Going to school every day is the single most important part of your child’s education. Students learn new things at school every day. Attending and participating in school will help your child develop:
- important skills and knowledge to help them learn
- social and emotional skills such as good communication, resilience and teamwork.
Children who attend school every day and complete year 12 have:
- better health
- better job opportunities
- higher income across their lives.
There is no safe number of days for missing school. Each day a student misses puts them behind.
What to do if you are absent from school:
Please notify the school of absences before 10am
Compass
- Log in to Compass using the browser or mobile phone app
- Select your child – click on ‘Add attendance note’
- Select the ‘Reason’ and ‘Start/Finish’ time and date
- Submit
Call
Alternatively, you can call our office: (03) 5728 1264
To notify the school of extended absences (out of school activities, family holiday, etc.) please email beechworth.sc@education.vic.gov.au
All ‘unexplained absences’ are followed up on a daily basis by our office team from 10am.
Our office team will call home to check that your child is safe. If direct contact can not be made, a text message will be sent at 11.15am to confirm an unexplained absence and provide instructions about how to follow up.
