School Hours and Attendance

School and Administration Times

Kindergarten—Year 6

Monday to Friday
8:00am	Students welcome in the undercover area
8:10am	Doors open
8:20am	Instruction commences
10:30am	Morning Recess
10:50am	Instruction resumes
12:50pm	Lunch
1:30pm	Instruction resumes
2:30pm	School closes

Office Hours
Monday to Friday		8:00am—3:00pm

Absences, late arrivals or appointments

Attendance

The School Education Act 1999 requires compulsory aged students to enrol and attend school. Principals are to record/monitor student attendance, and use strategies to restore attendance if needed. It is the parent/careers responsibility to comply with the Act.

Kindergarten

In Kindergarten it is expected that students attend for fifteen hours a fortnight as per the timetable provided.

Pre—Primary to Year 6

Full attendance, five days a week, is compulsory for all students enrolled from Pre-Primary to Year Six.

Absences

Accurate attendance records must be maintained for every student enrolled at Tambrey PS. If you child is absent FOR ANY REASON, you are required to send a written note or verbal message explaining such absence to the teacher when the child resumes or you can phone the front office on 9186 7400. Alternatively, you can send a text to 0409 290 652.

Consistent attendance and participation at school are essential factors in achieving social and academic learning outcomes.

Tambrey Primary School has implemented the ‘Message You’ service. If a student has been marked absent from school an automated text message will be sent to inform you of their absence. You can reply to the message to explain the absence and we will update the attendance records.

If a student needs to be collected during school time to attend unavoidable appointments, they must be signed out at the front office and collected from class by the parent accompanied with documentation.