Winter has arrived right on schedule with cold weather to match!! Get those gloves, beanies and scarves out!! With such cold and wet weather, we ask that parents and carers drive carefully outside our school and adhere to speed limits and road rules such as no uturns in front of the school as well as the use of the pedestrian crossing rather than running across the road. This also applies for Mitchell Court drop off and pick up. Please drive to the end of the court to assist with traffic flow.

We look forward to the resumption of all students next Tuesday 9^th June 2020. Entering and exiting the school for students will continue in the same manner as we have done so for the past fortnight to ease congestion and gatherings at the gates and to promote social distancing. We have also implemented the use of Exit Cards for the F-2 students this week, ensuring that they are dismissed safely from the appropriate gates, particularly with the increased number of students onsite next week. This week’s trial run has worked well.

If it is inclement weather at the end of the day, students whose family names begin with A-K, will remain in the Main Building near the Foundation classrooms and teachers will bring them to the gates at Endeavour Drive. For those students whose surnames begin with L-Z, they will remain in the Hall, then escorted by teachers to the Mitchell Court Gate. Those students who attend after school care will be supervised and remain under the canteen shelter until they are picked up by Merinda Park Community Centre personnel.

Working with you in partnership

Michelle Hinds