Requests for early departure
What do I do if my child needs to leave school early?
If you know your child has to leave school early for any legitimate reason please follow the process below.
- Parents need to send a hand written and signed note with children to be signed by a Deputy Principal before 9am.
- Students then present their signed note to the Front Office to receive their leave pass.
- During class, at the designated time, students show their leave pass to their teacher and are able to leave. (Without a leave pass they are challenged by teachers on gate supervision).
- Students who subsequently return to class after an appointment must swipe in at the Front Office before returning to class.
- Parents are reminded that this facility should be used only for medical or dental appointments that cannot be made after school or for other matters of an extremely urgent nature.
** It is extremely important to follow this process as it is not always possible to get your child from class if you arrive unannounced. This allows students to leave class at the time required without disruption to the learning of the other class members.
Important
If you need to collect your student for an URGENT unforeseen event you are required to phone the front office to sign your student out.
Phone calls are for emergencies or unforeseen events only, for all prearranged appointments a note before 9 am is required.
No student should leave the school grounds without permission.
Students being collected by someone other than their parent/carer or emergency contact
During school hours students are only allowed to leave with their own parent/carer or a person listed as an “Emergency Contact” as per the enrolment application.
If you require another person to pick up your child for any reason you will need to write a note for your child. This note will need to be signed and approved by the Deputy Principal before 9 am and a leave pass issued by the office.
The person named on the note will be required to come to the office with identification.