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Raise Your Childs Attendance, -Raise their Chances!. What does “ Good attendance ” mean?. Do you know what your child's attendance is? Do you know what it means? ?. This is Simon. He is in Year 7 and has 90% attendance. Is that good? What does this mean?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Raise Your Childs Raise Your Childs Attendance,Attendance,
-Raise their Chances!-Raise their Chances!What does What does ““Good Good
attendanceattendance”” mean? mean?
Do you know what your child's Do you know what your child's attendance is?attendance is?
Do you know what it means?Do you know what it means?
??
This is Simon. He is in Year 7 This is Simon. He is in Year 7 and has 90% attendance.and has 90% attendance.
Is that good?Is that good?
What does this mean? What does this mean?
Simon thinks this is pretty Simon thinks this is pretty good, so do his parents. Are good, so do his parents. Are
they right?they right?90%90% attendance attendance == ½ day ½ day
missedmissed every week!! every week!!
(Would your boss like you to be off work (Would your boss like you to be off work this much??). That’s practically part time!this much??). That’s practically part time!
MonMon TueTue WedWed ThurThur FriFri
??
Absent half a day every week
Lets looks a little closer…..Lets looks a little closer…..
11 school year school year at at 90%90% attendance = attendance = 44 whole weeks of lessons whole weeks of lessons MISSED!!!MISSED!!!
38 school weeks
Sept Sept July July
??
Absent for 4 weeks
90%90% attendance over attendance over 55 years years of secondary school….of secondary school….
== ½½ a school a school year missed!year missed!Sept Sept July July
Y7Y7
Y8Y8
Y9Y9 ½ a year ½ a year absent from absent from
schoolschoolY1Y100
Y1Y111
What impact might this have What impact might this have on Simon’s life……?on Simon’s life……?
Research suggests that Research suggests that 17 missed 17 missed schoolschool daysdays a year a year == GCSE GCSE
grade grade DROPDROP in achievement. in achievement. (DfES)(DfES)
The greater the attendance the The greater the attendance the greater the achievement.greater the achievement.
Percentage Percentage Attendance WeeklyAttendance Weekly90% = ½ day
80% = 1 day
70% = 1 ½ days
60% = 2 days
50% = 2 ½ days
40% = 3 days
30% = 3 ½ days
Percentage Attendance Percentage Attendance Termly/YearlyTermly/Yearly
90%90% == 1 week 2 days1 week 2 days = 4 weeks= 4 weeks 80%80% == 2 weeks 4 days2 weeks 4 days = 8 weeks= 8 weeks 70%70% == 4 weeks 1 day4 weeks 1 day = 12 weeks= 12 weeks 60%60% == 5 weeks 3 days5 weeks 3 days = 16 weeks= 16 weeks 50%50% == 7 weeks7 weeks = 20 weeks= 20 weeks 40%40% == 8 weeks 2 days8 weeks 2 days = 24 weeks= 24 weeks 30%30% = = 9 weeks 1 day9 weeks 1 day = 28 weeks= 28 weeks
Percentage Attendance by Percentage Attendance by Yr 11Yr 11
90%90%== 20 weeks20 weeks = 1 ½ TERMS= 1 ½ TERMS 80%80%== 40 weeks40 weeks = 1YEAR= 1YEAR 70%70%== 60 weeks60 weeks = 1 ½ YEARS= 1 ½ YEARS 60%60%== 80 weeks80 weeks = 2 YEARS= 2 YEARS 50%50%== 100 weeks100 weeks = 2 ½ YEARS= 2 ½ YEARS
What could Simon’s potential What could Simon’s potential earnings look like?earnings look like?
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no qualifications no qualifications
£7.44 per £7.44 per hourhour..
GCSE’s GCSE’s
£9.02 £9.02 per per hour.hour.
A levels A levels
£10.25 £10.25 per per hourhour
Graduate Graduate degree degree
£15.01 £15.01 per hourper hour
What do you want for your child?What do you want for your child?
