Absence Procedures– Student absences on eTap ( eTap is our student management system)

All absences must be recorded in the eRegister of Attendance on eTap - this is just an electronic roll. This means teachers complete twice daily marking of the register with absences recorded and presence noted in eTap. All teachers must mark their roll by 8.45am and again at 12noon (as this is half way through our day).

Absences are recorded daily and used for tracking potential attendance problems.  This will be done using eTap on a daily basis. 

The office will note anything that comes across the counter/answer phone and add these messages and absences into eTap.

All reliever’s collect a paper roll from the office and send it back to the office by 8.45am and 12noon. The office will check absences with classroom teachers at the 10min break and ring home for any unexplained absences.  

If necessary, the office will check with the DP and then ring truancy if students absence remains unexplained without reasonable cause.  You may receive a text from the school to notify you that your child is absent from school please follow instructions within the text to allow us to quickly follow up on any students who are absent. 

At the end of the day classroom teachers will chase up any unjustified absences by trying to get notes etc from home.  Please help by send notes to school the following day or ringing the school office on the morning your child will be away.

Thanks

Office Phone : 8492819