At the bottom of your child's report you will have seen a circular attendance graph. This article explains the graph, your responsibilities and our responsibilities.
The Graph
The attendance graph above is a pleasing example of attendance. This child had 5 sick days and their parent contacted the school to let us know. Anything more orange and/or including red is an indication that parental action may be required.
Green indicates you got your child to school and that they were present and learning.
Orange indicates a justifiable reason that aligns with our school procedures.
- The most common reason is illness.
- Tangi and bereavement may feature.
- It can also indicate a positive individual plan between school and whānau.
Red indicates several main possibilities.
- you didn't contact the school and you were uncontactable and you didn't return the call.
- the reason was outside our attendance policy. This includes holidays and family days.
Your Responsibilities
Contact us before 8:50am for the continuity of your child's safety and wellbeing. If the school is contacting you, then you need to start contacting us in the first instance.
If your child is sick more than 5 days a term and this happens most terms there need to be actions in place to support your child's ongoing learning. Please approach us for home learning support.
We have access to health and family support services. We can provide home learning. Contact us for assistance.
Children do not get themselves to school. This is an action that can only happen from a parent. It is the responsibility of an adult in each child's life to ensure that they are at school, and if they are not then that adult is asking what can be done to support ongoing learning.
Our Responsibilities
It is absolutely undeniable that attendance and learning go hand in hand. National guidelines aim for every day at school, with the understanding that sickness and whānau events can contribute to absence. It is the school's responsibility to monitor attendance, offer support to ensure attendance and to draw on other agencies in the event adults are not providing opportunities for their children in their care to attend school and/or to engage in learning.
Not Our Responsibility
It is not our responsibility to contact adults to check on the safety, welfare and whereabouts of children. We do this out of concern for the child. The time spent doing this is taken away from other learning supports for children. This article explains the four ways you can contact us.