Absent from school
Email: student.absence@earnshawsc.eq.edu.au with student name, year level, absence dates and reason for absence. If a student is marked with an unexplained absence on the student’s first period roll, the parent/guardian will receive a text message from the College. The message will ask for a response via return text.
Extended absences
Any extended absence of 10 school days or more requires an Application for Exemption form available from the relevant office. The Principal will consider and approve/decline the application.
Late to school
If arriving after 8.30am, students are to sign in at the relevant office. A note or a phone call from the parent/guardian must explain all late arrivals. A detention will be issued for an unexplained late.
Leaving early
A note from a parent/guardian must be signed by the student’s teacher and then presented at the relevant office to sign out. Students in Prep to Year 6 are to be collected at Student Services by a parent/guardian. Students in Years 7 – 12 are able to sign out without a parent/guardian being present, provided there is a note from the parent/guardian.
Sick students
Students must inform their teacher, ask for a note to report to the relevant office. A parent/guardian will then be contacted. Same signing out procedure as ‘Leaving Early’.
Using the school phone
Urgent calls may be made by students on the phone at Reception.
Parent/Guardians wanting to relay messages to students
If you need to contact your child/ren at any point during the day, we ask that you call the office or email the message and it will be delivered to them at break times.
Student are permittted to use their personal mobile in the office at break times, if a private conversation is neccessary.
Staff will always do their best to deliver messages on time, but parents and carers can help but notifying us as early as posible.
Early Departure: Should you need to collect your child earlier than 2:40pm, please contact either the Primary or Secondary Office ahead of time to inform. This way, we can have your child waiting at the office for collection. A parent or carer listed on One School are the only ones permitted to collect and may be asked for ID.
Late Arrival: If you child is expected to arrive after 8:30am, we ask that you inform the office either by phone, text, email or QParents. Alternatively, the child can arrive with a note from a parent/carer.
Please note: Mobile phones are away for the day on entry to the school at the beginning of the day and turned on at the end of the school day.