School Detentions in Australia
Jul 27th 2008, 11:14 pm
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Jul 28th 2008, 10:22 am
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Getting back to truancy and detentions, I've been quite surprised looking on the net as Aussie school behaviour policies that a note from the parents is still acceptable to explain an absence. Where we live in NZ, notes from home went out decades ago, as did notes informing parents of detention. We have an answer phone line where parents have to ring before 8.50am and leave a message explaining the child's absence. If you don't leave a message and your child is not at school they ring you at work, and if you thought your child was at school they contact a truancy officer. It's not foolproof but effective. If a child gets detention they have to ring their parent from the office while a teacher stands next to them. If a kid bunks class in the middle of the day, they have to attend a conference with the headmaster and their parents, which I would've found much more scary than a detention.
Jul 28th 2008, 12:12 pm
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Getting back to truancy and detentions, I've been quite surprised looking on the net as Aussie school behaviour policies that a note from the parents is still acceptable to explain an absence. Where we live in NZ, notes from home went out decades ago, as did notes informing parents of detention. We have an answer phone line where parents have to ring before 8.50am and leave a message explaining the child's absence. If you don't leave a message and your child is not at school they ring you at work, and if you thought your child was at school they contact a truancy officer. It's not foolproof but effective. If a child gets detention they have to ring their parent from the office while a teacher stands next to them. If a kid bunks class in the middle of the day, they have to attend a conference with the headmaster and their parents, which I would've found much more scary than a detention.
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Sydney is more modern. We have a monorail!
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Re: School Detentions in Australia
Getting back to truancy and detentions, I've been quite surprised looking on the net as Aussie school behaviour policies that a note from the parents is still acceptable to explain an absence. Where we live in NZ, notes from home went out decades ago, as did notes informing parents of detention. We have an answer phone line where parents have to ring before 8.50am and leave a message explaining the child's absence. If you don't leave a message and your child is not at school they ring you at work, and if you thought your child was at school they contact a truancy officer. It's not foolproof but effective. If a child gets detention they have to ring their parent from the office while a teacher stands next to them. If a kid bunks class in the middle of the day, they have to attend a conference with the headmaster and their parents, which I would've found much more scary than a detention.
Jul 28th 2008, 5:32 pm
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I completed all my education in Australia, but I have no idea what the norm is.
I was so scared of getting into trouble I was always a perfect student (as far as the teachers were concerned).
I was so scared of getting into trouble I was always a perfect student (as far as the teachers were concerned).
Jul 29th 2008, 11:03 pm
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Getting back to truancy and detentions, I've been quite surprised looking on the net as Aussie school behaviour policies that a note from the parents is still acceptable to explain an absence. Where we live in NZ, notes from home went out decades ago, as did notes informing parents of detention. We have an answer phone line where parents have to ring before 8.50am and leave a message explaining the child's absence. If you don't leave a message and your child is not at school they ring you at work, and if you thought your child was at school they contact a truancy officer. It's not foolproof but effective. If a child gets detention they have to ring their parent from the office while a teacher stands next to them. If a kid bunks class in the middle of the day, they have to attend a conference with the headmaster and their parents, which I would've found much more scary than a detention.
It was a great system. Truancy was non-existent.
Jul 30th 2008, 2:52 am
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Unfortunately my daughter has got another detention tomorrow night for "uniform violation"
Unfortunately my daughter has got another detention tomorrow night for "uniform violation"
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Jul 31st 2008, 1:14 am
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