every moment matters

Late Process

Lateness to school has significant impact on a child’s learning. Just a little bit late doesn’t seem much but it all adds up. 

The school has a process to monitor punctuality, and to support students to catch up on missed work. 

1. If a student is late to school, they must log into the Compass kiosk at the Office with their BSC Student Card immediately upon arriving. This is before they go to their locker.
2. The Compass kiosk will issue a printed late pass.
3. Students take the late pass and hand it to the classroom teacher to enter the class.
4. Parents and carers can approve a late arrival on Compass, or by providing a note for students to give to the office, or by calling the office.

At the end of each week, students with multiple late arrivals to school that have not been approved by parents or carers will be issued a 30-minute detention. Students will complete class work in this time. Any student who does not attend the late detention will be required to attend a parent conference. In this meeting we will help unpack with your child how they can manage their lateness. 

There are online resources and tips from the Department of Education to support parents and carers when achieving punctuality for your child is challenging.  

https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/parents/behaviour/Pages/studentattendance.aspx