Diary

Aims for diary use:

• every student will have a school diary issued on their first day of school. This diary will be invoiced to each family;
• every student will have the school diary on their desk in every lesson;
• teachers will monitor the use of the diary by students in their class for organisational purposes and parent communication;
• parents will regularly monitor the use of their child’s diary for organisational purposes and teacher communication;
• roll call teachers may monitor student use of the diary and parent communication on a weekly basis;
• the diary will be kept neatly, with no graffiti.

Implementation of the Diary Policy

Organisational Tool

• Homework and assignments to be recorded in the diary
• Home study planner to be utilised
• Teachers to check work due is recorded in the diary
• Parents to monitor students are using the diary as an organisational tool

Communication Tool

• Teachers will notify parents when homework and assignments are not completed
• Minor concerns reported to parents by teachers (behaviour, effort, organisation, etc)
• Parents sign diary weekly

Record-keeping

• Toilet passes
• Sick bay passes