Change to School Procedures

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Our school time for the end of the day will be returning to 3:00pm for all students. This change will commence on Monday 3rd May.

Kindergarten and Pre-primary parents/guardians will now need to collect their child from outside the classroom (from Monday 3rd May). All students from Year 1 to Year 6 will be released from class at 3:00pm rather than leaving earlier to collect their sibling or taken to the gate to be collected. While some staff will be on duty at the double ECE gates, classroom teachers will no longer accompany the younger students to the gate to be collected.

High school students will need to continue to meet their sibling outside of a school gate and not come onto the school grounds unless in the company of their parents (or have written permission if they are picking up their Kindergarten or Pre-Primary sibling.) 

Gate changes- ECE Carpark shared staff car park and pedestrian zone to start on Monday 3rd May

The ECE car park will return to a parking area for staff. It will be a shared area for pedestrians to access the ECE double gates and as a staff car park. Students and parents/guardians will be able to access the school through either the CROSSWALK gate before, during, and after school or the ECE gate before school between the times of 8:15am to 8:45am or after school from 3:00pm-3:15pm. 

The Kindergarten gate will be closed with all families accessing the school using the nearby double ECE gate, CROSSWALK, or MAIN gate.

Gate changes- Castlereagh Close drop off/pick up by car to stop on Monday 3rd May 

The gate entry and car park at Castlereagh Close will return to pre-COVID. This means the drop-off/pick-up by car inside this car park and assisted by staff will no longer be available. If there is no parking for parents, you will not be able to stop in this car park and drop off or pick up your child but will need to continue to drive through the car park and seek parking in another area such as the roadside or at the shopping centre.

Students and parents/guardians will continue to be able to enter the MAIN pedestrian gate but staff will not regularly be on duty in this area. This change will also commence on Monday 3rd May.

Regardless of which gate is used to access the school, students should not be coming to school before 8:15am unless to participate in a community or school program. As usual, all parents/guardians and students should go to the undercover area from 8:15am-8:30am. Classrooms open at 8:30am with school commencing at 8:45am.

I thank you in advance for your understanding of these modifications and support during the time of change moving back towards our routine pre-COVID. 

With the traffic being extra busy around our school due to roadworks and with the changes to pick up and drop off, please contact Reception or your classroom teacher if you have any queries. If you are going to be late to pick up your child, particularly due to being caught in traffic, please call Reception so we can organise for your child to meet you at Reception to be collected when you arrive. Reception’s phone number is 9266 6200 and is open until 3:30pm.