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Tell the school your child will be out
A screen recording of Pearspark doing exactly this in a sample school, and the same 7 steps written out below in the labels you'll see on screen.
How to tell the school your child will be out
- 1Click Home in the portal nav
- 2Click Report an absence at the bottom of your child's card (or open the child and use the Going to be out? card)
- 3Under What's happening? choose Out for the day, Arriving late or Leaving early
- 4Pick the First day (it starts on today) and, for a trip of several days, the Last day — the grey box under Reason counts the school days it covers
- 5Type a line in Reason (optional), for example Family trip or Dentist
- 6Click Send to the school — the child's teachers and the office get one note
- 7Open the child's page and find the note under "Going to be out?" — it reads Sent, then "Seen by school" once the school has read it
Part of Attendance, schedule & calendar
A tap per kid on attendance, bell periods and breaks behind the schedule, and one school calendar every family and student sees in their portal.
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