulations to our top three classes from the end of Term 3:

🥇 34B – 96.1% ⭐

🥈 5JW – 96.0% ⭐

🥉 2EM – 94.8%

A special congratulations to 34B and 5JW, who both finished above our 95% target! It was also fantastic to see 2EM improve from 93.3% to 94.8%, showing just how much difference continued improvement can make.

🌟 136 Students at 100%!

We also finished Term 3 on a high, with 136 students achieving 100% attendance across the final fortnight — beating our previous record of 123!

What an achievement! 👏

Now, as we begin Term 4, everyone starts fresh.

Term 4 is a busy and exciting term, with plenty of learning, celebrations and special moments ahead. Being at school every day helps our students stay connected to their learning, their teachers and their friends — and helps them make the most of every opportunity.

Our challenge for Term 4 is simple:

🎯 Aim for 95% or better.

📈 Keep improving.

⭐ Make every day count.

Thank you to our families for continuing to support regular attendance and helping students arrive ready for each school day.

We can’t wait to see which classes make the biggest improvements — and who takes out the top spot — in Term 4! 👀🏆

How Families Can Support Great Attendance

There are many simple ways families can help children attend school regularly and get the most out of every learning opportunity:

Aim for every day. Unless your child is unwell, every school day provides valuable learning and social opportunities.
Book appointments outside school hours wherever possible. If this isn't possible, consider returning your child to school before or after the appointment rather than keeping them home for the entire day.
Plan family holidays during school holiday periods. Extended absences during term time can have a significant impact on learning and classroom routines.
Establish consistent routines by ensuring children have a regular bedtime, morning routine and arrive at school on time each day.
Talk positively about school and encourage your child to attend even on days when they may be feeling a little reluctant.

Keeping Us Informed

If your child is going to be absent, arrive late or leave early, please let us know as soon as possible.

Where possible, we ask families to:

Notify your child's classroom teacher in advance of planned absences such as medical appointments, specialist visits, family events or holidays.
Record the absence through PAM (or follow the school's usual absence notification process).
Provide supporting information where appropriate so we can best support your child's learning and wellbeing.

Early communication helps us plan for your child's learning, ensure accurate attendance records and, most importantly, know that every child is safe and accounted for.

Thank you for partnering with us to make attendance a shared priority. Together, we can ensure every child has the best opportunity to learn, grow and flourish.

Seeking Assistance?

If your family is finding it difficult to get to school regularly, please know that we are here to help. You’re encouraged to speak with your child’s classroom teacher or reach out to our Wellbeing Team – Mrs. Antonowicz, Mrs. Maher, Mr. Teggelove or Mr. Podosky – for support.

We can assist in a variety of ways, including:

Creating a positive morning routine to reduce stress before school
Helping your child feel safe and connected at school
Offering support for separation anxiety or school-based worries
Adjusting your child’s transition into the classroom
Working with families to make a plan that suits your situation

Please don’t hesitate to reach out – we’re here to work with you and your child every step of the way.

If you know that your child won’t be attending school, please contact the office and let them know that your child will be away!

A New Front Entrance for St Kilian’s!

After watching this part of our school take shape over recent months, it is wonderful to see our new entrance come to life and provide a welcoming new entry point for our students, families and visitors.

With the new entrance comes a few changes to our morning and afternoon routines. Teachers will be explicitly teaching these routines with students to help everyone become familiar with the changes.

From now on:

Havelock Street: Students arriving or leaving via Havelock Street will use our new front entrance.
Morning arrival: School supervision begins at 8:30am. Students arriving before a staff member is on duty will wait with their bag at the edge of the basketball court.
Havelock Street pick-up: Students will wait in the designated area against the grey wall until they can see that their family has arrived.
McCrae Street pick-up: Students leaving via McCrae Street will wait inside the school grounds in the asphalt area near the Hall gate until their family arrives.
Road safety: Students needing to cross Havelock Street are expected to use the pedestrian crossing rather than crossing between parked cars.

We have also developed a social story with photos of the new entrance and waiting areas to help students understand and practise these new routines. Families can find the social story on the St Kilian’s Facebook page, ask their child’s teacher for a copy, or access it using the link below.

View the Arriving to and Leaving School Social Story

We’re incredibly excited to have this part of our redevelopment complete and can’t wait to welcome our students and families through our new front entrance!

Our Classroom Routines – Supporting Calm, Ready Learners

To help create calm, focused and respectful learning spaces, all classes use three shared classroom routines. These routines support students to transition smoothly, know what is expected of them, and feel confident and safe at school.

Ready in 5

What this routine teaches: Ready in 5 helps students learn self-regulation, organisation and focus. It supports children to pause, prepare and be ready to learn together.

How the routine works: When “Ready in 5” is called, students have a short countdown to:

Sit or stand calmly
Face the teacher
Have hands still and voices off
Be ready to listen and learn

How families can help at home:

Practise short countdowns for transitions (e.g. “Ready in 5 for dinner” or “Ready in 5 to leave the house”)
Encourage children to stop, look and listen when given a cue
Praise effort rather than speed: “You got yourself ready so calmly”

Classroom Entry

What this routine teaches: This routine helps students develop respect for learning spaces, independence and calm transitions.

How the routine works: Students line up outside the classroom and enter calmly when invited, moving to their seat or learning space quietly and ready to begin.

How families can help at home:

Encourage calm transitions between activities
Talk about the importance of entering spaces respectfully (e.g. libraries, shops, places of worship)
Reinforce the idea that how we enter a space sets the tone for what comes next

Classroom Exit

What this routine teaches: Classroom exit supports safety, responsibility and respect for others.

How the routine works: Students pack up, stand behind their chair or line up, and wait to be dismissed calmly by the teacher before leaving the room.

How families can help at home:

Practise waiting calmly before leaving the house or moving to the next activity
Encourage children to finish one task before starting another
Model calm exits when leaving places together

These shared routines help create consistent expectations across the school and give students clear, predictable structures that support learning and wellbeing. Thank you for reinforcing these routines at home — your support makes a big difference.

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