We understand that collecting your child / children from the Kiss and Drop Zone at the end of the school day can sometimes be a difficult experience. Please follow the directions of the teacher on duty, who is there to not only keep your child/children safe, but also ensure the careful flow of traffic through this area.

To assist the teachers on duty, please encourage your child/children to be on the look-out for your car at all times. Remind your child to always wait behind the yellow lines on the steps, until the teacher on duty says it is safe to walk to their car. Please stay in or with your car. If, once stopped, you need to call out from your car to get the attention of your child/children, please do so safely. Please do not walk to the steps to collect your child.

The teacher on duty can often see more than the parents in their cars. The teacher is looking out for cars that are about to move on, or those about to stop. Please watch the teacher's hand signals carefully and if the teacher asks you to move forward into a different car park please do so. This is important for efficiency and to stop traffic banking up out onto Main Road. 

At peak times, the teacher on duty must ensure all 8 car parking spaces are filled, and the cars stationary, before the teacher will say it is safe for the children to walk and/or be escorted to their car. As the bank of cars reduce, the teacher will watch out for new cars entering the Kiss and Drop Zone, wait for them to stop, before allowing the children to walk and/or be escorted to their car.

For cars parked closest to the school, the child will be directed to walk, or be escorted to their car on the school side of the cars. For cars parked closest to the Main Road, children will be escorted across the zebra crossing, and will walk along the Main Road side of the cars. This is to make sure that the centre ‘path’ is kept free of children, so, should a car wish to pull out, they can do so, and then proceed to move safely and slowly through the centre of all cars. As cars drive away, the same process happens again.

If you have any questions or concerns, please speak with your child’s teacher, or leadership.