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 Absences from School and Illness at School

All students under 15 years of age are legally required to attend school each day.  This includes days devoted to such activities as sporting carnivals or excursions. There will, of course, be occasions when a student cannot attend school because of illness or family emergency and in these circumstances the following procedures should be followed.

Absence

  • Parents are requested to phone the Front Office in the morning if students are absent,  students should bring a note on return to school.  If the absence is known in advance then the School would appreciate the note being submitted before the absence occurs. ie: if students are going on leave. Home group teachers will routinely contact parents if a student is absent for 3 days without explanation or if no note has been received on  student’s return to school.

Late to School

  • Students arriving after 9.10am report to the Front Office before 10am or to the Welfare Suite after 10am to sign the Late Book and receive a pass to be admitted to class.  Students who do not have a note, certified by a parent, will be placed on a late register.  Once a student receives a third unexplained absence, they will be issued with a Thursday afternoon detention.

Illness During the Day

  • Students who feel unwell or who are injured must report to the Front Office.  If this happens in class time, then a note from the teacher is required.  Front Office staff have First Aid qualifications and will contact parents or seek further medical attention should that be necessary.  Please note that staff cannot dispense personally prescribed medications without the written authority of parents.

  • Please note that NO panadol will be dispensed to students.

    Note: It is very important that changes of address, contact phone numbers and guardians are notified to the school so that we can contact parents and carers promptly in case of illness or accident at school.

Leaving Lyneham High

  • Students who are leaving Lyneham High School in order to enrol at another school or to join the workforce should bring a note from home stating the date of their departure and where they are going.  Students will be given a Leaver’s Form to have signed by all their teachers and other key people in the school to show  they have returned all school property.