Contacting the School

To ensure the safety and welfare of all students attending St Joseph's, we require notification of a child's absence. 

Parents/Guardians are responsible for contacting the school on the day of absence to provide an explanation for your child/ren's absence. It is important that you notify the school by 9:00am on the day of absence.   There are several ways to contact us - we ask you to do one of the following:

Call the school on 9419 4918 or 0428542965 to let us know the reason for their absence.

Or

Text the school on 0428 542 965 you child/ren’s name and the reason for their absence.

Or 

Complete an online absence form on OPEROO.

Where an unexplained absence is identified the school will make all reasonable attempts to contact the parents/guardians that morning.  

This includes 

1. Text message to parent/guardian

2.  Phone call to parent/guardian

3. In the event that contact cannot be made with parent/guardian we will attempt to communicate with the emergency contact nominated on student's file.

Where there is no response and there are concerns for the safety and welfare of the student contact may be made with Victoria Police (000).

Infectious Diseases

If you are unsure whether to keep your child at home due to an illness , please consult the Department of Health's Infectious Diseases  Student Exclusion List. Please click here to view the list.

Extended periods of leave

Please ensure that you notify us if you are taking your child out of school for an extended period of time - including holidays.

We require written advice - please visit the office to complete a form, alternatively please complete this form