05 Aug 2019
Education for your child is important and regular attendance at school is essential for your child to achieve their educational best and increase their career and life options. NSW public schools work in partnership with parents to encourage and support regular attendance of children and young people. When your child attends school every day, learning becomes easier and your child will build and maintain friendships with other children.
At Corrimal High School, as well as encouraging your child to attend school every day, we are also instilling the importance of arriving on time. Our Year Adviser Well-Being team, is out the front of the school after the morning bell to greet your child if they are late in an effort to ensuring their well-being for the school day.
Arriving at school and class on time has numerous benefits for students. It:
- Ensures that students do not miss out on important learning activities scheduled early in the day
- Helps students learn the importance of punctuality and routine
- Gives students time to greet their friends before class
- Reduces classroom disruption
Lateness is recorded as a partial absence and must be explained by parents. We have observed that some students are arriving late without a reasonable excuse and we will need to start following through with further consequences to attempt to encourage compliance with our school rules. We are in communication with parents, who in the main are supportive of our efforts and are willing to work with us to improve this situation.
Attendance and absences
Parents of children from Kindergarten to Year 12 must ensure their children attend school every day. On occasion, your child may need to be absent from school. Justified reasons for student absences may include:
- being sick or having an infectious disease
- having an unavoidable medical appointment
- being required to attend a recognised religious holiday
- exceptional or urgent family circumstances e.g. attending a funeral
Parents must provide an explanation for absences to the school within 7 days from the first day of any period of absence. Our office staff send out reminders to parents when we have not received an explanation. Where an explanation has not been received within the 7-day timeframe, the school will record the absence as unjustified on the student’s record.
If you have any concerns or questions regarding your child’s attendance at school, please call and ask to speak to your child’s year adviser. They are the best point of contact to assist you.
- Year 7 – Mrs Banks and Mrs Heap
- Year 8 – Mr Wellings
- Year 9 – Mrs Henderson and Mr Jovanovksi
- Year 10 – Mr Luskan
- Year 11 – Mrs Bourke
- Year 12 – Mr Tier
Mrs Melanie Bourke
Head Teacher Well-Being