YES, unless:
You have provided the school with an acceptable reason preventing your child’s attendance, such as:
- your child is too sick to attend;
- your child has an infectious disease such as Chicken Pox, Mumps, Measles, Head Lice or Impetigo (cold sore virus);
- your child is incapacitated by injury preventing movement around the school;
- your child is accompanying you on a family holiday which cannot be arranged in school vacation time. An “Exemption from School” form will need to be completed (please contact Student Services).
If possible, debtal and medical appointments should be made out of school hours.
DID YOU KNOW? IF YOU ARE ABSENT 5 DAYS EVERY TERM THIS MEANS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE MISSED HALF A YEAR OF SCHOOL BY THE TIME YOU HAVE FINISHED YEAR 12. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT ONE DAY MISSED TAKES FOUR DAYS OF EFFORT TO CATCH UP.
Under the law, Centrelink has access to School Attendance records and can reclaim monies paid if a student is receiving an allowance and has more than five unexplained absences per term.