Children in Year 5 and Year 6 are getting ready to transition into secondary school. As they grow, parents may want to allow their chidlren to walk home. Parents who want their child to walk are inform us via the online permission forms completed at the beginnng of the academic year.
Children in Years 5 and 6 cannot be legally responsible for any siblings and we would discourage younger siblings from Year 4 below from walking without an adult.
As part of this readying for transition, parents sometimes wish for children to bring their mobile phones into school for the walk home. This needs to be a discussion between adults - mobile phones in school are prohibited unless children are walking home independently. Any other reason for having phones in school should be discussed with the Principal or Vice Principal. All children who bring in phones must have parental signed permission that they have understood the rules for phones in school.