Unexplained attendance of students 

Over the course of the year, the number of unexplained student absences has risen. This occurs when no reason for a student’s absence has been provided by parents/caregivers. Our process involves sending an SMS to parents when a student is marked as absent on the roll. Please reply to this SMS for the reason of the absence. This can occur by replying to the text, calling the school or writing a note in your child’s diary. Another popular option is to submit in advance non attendance via the Sentral Portal. Contact the school if you need any any assistance with this. 

Attendance on school grounds 

We have noticed there have been a number of students entering the school grounds outside of school hours. During this time, students have been accessing areas that are dangerous. A reminder there should be no one on school grounds outside of school hours. 

Ski Trip 

Quite a few of our year 9’s with the support of Helen Gaunt, Brianna Pullan, Jack Kennewell and Ali Gulin will begin the trip to the snow along with Booleroo Centre District School and Jamestown Community School students on Saturday evening. Lots of work has gone into preparing for this trip, and I would like to acknowledge Deb Davis, who has tirelessly worked with all of the companies involved to organise quotes and bookings for all three schools and working alongside Sue Foulis to organise all of the payments is a monumental task and very much appreciated. 

Staffing News 

We are excited to announce two of our new leaders for 2025. Danya McKay and Lauren Amey will be joining us in the two new Assistant Principal positions of Curriculum and Pedagogy/School Sport and Curriculum and Pedagogy/Timetabling respectively. 

In addition, we congratulate Helen Gaunt, Emma Jeffries and Alison Johnson on winning the positions of 7/8, 9/10 and 11/12 Coordinators.