School Hours
Classrooms open at 8:30am.
Classes begin at 8:50am.
School finishes at 3:10pm, except Wednesdays when we finish at 2:30pm.
Students on site outside of these hours are required to sit outside the Deputy Principal’s office (K-6) or outside the college staffroom (7-12).
You can view our bell times here.
Lateness
If a student arrives late they must sign in at Student Services and get a late note. Students will not be permitted to class if they are late and do not have a late note. Continual lateness will result in detention.
Absences
All absences must be explained to the college. If your student is away you can let the office know by –
- SMS 0418 916 875 with student name, date and reason for absence
- Phone 9851 5800
- Email mountbarker.cc.away@education.wa.edu.au
Automatic SMS messages are sent each morning to inform of any unexplained absence.
We regularly follow up on unexplained absences with letters sent home.
Medical certificates are required for ongoing absences.
If a student needs to be collected during school hours, parents must go to reception and receive a leave pass, which is then given to the classroom teacher. Kindergarten & Pre-primary students must be delivered to the classroom by an adult or older sibling. They should remain with this person until the class begins. It is vital that you notify the teacher if their child is to be collected by another adult.
Truancy
The Education Act requires that students must attend daily until the end of the year in which they turn 18 and therefore truancy is illegal. Parents will be involved if truancy is suspected. Students who truant will have consequences at college and may be referred to the Albany Education Office. Police patrols are asked to return truanting students to college or to their parents at work.
Bus Students
Families are served by a bus service which brings students up 70km to college. Each student who is eligible to travel must be registered online at www.schoolbuses.wa.gov.au and approved by the Public Transport Authority (PTA) before travelling. Please contact the college if you require assistance.
Bus travel must be safe for all. Therefore bus students are required to follow the PTA code of conduct agreed to when registering. If a student misbehaves on the bus the bus driver will report it to the Bus Contractor and they will also inform the college. Repeated misbehaviour may lead to bus permission being revoked.
- Students K-6:
Young students are on a bus list and will be checked off every day. If they are not travelling on the bus, families must provide a note or a phone call to the office before 2pm so that their name can be removed from the bus list for that day. - Students 7-12:
It is up to the student to inform their bus driver if they are not travelling on the bus. The bus driver will not wait for these students to arrive for the bus.