ABSENCES

If your student is late due to a doctor/dentist appointment etc, please phone or email the office and advise us. Students need to sign in at the office when they arrive. We will enter them as an explained absence for the periods they have missed.

Wherever possible, medical or dental appointments must be made outside school hours.  If this is not possible, please phone or email the office and advise the time your student will be leaving so we can provide a leave pass. This allows us to have your child waiting at the office when you arrive.  Students will only be released to parents/caregivers listed on our database unless a prior arrangement is made.

Any student who leaves school grounds unaccompanied will require a “leave pass”.

It is a legal requirement that students attend school during term time. It is expected that students do not take holidays during term time.  If you need to take your child out of school, prior permission must be given before they may be removed for a holiday or trip. Please make a request in writing to the principal if you are seeking to take your child out of school for this reason.

As this is an absence during school time, we are required to mark it accordingly by the Ministry of Education and that will show up as an unjustified absence as the school is open for instruction. 

We suggest your child talks with teachers about any work or assessments that they may be missing. Please be aware that if an assessment falls during the time of absence and there is no reassessment opportunity, those credits may not be available to the student.