Grades = £Grades = £
Pupils leaving with 5A’s at Pupils leaving with 5A’s at GCSE, over a lifetime, will GCSE, over a lifetime, will earn £350,000 more than earn £350,000 more than those leaving with 5C’sthose leaving with 5C’s
So So 90%90% is is notnot as good as it as good as it first seemed.first seemed.
What can do as a parent to What can do as a parent to increase my child's increase my child's attendance?attendance?
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Ways for parents to encourageWays for parents to encourage attendance:attendance:
1.1. Find out Find out regularlyregularly your child's your child's absence.absence. (Ask for half days if easier) (Ask for half days if easier) and checkand check this matches with your this matches with your own recordown record..
2.2. TalkTalk regularly with your child about regularly with your child about school and how they feel about it. school and how they feel about it. More likely to attend if they feel More likely to attend if they feel supported and anxieties supported and anxieties listenedlistened to. to.
Ways for parents to encourage Ways for parents to encourage attendance:attendance:
3.3. PhonePhone us as soon as possible to tell us as soon as possible to tell us why your child is absent, and us why your child is absent, and when you expect them to return. when you expect them to return. Putting the school number in your Putting the school number in your phone can save you time. Know the phone can save you time. Know the school routine for alerting you to school routine for alerting you to absence.absence.
4.4. Only grant days at home for Only grant days at home for genuinegenuine illness. (you will know!!) illness. (you will know!!)
5.5. AvoidAvoid taking holidays in school time. taking holidays in school time.
Ways for parents to encourage Ways for parents to encourage attendance:attendance:
6.6. Know Know routines routines of the school of the school dayday to to avoid issues, e.g. have they got their PE avoid issues, e.g. have they got their PE kit? kit?
7.7. If you have concerns If you have concerns ring usring us – we will – we will check check attendance and be discreet.attendance and be discreet.
8.8. PRAISE AND REWARD GOOD PRAISE AND REWARD GOOD ATTENDANCEATTENDANCE: even small successes, : even small successes, e.g. going in promptly, even when first e.g. going in promptly, even when first lesson is their worst!lesson is their worst!
Other tips to help secure good Other tips to help secure good attendance:attendance:
1.1. If there is a If there is a problemproblem with your child’s with your child’s attendance, attendance, talk calmlytalk calmly to your child and to your child and listen listen to the to the explanationexplanation. There is . There is alwaysalways an explanation. It may not impress an explanation. It may not impress you, but it counted enough with your child you, but it counted enough with your child to make them truant. Pursuing the to make them truant. Pursuing the reasonreason for non attendance is for non attendance is important.important.
2.2. Talk to us to Talk to us to resolveresolve issues. We maybe issues. We maybe able to help and support you and your able to help and support you and your child. You are child. You are not alone.not alone.
Other tips to help secure good Other tips to help secure good attendance:attendance:
3.3. Be particularly watchful and supportive Be particularly watchful and supportive in the run up to in the run up to teststests and aware of and aware of coursework coursework deadlines.deadlines.
4.4. Check Check Contact BookContact Book regularly for gaps regularly for gaps as well as completed activities.as well as completed activities.
5.5. HelpHelp them them catch upcatch up with missed work, with missed work, missed day doesn’t mean missed work.missed day doesn’t mean missed work.
6.6. Remember Remember PRAISE PRAISE for good attendance.for good attendance.
Attend and Achieve!Attend and Achieve!
If a school can If a school can improveimprove attendance attendance by by 1%,1%, they will see a they will see a 5-6%5-6% improvement in improvement in attainment.attainment. (Department for (Department for
Education and Skills)Education and Skills)
Please Please helphelp us and us and your childyour child by by ensuring their attendance remains ensuring their attendance remains above above 95%,95%, allowing them to allowing them to achieve achieve their potential.their potential.
Every Lesson Every Lesson Counts….Counts….