Thank you for taking the time to read and understand the following school processes and procedures. Your adherence to these will ensure an effective and safe school and learning environment is maintained for all students.

School Hours

Class Times

9.00am - 11.00am

11.30am - 1.00pm

2.00pm - 3.30pm

Break Times

11.00am - 11.30am (Recess)

1.00pm - 2.00pm (Lunch)

Absences, Late Arrival & Early Departure

Absences MUST be reported via Compass on the day of absence (early in the morning or ahead of time where possible).

Students arriving to school after 9.00am or leaving during school hours MUST be signed in/out by a parent/guardian via the Compass Kiosk at the Office.

Students are required to collect a 'Late Pass' upon sign in, then hand directly to their teacher upon arrival at class.

Early leaver's passes can be collected by parents when signing students out at the office, then handed to the teacher when collecting your from the teacher prior to 3.30pm.

Please use Compass to let us know if your child will be arriving late (this does NOT replace the requirement to sign your child in via the Kiosk). If you do not enter an approval note advising us that your child will be late and your child arrives at school after 10:00am, you will receive an SMS Notification: "Student Unaccounted For".

Volunteers & Visitors

If you are visiting the school for ANY reason between 9.00am and 3.30pm (with the exception of usual school pick-up/drop off), you must report your arrival and departure via the V-Pass iPads (NOT Compass Kiosk) at the Office for Emergency Management purposes.

Online Consent/Payment for Excursions & Incursions

Notification of excursions and incursions requiring online consent/payment are posted to the Compass News Feed. If consent/payment for incursions and excursions (including sporting events) is not received by the due date via the appropriate Compass online consent form, your child will be unable to participate/attend.

Please note that if consent/payment is NOT completed by the 'due by date', you will no longer be able to provide consent/payment online. Please contact the office in this situation.

Volunteers - Working with Children Check

If you have a current WWCC but have NOT presented it at the Office, please do so ASAP so that it can be photocopied and placed on file for the school records. Alternatively, a photo of both sides of your card may be emailed to:

black.rock.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Anyone wishing to volunteer at Black Rock PS is required to provide a Working with Children Check. Checks are free and valid for 5 years! Apply online at: http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/

School drop-off/pick-up supervision times & late arrivals/early departures

We appreciate parental/carer support in dropping students at school no earlier than 8.45am and picking up no later than 3.45pm. The school yard is not supervised by teachers outside the stated times.

The parents of students who are consistently observed on school grounds outside of supervision times may be kindly directed to register at Out of Hours School Care, or make alternative arrangements.

Travelling to and from school

School traffic

As the new school year begins and our school population increases I’m also asking all members of our community to exercise caution, patience and respect when driving around our narrow streets at all times of the day.

Consider if driving is the only option to get students to school, or are health enhancing, environmentally friendly options such as walking and cycling possibilities? Is car pooling an option?
Drive SLOWLY – 40km/h maximum please.
REFRAIN from parking in or across school and neighbouring driveways – even for a short amount of time.
Observe the 2-minute limit at the front of the school in Arkaringa Crescent – please do not park or even exit your vehicle in this zone at peak times.
Remain CALM, times of high anxiety or stress can lead to rash decisions or frayed tempers.
ALWAYS use designated school crossings and model safe behaviours to students at all times
NEVER enter staff carparks, either in a vehicle or by foot/bike/scooter.
REMEMBER that the space in front of the double gates to the oval on Cheltenham Road is often used by buses to collect and drop-off students for events at all times of the day.

Please open the attached file for full invite and details.