General information and forms

General information

Attendance

Regular attendance is essential as it enables students to maximise their learning potential. Continued absences affect a student’s progress as they miss the valuable information provided in lessons that enable students to meet the requirements of their subjects and more importantly – LEARN. Students should aim to attend school every day.

Absences

Any absence of half a day or more requires a note from parents or guardians. The note should be handed in to the front office within two days of their return to school, or the absence can be explained on the Sentral App, or if you receive a text, you can reply to it. It is essential that notes explaining absences are received promptly as school rolls are legal documents and are required to be accurate and up to date.

All notes should include the following information:

Late arrival

If you are running late to school, you are required to go to the front office and be signed into school and you’ll receive a late slip. Once you receive this, you should go straight to your timetabled room and give the late slip to your teacher.

Early leaving from school

If a student needs to leave school early, a note is required from their parents / guardians, similar to the example note found under ‘Absences’. The student should:

Take the note to the front office BEFORE Period 1 where an early leavers note will be issued.
Show the early leavers note to the teacher prior to leaving their class.
Take the early leavers slip to the front office to be sighted by the office staff.

Students sick at school

When students become sick at school, they should report to their class teacher for a note, or in the case of lunch times, report to the teacher on playground duty. First Aid assistance is available in the Sick Bay, next to room 2 in the bottom of A Block (Science and HSIE). Students are not to call parents directly. All students who are sick must go through the sick bay and staff will then contact the parent/carer. Where necessary, depending upon the situation, the school will either:

Contact parents/guardians and or/emergency contacts listed (a contact phone number must be provided by all parents/guardians whether at home, work or even a neighbour's phone number).
In emergencies, arrange for an ambulance to take the student to hospital

Medication

The school is not permitted to administer any medication to a student unless prior written arrangement is made with the parent. Unless absolutely essential, parents are asked to administer any medication at home.

No student is to carry any medication (except asthma sprays or epipens). If medication is required please see the Head Teacher Wellbeing, Mr David Streatfeild or the First Aid Officer in Sick Bay who will give you the relevant forms to complete an individual health care plan.

Library

The school library is open from 8:15am - 3:00pm. Borrowing may be carried out before school, recess, lunch and after school, or at special times designated by Library staff.

Valuables

Valuables such as mobile phones, airpods and the like should not be brought to school. The school accepts no responsibility for loss, damage or theft.

Phones

Mobile phones are not to be used at school. Contacting students or home must be done through the office.

PHS Mobile Phone and Electronic Device Policy

PHS Students - frequently asked questions

Immunisation