Working together to improve school attendance

Click the following link for further information: Attendance Leaflet for Parents

If you are unsure whether your child should stay off school if they are unwell, click here for NHS advice: Is my Child too Ill for School?

The school’s attendance policy can be viewed here.

 

 

Every class has a weekly pupil Attendance Officer who support with attendance and punctuality during the week.  Click here to see their job description.

The attendance Officers have created an Attendance Leaflet for Children.  This has been shared with all pupils and is on display around school.

 

 

 

Please click  here to see what good punctuality means at Mersey Park Primary School.

The Department for Education provides advice and support for parents/carers to support their child’s attendance.  The following documents are available by clicking on the link:

Working Together to Improve School Attendance

School Attendance and Absence

 

We expect every child to work towards gaining 97% attendance or better. See the tables below:

 

Attendance Rewards

• At the end of each term, all children with 97% attendance or better in that term will receive a certificate and will be entered into a raffle to win a Smyths voucher.
• At the Trophy Assembly each half term, the classes with the best attendance and the most improved attendance win a trophy and a gift voucher to spend on something for their class.

• At the end of the year, all children with attendance of 97% or better, are entered into a prize draw to win one of our attendance raffle prizes (see above).
• Each Friday the children have the chance to win £5 in our ‘Five for Five’ reward. A name is randomly selected and if that child has been in school for all five days that week, they win the £5. If they have not been in all week there is a roll over to the next week when there is a chance to win £10!
• Every week we celebrate each class’ attendance in Awards Assembly by looking at our Attendance League. The class at the top of the league win a door certificate and get to look after Daley Bear for the following week.

• All classes with attendance of 97% or better, each week, will receive a body part to add to their ‘Potato Head’.  Once their ‘Potato Head’ is full they receive a class reward, such as a non-uniform day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Every day each class with 100% attendance will earn a star on the ‘Stars in Jars’ display.  When the class has 10 stars they can vote to choose a class prize from an agreed list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• In each classroom there is a display that shows weekly attendance.   Rewards are given for 100% attendance for the week and improvement.
• Each term we monitor punctuality throughout the school.  Rewards are given for pupils who arrive in school every day on time.