StamshawJunior School
Be Kind
Do Your Best
Achieve Together
Absence
Report an Absence
If you are worried that your child isn’t well enough for school, please check the following link for more information:
Tel: 02392 661045
E-mail: [email protected]
App: Studybugs
Studybugs
Studybugs is an efficient and secure system for reporting your child’s absence due to illness.
Download the free Studybugs app, or register on the Studybugs website, and use it to tell us if your child’s ill and unable to attend school.
Medical Appointments and Medicine Administration
If your child has a medical appointment, please send them to school and collect them after registration. It is also important to return children to school after appointments so that they are here for afternoon registration and lessons.
We are happy to supervise the administering of prescription medicine if parents have given us their written consent. This can support your child to return to school.
To do this please complete a medical consent form and bring it in to the school office.
In exceptional circumstances, we will administer non-prescription pain relief. Please speak to Mrs Smith in the school office to request this.
Please ask at the school office for more information.
Leave of absence
Headteachers may not grant any leave of absence during term time unless there are exceptional circumstances.
This means that we will not authorise leave of absence for family holidays during term time, unless we are satisfied that there are exceptional circumstances.
Please ask at the school office for more information.
ATTENDANCE
A good education is vital for children and young people and regular attendance at school is a key factor in opening up more opportunities in adult life. If your child develops a habit of regular school attendance, they'll have a positive attitude at school and beyond.
School is the best place for children and young people to enjoy developing independence, building friendships and learning with their friends. All Portsmouth schools are committed to enabling all children to develop the best versions of themselves as individuals, achieving the very best they can and learning how to develop the personal relationships and interests which will enable them to live rewarding lives.
As a parent or carer you have a hugely important role to play in your child’s education. Your support is crucial to make sure they attend school regularly and to give them the positive encouragement they need. Your child’s school will be keen to help you support your child in their learning. We strongly encourage you to ask questions and make sure you have the information you need from the school to help you do this as well as you can.