School crossings & carpark safety

Please set the example and use the school crossings

At the entrance to our car park, show your children where to stand to check for traffic and explain how to wait until the cars have stopped before they move onto the crossing. Remind them to thank the driver for waiting with a smile or a wave.

As a driver, please be aware children do not develop good traffic awareness until around the age of 11 years. They will not always make good decisions, and we need to be ready for the unexpected when driving near the school.

Our Lollipop person/supervised Children’s crossing is up at the hall and allows students walking to school to cross safely. With plenty of parking available in the hall carpark there is no need to park on the roadside. There must be no exceptions to this, as accidents can occur in seconds. The rules are as follows: When a children's crossing is in operation (ie. when the flags are displayed), you must not stop:

• on the school crossing

• within 20 metres of the crossing on the approach side

• within 20 metres of the crossing on the departure side You are not permitted to do a U-turn over the solid lines at a crossing.

Our main school carpark

Please be patient when parking and leaving from the car park.

Move slowly and be vigilant when driving, reversing, and parking in our main car park.

Please use the carpark according to our carparking policy.

NPS has the following rules in place in relation to the school car park to ensure the safety of all.

• Students are to be walked by a parent/carer from the car park/car parked on the road to the school grounds and vice versa. Students are not to walk through the car park without an adult.

• Students and families crossing the car park entry must do so using the zebra crossing.

• No parking on the footpath and within one car length of the school bus parking area. Our bus zone is a sign-posted area on Rochford Road, outside our top gate.

• No parking in the designated disabled parking spot without a valid permit.

• Vehicles with trailers/horse floats in tow should park on the roadside.

• Car park speed limit 10km/h.

• No overtaking in the car park or car park entry/exit.

• Keep to the left upon entering and exiting the car park.

• Cars to keep to the outer edges of the car park. Middle parking row to be formed upon outer parking becoming full.

Administrative & First aid requirements for students

Medications: If your student requires medication, it must be handed to the front office in original packaging with written instructions for dispensing. We are currently checking medication use-by dates and sending messages home. Please update medications required at school accordingly.

Asthma plans: Some students' asthma plans may also be up for renewal, please check with the office as we are sending messages home.

Contact Details: We are updating all student and family details. ACCURATE and CURRENT CONTACT DETAILS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR EVERY STUDENT. If you have updated your mobile number, email address or postal address, changed employment or employee please advise the office by message, email or phone.

VISITORS’ sign-in screen at office counter

As part of our emergency procedures, we have a Visitors’ sign in screen at the office counter. Visitors who are staying for 15 minutes or longer must sign in at the office so there is a record of who is on the premises in case of emergency. This includes parent helpers who might be assisting with classroom programs such as classroom reading. If you have difficulty signing in, please ask for assistance. The sign-in screen works well for small groups of people. For larger events, classrooms will have a sign in sheet or there will be one on a table at the event entrance.

School Hats & sunscreen

Sunsmart Protocol. As an accredited sunsmart school we have a NO HAT, NO PLAY policy. It must be a SunSmart hat. Reminder: Baseball caps are not to be worn at school by students. School broad brimmed hats are required to be worn by students when outside in Terms 1 and Term 4. Please refer to the Student Dress Code Policy. If your child does not have a school hat, they can be ordered from our uniform supplier Newham Primary School – EduThreads.

We encourage you to apply sunscreen to your child before school. We have sunscreen available if they need to reapply during the day.

Lunch orders

Newham General Store will continue to offer lunch orders to our students on Fridays with a new menu. Please note there have been changes made to the ordering process. Please read the below document to ensure you place your order correctly.

Updated menu attached.

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2024 Issue 1 · 01 Feb 2024

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