Playground Supervision
Our school playground is supervised by school staff between the hours of 8.15am and 3.15pm.
Car Travel
Two options are available for pick up and drop off of children:
1. Parking is very limited around our school. There is some parking in Waterview Tce; however, parents are advised to park in the streets on the other side of Gladstone Rd if they wish to accompany their children to school in the morning. Between the hours of 9.00am and 2.15pm there is limited parking outside the office area for early collection or late arrival of children. The St Ita's car park on Gladstone Rd is reserved for staff of St Ita's.
2. Parents may drop off and pick up children by driving up Pope St and into the top car park. In the afternoons this drive through area is supervised by staff. Please follow their directions. Children must be collected by 3.15pm.
Visiting our School
When visiting our school during school hours, we ask that you register your arrival and departure at the office. This helps us to ensure the safety of children by knowing who is officially on site at any given time as well as knowing who is to be accounted for in the case of an emergency evacuation.
Leaving the School Grounds
Children may leave the school grounds only with express permission from the Principal or delegated teacher. If, for any reason, children have to be taken from school during the school day, parents or carers should notify the office and child's teacher about this early departure. Children will be called to the office to meet the parent or carer. Children must be signed in and out at the school office.
Absences from School
If a child is absent, the parent or carer is asked to notify the school by email, phone or via the BCE Connect App as soon as possible.
Tuckshop
We have tuckshop on offer every Thursday and Friday for lunch. Food can be ordered through the Flexischools app. The rest of the week we encourage children to bring a healthy lunch to school each day and have frequent drinks of water from the childs waterbottle.
Communication
As well as formal parent-teacher interviews, parents are encouraged to communicate regularly with their child's class teacher to discuss their child's learning progress and social behaviour. Appointments can be made through the School Secretary. We do ask that parents are sensitive to the demands on teachers' time and their teaching responsibilities eg. before school, teachers are busy preparing for their class and have other responsibilities in the school and while in class, teachers are totally responsible for their students' welfare and should be interrupted only in an emergency.
We use the BCE Connect App as the main form of communication to our parents and carers.