Being at school every day counts. If your child is absent one day per week, this quickly adds up to two months of missed school in a year.
Every day counts is an initiative aiming to improve attendance at school. The initiative promotes four key messages:
- all children should be enrolled at school and attend on every school day
- schools should monitor, communicate and implement strategies to improve regular school attendance
- truanting can place a student in unsafe situations and impact on their future employability and life choices
- attendance at school is the responsibility of everyone in the community.
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Every day counts initiative from Education Queensland.
Every day counts is an initiative aiming to improve attendance at school. The initiative promotes four key messages:
- all children should be enrolled at school and attend on every school day
- schools should monitor, communicate and implement strategies to improve regular school attendance
- truanting can place a student in unsafe situations and impact on their future employability and life choices
- attendance at school is the responsibility of everyone in the community.
At Durack, in 2019, the students' overall attendance rate is 93%. This average is supported by many students who attend every day. Sadly there must be quite few children who are not at school one or more days every week. This adds up over years, and could mean your child has missed over a year of school learning during their Primary School years. It is important that you do not rob your child of reaching their potential by keeping them home. Education leads to future opportunities.
The ideal for us is "Every day, in every classroom every student is learning and achieving". They:
- Come to school
- Come on time by 8:50am
- Go home at 3:00pm
Recognising the best!
Certificates are awarded at assembly near the end of second semester to all those students with a PERFECT attendance record for the year.
Congratulations to all those students! You are giving yourself the best chance of doing well this year and in the future.