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Attendance Parents must accept that they have a legal obligation to ensure that their children attend school on all possible occasions. Recommendation for the award of a School Certificate or Higher School Certificate will depend on satisfactory participation at school. It should be clearly understood that attendance at school includes attendance at sport, school carnivals and any other school activity organised within normal school hours. The school rewards good attendance with merit certificates for those students whose attendance is perfect each term. Perfect attendance throughout the whole year is rewarded with a silver certificate and medal. As a guide at least eighty five percent attendance is required for the award of a School Certificate or a Higher School Certificate. Students must not stay at home, or have their absence excused by a parent, for any but serious and urgent reasons. These reasons do not include staying at home to study or to complete homework or assignments. A student who has been absent for a whole or part day or late to school, and whose parent has not already called the school to advice of the absence or lateness must provide a note. The note must be from a parent or caregiver and be presented to the student’s roll teacher on the first occasion they attend school after the day of the absence or late arrival. A Proforma Absence Note is included in this website by accessing the Documents area then the Policies Category. |