Absence from School– Please contact the office absentee line on 3358 7333 option 1 or via email absences@newfarmss.eq.edu.au  before 9am. You can lodge an absence via the Qparents app as well. All students need to be accounted for each day. Please leave the following information when calling or emailing. Your name and contact number, your child's name and their class, their reason for absence and length of absence if known. We cannot have any unexplained absences on our rolls each day. If you are going on holidays please contact the office prior to leaving on your holiday to complete an exemption form.

Application for exemption for a child or young person enrolled in a Queensland state school – Exemption Form

SMS Notifications for absences - We currently use the SMS4schools notification. These are sent out from the office after the classroom roll marking and recorded absences have been entered.

SMS Notifications for absences - You will receive a SMS if the following scenarios happen:-

1. You have not notified the school of your child’s absence by 9am. Phone or email are our preferred options. Phone 3358 7333 option 1 or absences@newfarmss.eq.edu.au
2. Your notification is received later than 9am. Our reporting process needs to be timely.
3. You have not notified the school of holiday or scheduled time off.
4. You are attending an off campus activity and have not notified the office.
5. You arrived late for class or assembly and are not signed in at the office for a late slip. All movements regarding children must be recorded through the school office.

Please respond to the SMS immediately by an SMS and the reply will be generated in our Oneschool database to correct the unexplained absence.