Adverse Weather

Adverse Weather Conditions and School Closures

A note regarding what action to take during bad weather is distributed to all children in November.  The following is important:

1. The decision as to whether a pupil should attempt to travel to school in adverse weather conditions, whether by transport or on foot, lies with the parents.  While recognising that education should be interrupted as little as possible, the Education Authority accepts that in severe weather conditions the safety of the pupils is paramount.

2.  During adverse weather conditions, the school would always try to maintain a normal service.  If there was an occasion when the school was unable to open, due to overnight power failure and/or heating problems and bad road conditions, notice would be   given in the morning on local radio and through the School Class Dojo page.

MORAY FIRTH RADIO

Normal hourly news bulletins will carry local information on weather, roads and conditions affecting schools.  In severe conditions normal programmes will be interrupted to carry emergency bulletins.

Radio stations request that since telephone lines are busy at such times, parents should not ‘phone in for advice but listen to appropriate broadcasts or telephone the school messaging service.