Visitors

In order to preserve a safe and settled working environment for staff and students of the school, procedures must be adopted for all visitors to the school.

Rationale

• To protect staff and students from disruptions during class instruction time.

• To protect staff and students from potentially dangerous situations.

• To monitor who is in the school at any one time in case of an emergency such as fire or earthquake.

Procedure

1. All visitors to the school (anyone who is not a student or staff member of the school) must report to the school office.

2. All visitors are required to state the purpose of their visit so that this may be checked with the appropriate staff member.

3. All visitors are required to record in the visitor log: the visitors’ arrival and departure time, name and business.

4. The Principal or a senior staff member will be advised by the office staff should the reason for the visit not appear to be legitimate.

5. Parents, relations and friends of students will not be permitted to visit classrooms or seek out students - unless arranged prior to the visit.

6. Other visitors to the school may not enter classrooms unless given permission to do so by the teacher in the room, or a senior staff member.

7. Any staff that observes a visitor in the school who has not been to the office first, should immediately accompany the visitor to the office to begin this procedure. If the staff member is uneasy about approaching the visitor, he/she should immediately inform a senior staff member of his/her concerns.