Parent Handbook 2012-13.pdf - Beacon Hill School

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Parent Information Booklet 2012 - 13For children walking home up Ede Road, what should they do?They should leave the school through the main entrance.For children walking home down Ede Road. What should they do?They should leave the school through the Warwick Road (back steps) entrance.Why can’t students leave through the main entrance then walk down the road on the sameside as the school?Doing this has the potential to be extremely dangerous as they have to walk past theentrance to the school car park.For children being collected.Children should be collected at the main entrance.What happens if parents want to change the arrangements for how their child leaves schoolat the end of the day?This should be avoided as changes in the arrangements tend to confuse the students andcan be quite upsetting particularly for the younger ones. Sometimes changes are necessaryand when this is the case the school office must be informed in writing (not a telephone callor verbally) for the attention of the class teacher. If appropriate a copy also needs to begiven to the permanent bus escort.30
Parent Information Booklet 2012 - 13Health and SafetyHealth and Safety within the school (and on school excursions) is the responsibility ofeveryone. Any Health and Safety concerns should be brought to the attention of the H & SRepresentative – James Harrison or any other members of the H & S Committee – ShireeYam and Peter Wong. Regular checks are carried out throughout the year Practiceevacuation and lockdown procedures take place at different times in the school year. Allstaff should familiarise themselves with the emergency procedures and codes.Tropical Cyclone ProceduresSIGNAL 1 - BHS will operate as NORMAL.SIGNAL 3 - BHS will operate as NORMAL unless advised by theEducation Department, or ESF Foundation Management office.SIGNAL 8 - BHS will CLOSE.If school is not in session when a typhoon is approaching Hong Kong, the Director ofEducation will, if circumstances warrant it make an announcement over local radio andtelevision channels advising parents whether or not to send their students to school. Theannouncement will be made in the evening or early morning, and will be timed, wheneverpossible before students set out from their homes for school. The first radioannouncement in the morning will be not later than 6.15am. The announcement will berepeated at regular and frequent intervals.Please ensure that you listen to radio and television announcements during inclementweather.If the BHS day is in session under a No.1 or No.3 Signal, and the Director of Education isadvised that the situation is likely to deteriorate rapidly, a Public Announcement will bemade over local radio and television stations advising the immediate closure of schools. Allstudents will remain in class awaiting dismissal by bus or being collected by a parent ordesignated responsible adult.E-mails will be sent to parents on our e-mailing list to inform them of the situation as well asSMS alerts to parents whose mobile phone numbers we have on record. Bus helpers willendeavour to ring individual parents to organise collection from drop off points. Nostudents will be dropped off without a parent or designated responsible adult present at thedrop off point. Non-bus students must be collected from the classroom as soon aspossible. If the number 8 Signal is hoisted ALL BUSES will cease to operate and all studentswill need to be collected from the school. If the No. 8 Signal is hoisted once students have31
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