Dear Parents/Guardians, Students and Friends of Prospect High School,

Welcome to the first newsletter for Term 3. I hope families had a restful and safe holiday. Students have started well and had a productive first two weeks. 

This term we welcome back School Business Manager, Debbie Chancellor from leave and Syed Atique to the IT Support team replacing Doug Austin who is working at Launceston College this term. 

Attendance - Every school day counts

Regular attendance ie 90% and above is encouraged to maximise learning opportunities.

If your child is unwell, they need to stay home. However if your child is well enough to attend school, they should be at school. Every day, Monday to Friday. Prospect High School monitors attendance closely. Please let Care teachers know when your child will be absent.

The reality of missing school is not good. Data shows us that regular school attendance is one of the best things a child can do to set them up for success. But if they don’t attend, things get harder for them. Data shows that:

• If your child misses even just one day a fortnight, that adds up to 20 days of the school year. That’s the same as missing four whole weeks of school!
• If they miss one day a week, that doubles to eight weeks of school they’ll never get back.
• Over the course of their childhood, that equals two and a half years of vital education they’ll never receive…

The data also tells us the better a child’s attendance rate, the better their future will be, and they will experience more opportunities.

School is where they learn and grow alongside their friends, and where they benefit the most. Going to school not only promotes academic success, but also helps build important social skills, routines, relationships and confidence.

Helping your child regularly attend school will set them up with good habits for life

If you or your child is struggling to get to school, help is available. Please contact the school on 63 444744 to discuss.

Covid Update

Prospect High School continues measures to prevent the transmission of Covid. This includes air purifiers and fans in classrooms, sanitizer stations in classrooms and non-classroom areas, physical distancing practices inside and outside and regular Covid cleaning. While masks are not mandated it is encouraged and required if students and staff are close contacts. Adults and students who are close contacts also need to test each day and only come on site if the test result is negative. Please keep your child at home if they are unwell and/or have symptoms.

Write a Book in a Day

On Tuesday three teams of students (Grades 7-10) spent yesterday competing in the unique challenge of writing a book in a day. This activity requires many skills from all team members such as time-management, creative ideas, writing and illustrating as well as being able to work together to produce the final product. There were many great ideas and enthusiastic writers and illustrators working hard all day to produce creative stories. Thank you to Ms Bambridge, Mrs Williams for organising and supervising this event.

School Association

The School Association will be holding a meeting on Tuesday 9^th August in D block. These meetings are a great opportunity for parents to become involved in decision making and building a partnership with the school. New members are welcome. Please contact the office on 63 444744 if you are interested and the agenda will be forwarded.

Kind regards

Lee Barker

Principal