Regular attendance at school ensures your child has the best learning opportunities and social interactions. The school is required to mark the attendance registers twice a day.

To Report an Absence

If your child is going to be absent or late, please contact the school office before 8.30am on the day of absence. It is the parents' or caregivers' responsibility to alert the school of absences. You may leave a message at any time of the day or night (available 24/7) in one of the following ways:

• Use your @School Parent APP to submit an absence

• Call +9 626 5103 and Press 1 to leave an absent message

• Call/Text the school mobile 027 258 9821 to text or leave a phone message

• Email absences@marshall.school.nz

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For all the above please give your child's full name, room number and reason for absence.

Please do not email the office or teachers as the staff member may be away or teaching and is unable to clear your email. We have different staff looking after attendances, so please only use the above options to report absences.

Please be aware under the Ministry of Education guidelines, if the school does not receive any reason for absence from you, your child will be marked as Truant in their attendance records.

We appreciate your help in reducing the time we spend checking that our children are safe. A note or email of explanation should be given to your child’s teacher on their return to school. If your child’s absence is due to any illness lasting longer than 5 days, we will require a medical certificate.

Planned Holidays

Please notify the school in writing or email absences@marshall.school.nz if you are planning a holiday during term time. Please let us know when your child will be going on holiday, when they will be returning and where they are going.

Lateness

Children who are late to school (after 8.55am) must sign in to the school office on arrival on Vistab tablet. This lets the office know that your child is safe and it also means we can halt the phone call home checking on their whereabouts.

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Picking Up Students Early

Any student that needs to leave before 3pm early must be signed out at the school office by the caregiver on Vistab. The office staff will call the classroom or provide the caregiver with a slip to inform the teacher that the child has been checked out. Teachers will direct caregivers to the office if this has not been done as this needs to be entered on the student's attendance records.