Attendance Working Party
Summer Term 1
CRC Article 28 – All children have the right to a good quality education.
Our Attendance Working Party were very excited to receive their yellow lanyards yesterday which helps other students to identify their roles within the school. Students can speak to their representatives about attendance and gather ideas on how to improve attendance. Our representatives worked so hard yesterday during our meeting. Well done!
We are also searching for parent representatives for the group. If you would potentially like to be part of this, please speak to Mrs Ridley, Attendance Officer, at the school.
CRC Article 28 – All children have the right to a good quality education.
Last week, our Attendance Working Party met to discuss how their peers would recognise them around school with the Working Party voting for yellow lanyards. Our Attendance Working Party group will be issued with yellow lanyards with their names and class, to help other students identify them around school. Great voting skills and use of pupil voice!
The working party group then split into three groups to share their ideas. We came up with the following:
Thea said, “I love coming to school because I love art and I can see my friends everyday.”
Theo said, “Coming to school everyday means you build your learning powers.”
Archie’s commented that, “He loves coming to school because I love seeing my friends everyday and can run around playing basketball.”
We loved Cooper’s comment: “We were chosen to be in the Attendance Working Party because we come to school everyday and are good role models.”
At the next Attendance Working Party meeting, we are going to be making short films about school attendance to share with other students and with parents and carers. Keep your eyes peeled.
Well done THPS Attendance Working Party!
Spring Term 2
CRC Article 28 – All children have the right to learn
Today our Attendance Working Party met for the first time, the group has been formed following class votes where students nominated who they wanted to be their class representative. Today our working party discussed:
‘Why it’s important to attend school every day?’
Remmie said ‘we learn lots’ while Kobi shared, he ‘enjoys spending time with friends’.
Another question included ‘How shall we tell other people to attend school more?’ with Evie sharing ‘we should compare how lucky we are to go to school compared to some children who don’t get this opportunity around the world’
We are so proud to have you representing our school for attendance.
Weekly Attendance update
2024/2025
Summer Term-2
CRC Article 28 – All children have the right to learn
Well done to classes 3T, 5T and 6T for achieving above 95% attendance. Thank you to our pupils, parents and carers who support with school attendance.
Please can we send a polite reminder that our school day begins at 8.50 a.m. Children are welcome to come into school between 8.40 – 8.50 a.m. as part of our ‘Soft Start’ routine. We are seeing a number of students arriving after this time which does cause disruption to them and their peers in class.
If you need help and support around attendance please contact Mrs Ridley, Attendance Officer.
Summer Term-1
CRC Article 28 – All children have the right to learn.
Well done to classes 1/2S, 3H, 4H, 5T, 5H and 6H with over 95% overall attendance. Some classes celebrated with an ice-cream playtime today for amazing whole class attendance.
We really need your support with school attendance. Please ensure that you arrive to school on time. Please try and make appointments outside of school hours.
Please speak to us if you need any help and support with your child’s attendance.
Thank you and have a lovely half-term; we will see you back on Monday 2nd June at 8.50am.
Spring Term-2
CRC Article 28 – All children have the right to learn.
Happy Easter THPS! We hope you all have a restful break.
Here is this week’s whole school attendance information. Huge well done to Class 5T with 96.92% whole class attendance and also Class 6T with 95.00% whole class attendance.
We look forward to welcoming you back on Monday 28th April at 8.50am
Attendance Celebrations
CRC Article 28 – All children have the right to a good quality education.
All members of THPS who have achieved 100% attendance to date have enjoyed celebrating with some delicious cakes.
Yesterday, 36 students tucked into a wonderful afternoon tea to say a huge well done from school for achieving 100% school attendance.
Our Attendance Working Party gave our certificates and joined in the celebrations with those students who attend school every day.
Well done to all involved. We are very proud.
We want every child at our school to have the best education possible. Attending school everyday is crucial to the education of your child.
Having a good education will help to give your child the best possible start in life. Poor school attendance damages educational achievement and the future progress of your child. Promoting and supporting good attendance at school is essential to learning and attainment.
Attendance Children’s Working Party – is currently being updated and will be available soon.
What can parents do to help?
Make sure that your child comes to school everyday and arrives on time. It’s a good idea to start these positive habits at an early age, when your child first starts school.
- If your child is ill, contact the school on the first day of your child’s illness.
- If your child is ever absent from school, you must tell us why. You can do this by contacting the School Office.
- Authorised absences are only ever agreed in exceptional circumstances.
If you need any help or advice about your child’s attendance, please contact our Head Teacher, Mrs. Boulton, or our Attendance Officer, Mrs. Ridley, via the School Office. You can telephone on 01388 772959 or send a message via our website contact form.
What happens if your child does not attend school?
By law, all children of compulsory school age must be provided with a full-time education. As a parent, you are responsible for making sure this happens, either by registering your child at a school or by making other arrangements which provide an effective education.
If your child is not attending school regularly, our Attendance Officer, Mrs. Ridley, may visit you. It is important that you co-operate to make sure that any attendance issues are resolved.
Failure to co-operate with the Attendance Officer and our school may result in legal action. This could lead to a Fixed Penalty Notice being issued and/or the possibility of imprisonment.
These consequences are set by the Government.
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