Today I would just like to write about safety in our school car park.

We all want our children to arrive to school safely and enjoy their day. Some of us are also busy running between home, work and other commitments before and after school. Sometimes in our own rush and hurry we can take shortcuts. I understand this temptation.

However, it is often rushing and shortcuts that create the most risk and when children, vehicles and peak hours are concerned those risks become much higher and can have terrible consequences. No one plans to have an accident. They are unintentional, often avoidable and always regrettable. 

We have heard your feedback about some of the issues around congestion in the afternoon and we are obtaining some quotes to look at some small re-structure of the car park over the school holidays that should hopefully alleviate this in the new year.

In the mean time I would ask that everyone comply with the following practices to help make sure all of our children are safe and to ensure that no accidents happen.

Morning Time

Front Car Park

The front car park is for staff and visitors only. This helps us to stay out of the main car park and provide more parking spaces for parents at pick up time. The only parents to use the front car park are those accessing the disability parking and have a disability parking permit.

Dropping Off Children

This means that no student should be dropped at school using the front car park in the mornings. Parents and carers need to drop their children off in the drop off zone at the main car park where the children can then walk around through the front office or enter at the back gate near the transportable classrooms.

During the day

The back gate is locked during the school day. Children need to be dropped off at the main car park drop off zone and walk to the front office to enter the school. Parents who wish to walk their child in will need to park in the main car park and walk in with them.

After school

All students not travelling on a bus or walking home are to be picked up at the main car park and not the front car park.

Parents are welcome to line up in their cars for the pick up zone. Their child is expected to wait in the fenced area until the time their parent enters the pick up space, when the teacher will direct them to their car.

Alternatively, parents are also welcome to park in the main car park (not where there is a red gutter) and walk over to meet their child in the pick up space. We will not send children across a car park to parents sitting in a car or waiting on the other side of a thoroughfare.

Thank you for keeping our children safe at school.

Have a lovely weekend.