Challis continues to heavily resource and support a wide array of attendance strategies. In addition to ensuring every student feels a sense of belonging, connection and safety in their classroom, school staff listen to families to better understand what is  causing missed days of learning and, within the resources available, addresses those barriers or worries.

These strategies include transport to and from school for emergency reasons, or as part of an individual attendance plan. Breakfast club addresses food scarcity and provides nourishing fuel to start the day the right way. Appropriate clothing is supplied to ensure students feel well presented. Family Support Workers and our school Social Worker provide holistic family support ensuring that adults, as well as students, are supported with physical and emotional worries. Multiple incentives are in place at an individual and class level to reward improved and the best attendance." Friday Lunch Rewards" are an impactful reward system for those on an individual plan. Emotional regulation is provided for students who have anxieties along with a responsive approach for students needing sleep, comfort, reassurance or simply a calm space in which to start their day. 

As a result of wide-ranging attendance strategies and a thorough understanding of the importance of meeting the emotional needs of students before  focussing on their cognitive needs, the school attendance rates continue to not only improve on previous years but continue to be higher than the like-school comparison and the WA Public School average. Of significant note, this improvement also applies to the attendance rate of First Nations students.