{"id":1218,"date":"2016-11-10T11:59:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T11:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harlawacademy.aberdeen.sch.uk\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2016-11-10T11:59:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T11:59:29","slug":"attendance-matters-at-harlaw-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harlawacademy.org\/new\/2016\/11\/10\/attendance-matters-at-harlaw-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"ATTENDANCE MATTERS at HARLAW ACADEMY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>Going to school every day is the single most important part of your child\u2019s education<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pupils who attend well do well in their exams.<\/li>\n<li>Employers want workers who turn up every day on time.<\/li>\n<li>Pupils who attend well learn how to get on with others and enjoy a social life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Make every minute count.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Missing just two days every month means that a child misses 10% of school.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Being late for school reduces learning time too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>What can you do to help?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contact your child\u2019s Guidance Teacher. We can help.<\/li>\n<li>If your child is ill or absent for any other reason, contact us and let us know.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure your child arrives at school on time.<\/li>\n<li>Ask your child about their day.<\/li>\n<li>Help your child to develop good sleep habits by limiting access to phones, tablets, devices and telly at a decent time to allow his\/her brain to be calm before bed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>What happens if your child does not attend school regularly?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We will contact you.<\/li>\n<li>We want to help.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>But my child has a health condition\u2026<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We support <em>all<\/em> young people, including those with medical conditions. Please discuss any medical issues with your child\u2019s Guidance Teacher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>What about authorised absences?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If your child is ill, attending an event or appointment, let us know.<\/li>\n<li>Please try to avoid appointments during the school day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Useful Telephone Numbers:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Main Office; 01224-589251<\/p>\n<p>Mr Duncan \u2013 Guidance Teacher, Albyn House: 01224-563250<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Strudwick \u2013 Guidance Teacher, Carden House: 01224-563206<\/p>\n<p>Mr Price-Davies \u2013 Guidance Teacher, Holburn House: 01224-563272<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Freeland \u2013 Guidance Teacher, Victoria House: 01224-563209<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Alexander \u2013 Guidance Teacher, Waverley House: 01224-563210<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going to school every day is the single most important part of your child\u2019s education Pupils who attend well do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parents"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harlawacademy.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harlawacademy.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harlawacademy.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harlawacademy.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harlawacademy.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harlawacademy.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harlawacademy.org\/new\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harlawacademy.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harlawacademy.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harlawacademy.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}