Student safety notice

While Churchie is fortunate to have Oaklands Parade providing convenient vehicle access to the campus, we remind parents that students of all ages cross this road, throughout the day, often unpredictably despite the best efforts of staff. As such, the peak morning and afternoon periods present a high risk to students as parents and buses converge to drop off or collect children. Queuing across intersections and into surrounding streets also creates congestion for residents and further risk to pedestrians given it blocks visibility.

We understand all parents wish to collect their children as quickly as possible to continue on to after school activities. Staff, and Senior School students, all do their best to operate a variety of supervised processes. If you are approached by a staff member requesting your car to be moved, please respect their duty to create a safe environment and comply. Staff have reported unwillingness and abuse from parents, even when they are parked illegally and risk a hefty fine from parking enforcement officers.

Therefore, please respect each other, our staff and ultimately the safety of your children. Follow the signage and parking rules, and, most importantly, be patient and considerate. The main issues are parking in bus zones, queuing across intersections, blocking/driving in driveways, and not responding to staff requests to move on.

We appreciate that congestion occurs during the morning and afternoon, but we also have ample space for all to arrive/depart safely and efficiently if everybody works together. We also know that parking inspectors are targeting school zones such as Churchie as a matter of priority given student safety takes priority above all else.

This week Prep School news and Senior School news both have specific information relevant to their zones.