As outlined in the School Act, children are required to be in attendance at school during normal instructional periods. Removing children for vacation trips other than at school breaks brings real hardship upon them. The benefit of regular classroom instruction is lost and cannot be entirely regained. Such absences are, therefore, strongly discouraged. Where such absences are unavoidable, please try to provide as much advance notice as possible to both the office and the classroom teacher.
As a Group 1 Independent School, St. Edmund’s receives government grants for each full time student. For a student to be considered full time, he or she must be in attendance 135 class days per year prior to May 15 (unless absences are the result of sickness and explained in a note). Failure to attend the required number of days will result in a
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proportionate loss of government funding for the student. As parents/guardians are responsible for students’ attendance at school, they must reimburse the school for the amount lost. In the case of a medical reason, parents will not be assessed provided a note is sent.
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| 08:25 |
Playground supervision begins* |
| 08:45 |
School Bell |
| 10:30 |
Morning Recess |
| 10:45 |
Return to Class |
| 11:30 |
Dismissal of Morning Kindergarten |
| 12:00 |
Afternoon Recess |
| 12:15 |
Afternoon Kindergarten begins |
| 12:30 |
Lunchtime* Wednesdays are Pizza Days! |
| 12:50 |
Classes Resume |
| 3:00 |
Dismissal |
| 03:20 |
Playground supervision ends* |
* St. Edmund's School provides playground supervision of students before, during, and after school. A member of the teaching staff provides supervision. Students are not allowed to leave the school grounds without permission from the teacher on duty
On the first Monday of each month students are dismissed at 1:00 pm so that Division meetings can take place. In order to minimize the loss of instructional time, there is no lunch-break on early dismissal days. However, morning recess is extended to 25 minutes.
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