Being at school every day counts. If your child is absent one day per week, this quickly adds up to two months of missed school in a year.
Every day counts is an initiative aiming to improve attendance at school. The initiative promotes four key messages:
- all children should be enrolled at school and attend on every school day
- schools should monitor, communicate and implement strategies to improve regular school attendance
- truanting can place a student in unsafe situations and impact on their future employability and life choices
- attendance at school is the responsibility of everyone in the community.
Find out more about the
Every day counts initiative from Education Queensland.
Attendance at school is compulsory from Prep to Year 6. However, if your child is absent from school through illness, or some other valid reason, contact the school prior to any absences and provide an explanation (preferable before 9.30am) via: