{"id":200,"date":"2021-03-22T10:28:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T10:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/methilhillprimaryschool\/?page_id=200"},"modified":"2022-10-25T15:46:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T14:46:13","slug":"attendance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/methilhillprimaryschool\/newsletters\/attendance\/","title":{"rendered":"Attendance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"PageTitle\">Attendance<\/h2>\n<div class=\"clearblock\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"MainContent\">\n<div class=\"text-area\">\n<p>As parents and carers, you will all be aware that regular attendance at school is essential if children are to reach their full potential socially, emotionally and academically.\u00a0 There is clear evidence that children who do not attend school regularly are less likely to achieve their full potential.<\/p>\n<p>Absences are regularly monitored at Methilhill, in line with Fife and National Guidelines.\u00a0 Lateness is also recorded on the register and this too is monitored.<\/p>\n<p>Of course children do get ill and need time off school.\u00a0 However, if your child is going to be absent or late then please telephone the school office as early as possible.\u00a0 Failure to make this contact will result in your child&#8217;s absence being recorded as &#8220;unauthorised&#8221;. If we have had no contact from you we will send a text message to your phone. You will be able to respond to this text, giving a reason for the absence.<\/p>\n<p>On return to school please, where possible, write a note to the class teacher explaining why your child was absent if you have not previously made contact.<\/p>\n<p>If staff have cause to be concerned about your child&#8217;s attendance and\/or punctuality you will be contacted by letter.\u00a0 If thereafter, there is no improvement you will be invited to attend a meeting in school to discuss how we can work together to bring about improvement.<\/p>\n<p>As always I appreciate your support in this matter and I genuinely believe that by working in partnership we can make a difference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>We will continue to update you on our aim to improve attendance over the year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text-area\">\n<p>Mrs H Thomson<\/p>\n<p>Acting DHT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attendance As parents and carers, you will all be aware that regular attendance at school is essential if children are to reach their full potential socially, emotionally and academically.\u00a0 There is clear evidence that children who do not attend school regularly are less likely to achieve their full potential. Absences are regularly monitored at Methilhill, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/methilhillprimaryschool\/newsletters\/attendance\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Attendance<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14310,"featured_media":0,"parent":62,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-200","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/methilhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/methilhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/methilhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/methilhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/methilhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/methilhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":515,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/methilhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200\/revisions\/515"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/methilhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/methilhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}