Health Safety Measures 

To protect young children and to reduce the risk of transmission, the school has implemented safe management measures. 

Safe management measures will include the following:

Screening

• Visual screening is done for all pupils. If a child is observed to be unwell, the school will inform the parent to fetch the pupil home. The parent will be advised to take the child to consult a doctor.

• Pupils who are unwell with flu-like symptoms, are required to stay away from school. They should seek medical attention immediately. 

Hygiene

• Pupils are to practise frequent hand-washing throughout the school day.

Road Safety

Please ensure that your child follows the traffic rules and cross safely at pedestrian crossings. They should always look both ways for oncoming traffic before crossing roads. A school attendant will be on hand to ensure that they cross safely at the zebra crossing outside the school.

Security and Safety

To ensure the safety of our pupils, staff and stakeholders, several procedures have been put in place to make the school a safe place for all. Visitors are to report to the Security Guard Post before entering the school premises. 

The opening hours for the main (vehicular) gate and the back gate are as follows:

Main Gate - Monday to Friday from 6.00 am to 7.00 pm

Back Gate* - Monday to Friday, from 6.00 am to 7.30 am and, from 1.30 pm to 1.50 pm

*Back Gate will NOT be open when it is raining for safety reasons.

From 7.40 am, the main (vehicular) gate will be manned by barrier control. Only the following vehicles are authorised to enter:

• Vehicles with school labels

• Goods and maintenance vehicles

• Parents picking up sick children

• Any other vehicles that are authorised by the school

Security guards will man both the Main (vehicular) Gate and Side Gate.

Visiting the School and Parking

For security reasons and due to limited parking space in the school, parents who wish to come into the school for an appointment will have to park their vehicles on one side of the drive-way leading to the school. If the drive-way is fully occupied, parents are to park at the nearby HDB car parks. All visitors are required to report to the Guard Post for signing in, indicating the purpose of their visit. 

The security guard will then issue a Visitor Pass to the visitor and accompany the visitor to the General Office to seek further assistance. The Visitor Pass must be visibly displayed at all times during your visit. Visitors must be accompanied by a member of staff during their visit. Visitors are not allowed to wander around the school premises unaccompanied. Visitors without Visitor Passes will be questioned by the school staff or security guards on their business in school.

In the interest of safety, pupils are not allowed to leave the school unaccompanied during curriculum time. Pupils may leave the school early, in the company of an authorised person e.g.: father, mother, grandparent, helper or guardian. The following procedures are to be followed:

• Authorised persons are to report to the security guard.

• A Visitor Pass and Visitor Slip will be issued.

• Authorised persons will then proceed to the General Office to pick the pupil up.

• A form authorising the pupil to leave early will be issued and filled up.

• The slip at the bottom of the form will be detached and given to the authorised persons. This slip is to be handed to the security guard before the pupil is allowed to leave the school compound.

Parents are not allowed in the school premises during school dismissal. They are to wait outside the Side Gate near the Guard Post.

On rainy days, parents who drive their children to school may drop off their children at the porch (nearest to the concourse). This drop-off point will be manned by school staff. Parents who pick up their children from the Back Gate will also be allowed to proceed to the canteen.

Thank you for your co-operation and understanding in ensuring that ZPS is a safe place for all. We regret any inconvenience caused.

Arrival & Dismissal 

School Hours 

Please note our school curriculum hours: 

Monday to Friday: 7.45 am to 1.30 pm 

All pupils are expected to be in school by 7.30 am for pre-assembly activities and flag-raising ceremony. Parents can ensure your child's punctuality by 

• helping your child to understand the importance of being on time for school and for each lesson 

• making the necessary transport arrangement to ensure your child’s safety and that he/she arrives in school on time 

• ensuring that your child wakes up early enough to have ample time to take breakfast before coming to school

Dismissal

If your child is taking the school bus home, he/she will gather at the concourse before he/she boards the bus. 

If you are fetching your child, he/she will be dismissed at the Main Gate (Security Guard Post).

Do call the school in advance preferably before the school dismissal timing, if there are any changes in the transport arrangements. This will help the teachers to facilitate the dismissal mode of your child.