If your child is sick or absent, you must notify the school office by 9:30am on the day of absence using one of the following methods:

1. Online: Through Compass - Absences (school preferred option).
2. Telephone: Call the school office on 9311 7810, please leave a message stating your child’s name, class, and reason for their absence. This can be done any time of day or night.
3. Tell our Office Staff: Speak to our office staff in person.

Reporting your child’s absence prior to, or on the day, helps ensure the safety and wellbeing of children, and will fulfil your legal responsibility.

WHY DO I NEED TO NOTIFY THE SCHOOL IF MY CHILD IS ABSENT?

All Victorian government schools are required to contact parents/carers as soon as practicable on the same day of an unexplained student absence.

If your child is absent on a particular day, and you have not entered your child’s absence on compass to explain the reason for their absence, you will receive an alert at 10:00 am notifying you that your child has been marked absent from school (unaccounted for). You will need to let us know as soon as possible on the compass app by adding a reason for the absence, or by calling us.

Schools need to know when and why a child is absent and you need to know if your child is not at school.

Going to school every day is a very important part of your child’s education, they learn new things every day – missing school puts them behind.

If your child is refusing to come to school, or is having difficulties, please call our wellbeing team for help.