Every day matters. In order to access the full curriculum, and give your child the best chance of success, the school aims to support and encourage students to set an attendance goal that is as close to 100% as possible.
Attendance
Every Day Matters
We want to make sure all children get the best education possible which is why attending school every day is so important.
Victorian law stipulates that all school-aged children must go to and attend school every day.
Each school is required to keep accurate attendance records for all its students. This includes taking attendance in the morning and afternoon for students in Prep to Year 6.
Developing the habit of going to school every day is vital so children do not miss out on important ideas and skills they need for future learning.
Did You Know?
Missing half a day of school each week equates to one month of missed learning each year the attendance habits set by children when they first start school continue throughout their school life if children miss half a day of school each week between Pre-primary and Year 10, they would miss almost one full year of learning is cumulative – if children miss a day, it is harder for them to catch up.
You can help by arriving and collecting your children on time; making sure they get nutritious meals and enough sleep; and making appointments with doctors, dentists and specialists, and making holiday plans during school holidays and not during the school term.
The below chart gives a breakdown of how the amount of time missed in a year, and if maintained across their schooling can impact on the future education of your child:
| Period of Absence (PP-Y10) | Rate of Attendance | Equivalent amount of school missed if the percentage rate is maintained between PP-Y10 |
| 0-2.5 Days missed per term | 95% - 100% | 0-6 Months |
| Average of 5 Days missed per term | 90% - 95% | 1 Year |
| 1 Day missed per week | 80% - 89% | 2 Years |
| 1.5 Days missed per week | 70% - 79% | 3 Years |
| 2 Days missed per week | 60% - 69% | 4 Years |
| 2.5 Days missed per week | 50% - 59% | 5 Years |
| 3 Days missed per week | 40% - 49% | 6 Years |
Reporting Absence
The school must be notified if your child is going to be away or is ill. The preferred method of notification is via PAM (Parent Access Module). The link to log absenteeism on PAM can be found on the homepage.
If you are unable to use PAM please contact the school via telephone or email to notify us. Although the office doesn’t open until 8:30am a message can be left on – (03) 5233 1464 or an email sent to admin@sbcoragulac.catholic.edu.au
If your child cannot attend school because of their mental or physical health contact us to see what options are available for your child.
You may also receive an SMS message after 10:00am enquiring about your child’s absence. As a part of our school processes you may, if absences are still unexplained, receive letters from us requiring absence explanation.
Holidays
If you plan to take your child out of school for a holiday during term time, please discuss with the Principal. School work for this time will not be provided but we would strongly promote keeping a journal, either in paper or digitally, setting up a blog that can be linked back to the class, plenty of reading books and practice of basic number facts, addition, subtraction, multiplication, etc and practice with currency.
Need to pick up your child during the day?
Children are not permitted to leave the school grounds on their own. When picking up a child/ren from school during school hours it will be necessary to sign students in and out via the Ipad in the front office.
Lateness
If you are late to school for any reason please go via the office to sign in using the Ipad.
This allows us to know exactly who is on-site at any point; a health and safety matter.