{"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:\/\/www.harlawacademy.org\/option1\/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 well in their exams. Employers want workers who turn up every day on time. Pupils who attend well learn how to get on with others and enjoy a social life. Make every minute count. Missing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parents","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harlawacademy.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harlawacademy.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harlawacademy.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harlawacademy.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harlawacademy.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.harlawacademy.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harlawacademy.org\/option1\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harlawacademy.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harlawacademy.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harlawacademy.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}