2.1 BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT

 

At the beginning of each year the negotiated Class Rules and Playground Rules based around our values of ‘Doing the Right Thing, Working Together, Aspiring Higher and Connecting with the Community’ will be sent home. Parents are asked to discuss these rules with their children and support them. The school has high expectations of student behaviour.

 

Every effort is made to reinforce positive behaviour and modify inappropriate behaviour. To achieve this, parent cooperation is vital. As students will participate in making the rules, they will be very familiar with them. Students are expected to follow the rules and will understand the consequences that breaches of the rules will bring. When a serious breach of discipline occurs, parents can expect to be involved in its resolution.

 

A fair and consistent Student Behaviour Management Plan exists and all staff have been trained in the use of Restorative Practices. This process encourages students to take responsibility for their actions and to work through the issues that have arisen from these actions. A counselling process is used to help students identify the issues and discuss how to ensure the behaviour is not repeated.

 

2.2 HEALTH

 

Attendance

Regular attendance has a significant impact on student achievement and helps develop appropriate social habits and independence. Absences can restrict a child’s progress BUT home is the best place for a sick child. He/she cannot concentrate, or perhaps runs the risk of their own health deteriorating by being at school when unwell; and also may be the cause of infection to other children.

 

It is important that children are at school on time. Arriving late is upsetting and unsettling for both the child who is late and their class. For safety reasons children arriving late to school must be escorted to the office to be signed in on the iPad at reception. A Late Pass will be issued before they go to class. It is a legal requirement that teachers mark the time of arrival/departure on their roll sheets each day.

 

Absent Children

If your child is away for any reason, please provide a written explanation to the child’s teacher on their return to school. Absences can also be submitted using FlexiBuzz (formerly Tiqbiz), which can be downloaded from the App store on your Smartphone. It is a government requirement to have all absences explained. In the case of unexplained absences, proformas will be sent home each term for you to complete. If a child is to be away longer than a week please keep the school informed. The school is required to report any unexplained absences to Department of Education and Training.

 

Family Holidays

If you are planning a family holiday during the school term, please write a letter to the principal explaining the time that your child will be away from school. You will then have the absence recorded as an extended family leave. Please also discuss the option of developing an ‘Absence Learning Plan’ with your child’s teacher.

 

Taking Children Out of School for Appointments

When parents or their nominated representative are picking children up early from school for appointments, personal reasons or sickness, children must be signed out at the office and an early dismissal pass for the class teacher will be given to you. Children cannot be released by teachers without this formal process being completed.

 

Please note: The school must be clearly informed in writing of custody arrangements and access agreements in regard to picking up children from school. Notes must also be provided when any student is picked up from school by adults other than their parent/s.

 

Emergency Information

Please make sure you provide the school with two Emergency Contact numbers. It is very important that these are kept up to date with any changes in home, business and emergency contact phone numbers and addresses.

 

Health Information

The school needs to know if your child suffers from a medical condition eg. Asthma, Diabetes, Epilepsy or if he/she is allergic to anything such as nuts, stings etc. Each child with an ongoing medical condition eg. Asthma, ADHD, Epilepsy, severe allergic reactions and long-term seasonal medical conditions such as Hay Fever require a Medical Condition Management Plan to be formulated by a doctor in consultation with parents. Copies of Medical Management Plans will be kept with medication. Medication delivery devices eg: Asthma nebuliser pumps and spacers are to be provided by parents.

 

Medication

If student medication is required to be administered at school, a Medication Authority Form must be completed. These can be collected from the school office. Medications must be in original containers, clearly named and labelled with exact dosage requirements.

 

Infectious Diseases

As infectious diseases spread quickly, a child must be excluded from school for the period mentioned or until a medical certificate is provided.

 

 

Infections

If your child has an infectious disease, such as Scarlet Fever, Meningococcal Infection, Tuberculosis, Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever, please phone the school so that other parents may be informed (confidentially, of course).

 

2.3 FAMILY COURT ORDERS

 

Copies of all Family Court Orders are required for all students who have custody and access arrangements as negotiated legally within the Family Law Court. The school can only act on these orders as literally presented. The school acts on behalf of the child according to legal, written documentation.

 

2.4 CERTIFICATE OF IMMUNISATION

 

Prior to entry to school, the parent/guardian of a child is required to provide a certificate of immunisation issued by the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register and can be obtained from Medicare.

 

If an outbreak of an infectious disease occurs at the school, children who have not been immunised, or their immunisation is incomplete, will be sent home until the danger has passed.