Safety and Legal Matters (C1-C12)
C1. MEDICAL CENTRE POLICY
Pulteney has a medical centre staffed by a qualified nurse. The medical centre tends to the needs of injured or ill students (as well as staff and volunteers) and maintains a record of treatment and student visits. Advice is given to parents to assist the school in exercising its duty of care.
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C2. BUSHFIRE SEASON PROCEDURES POLICY
Pulteney undertakes to respond to fire warnings by cancelling excursions to areas of risk when a phase 1 warning is issued. When a phase 2 or 3 warning is current students who live or travel in the area will be assembled and alternative accommodation arranged as per the students’ bushfire information sheets.
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C3. STUDENT PROTECTION POLICY AND PROCEDURES
The care and protection of students are essential components of a safe school.
Pulteney Grammar School acknowledges its responsibility to support the care and protection of students while they are at school or involved in school organized activities. This principle is an integral part of the school philosophy through the school’s commitment to “the quality of relationships between and among students, staff, parents and the school community.”
The school’s objective is to provide a safe and caring environment at the school and at places where school activities are undertaken to assist students to develop and reach their full potential. However, it is recognized that the primary responsibility for a child’s care and protection lies with the child’s family.
The school will encourage the disclosure of any possibly inappropriate behaviour.
The school will address any concerns about a student’s welfare. The safety and care of the student will be the paramount consideration.
The Principal will develop a student protection programe*. It will include a protective education program, preventative practices and action to be taken if harm to students is report or suspected to have occurred. Normally, school employees should advise the Principal of any student protection concerns, as well as complying with their legal obligations.
The school will comply with legislative requirements on student protection, including the Children’s Protection Act 1993. This includes requiring teachers, the principal and other mandatory notifiers to promptly report to Children Youth and Family Services any suspicion on reasonable grounds that a student has been or is being abused or neglected.
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C4. CRITICAL INCIDENT POLICY
The policy statement provides a set of guidelines for responding to various forms of critical incidents. These may be incidents in the general community, in the school, or they may be traumatic incidents. Crisis Management in the school rests with the Principal. Guidelines are provided for appropriate responses in the first 24 hours, the first 48 - 72 hours after the incident, during the first month, and in the longer term. A range of emergency action cards are provided for advice when dealing with particular types of incidents such as earthquake, flood, severe storm, bomb threat, siege or hostage situation, violent incidents, toxic emissions or spills, water supply stoppage, and bushfire.
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C5. POLICY ON EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURES
Emergency evacuation procedures are in place so as to move everyone in the school to safe assembly points. Responsibilities are allocated to members of staff in moving, assembling and checking students and staff. Maps showing evacuation routes are displayed in all rooms and are printed in school diaries. Emergency evacuation drills are held regularly.
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C6. ENROLMENT PROCEDURES POLICY
Pulteney has an open selection basis for enrolments. Applications for Enrolment are wait-listed for a particular class or year group. Offers of places will be made in order of the date of receipt of the “Application for Enrolment”, except where preference may be given to siblings, children of old scholars, children of staff, boys or girls to create gender equity in enrolments.
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C7. POLICY ON THE ENROLMENT OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
The enrolment of students with special needs required particular attention and processes are in place. The needs of the student are assessed and the ability of the school to meet the needs of the student must be established.
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C8 POLICY ON INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE STUDENTS
Pulteney Grammar School recognises its responsibility to have in place appropriate policies and child protection procedures to meet its obligations to incoming and outgoing students.
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C9 HOT WEATHER POLICY
On days of very hot weather (35deg or more) activities in the school will be modified. This may include cancellation of sports practises, curtailing of homework, and rescheduling some other activities.
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C10 POLICY ON STUDENTS DRIVING TO SCHOOL AND STUDENT PASSENGERS OF STUDENT DRIVERS
Once students have been awarded a driver’s licence, their parents or guardians may choose to allow them to drive to school. If this is the case, the school requires, as a condition of enrolment that certain authorities and conditions are to be adhered to:
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C11. POLICY STATEMENT ON MATTERS OF LEGAL LIABILITY
The policy statement covers duty of care owed by teachers, occupiers liability, trespassers, legal liability of parents who supervise students, indemnities, educational activities within the school, cars and motorbikes, information held by schools about students, students turning 18 years of age, and discipline. The responsibility of the school in each of these areas is outlined.
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C12. PRIVACY POLICY
The Federal Government Privacy Legislation came into effect in December 2001. This legislation requires us to comply with the National Privacy Principles. These determine the way in which the school collects, uses, treats and keeps personal information, sensitive information and health information. Much of this is common sense and places an onus on the school to ensure that information we hold is accurate and is used for the purpose for which it is collected.
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C13. SUN PROTECTION POLICY
The aim of the policy is to promote positive attitudes towards skin protection; to encourage lifestyle practices which will help to reduce the incidence of skin cancer; to develop personal responsibility for decision making about skin protection; and to raise awareness about the need to plan for environmental changes in the school to reduce the level of exposure to the sun.
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C14. SWIMMING POLICY
All students involved in swimming activities will be supervised by staff within the guidelines set down for staff to student ratios by the governing body. Any part of the program that involves swimming must be reported to parents/guardians within the summary letter sent home.
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