Attendance & School Hours

Absences

Under Section 25 of the School Education Act 1999, parents are required to notify the Principal of the reason for their child’s absence as soon as possible or within three days of the first day of absence.  The Principal may also request a certificate from a medical practitioner to support the reason for absence. 

Atwell Primary School uses the Compass School Management System for attendance.

Parents will recieve an SMS on their mobile phone from AtwellPS when their child is marked absent without explaination.  This message will include a link to add attendance notes about their child's absence.  Please note that the link will be valid for only 48 hours.  Do not relpy to this message via SMS as the school will not recieve it.  The school will recieve your response via the link provided.

If the child is absent again without a prior explanation, parents will get a new one-time link.

If parents do not use the link provided, they can notify the school of their child's absence via telephone, 6174 2400 or email, atwell.ps@education.wa.edu.au.

Student Attendance in Public Schools Policy

Late Arrivals

Students arriving after 8.45am will require a late card from the office. 

Collecting Students Early

All parents collecting students from school during school hours are required to go through the front office and complete a student collection form to give to the child’s teacher.  This form becomes the child’s Absentee Note for that day.

Students from Years 1 to 6 will be released from classes at the end of each day. Please ensure your child has clear instructions about who is picking them up, where to meet you or how to get home.

Before and After School Care

On-site care is provided by Camp Australia

School Visitors

Visitors to the school must report to the front office and sign-in using PassTab.

Parents wishing to drop something off to their child or attend a meeting do not need to sign-in, but must still first report to the office.

School Hours for Pre-Primary to Year 6

8:30am Classrooms open

8:45am School commences

10:45am Recess

11:05am End of recess

1:05pm Lunch

1:40pm End of lunch

3:00pm End of day

Students should not arrive at school before 8.30am and should leave promptly at the end of the day.