Practice Lockdown Completed Today

Kia ora

Today we completed a lockdown practice under the guidance of Harrison Tew, a company who specialise in emergency management planning for schools and educational facilities. The procedures we follow allow us to respond safely and quickly to a range of situations. Our practice went very well with our learners responding safely and calmly. Tammy, from Harrison Tew, also acknowledged the way in which the staff responded and lead during the practice.

During the year we will continue to practise our emergency procedure exercises to ensure all staff and students remain familiar with them and to refine and improve our procedures where necessary.

A reminder that should you become aware of a lockdown or an evacuation at the school, we ask that you not come to school or try to phone, as we will not be able to respond. Your presence or contact may make it more difficult for us or the emergency services to manage a situation. Any information pertaining to an emergency occurring at the school will be updated on our website as regularly as possible.

We believe that it is important that we conduct regular practices for lockdowns and evacuations so that we can all be well prepared and familiar with our procedures should an emergency occur.

We thank you for your support.
Kind regards – Carla Cook, Principal