Emergency Planning and Procedures – reviewed term 4 2020

These updates have been made in response to information in the Ministry of Education's revised guidance Planning and preparing for emergencies (September 2020).

Emergency Planning and Procedures

• Added that emergency planning needs to consider staff and students with additional or high health needs.

Contact in an Emergency

• Added "monitors and records when students are collected by an authorised parent/caregiver."

Emergency Evacuation

• Added "Students, staff, and visitors with disabilities should be assisted by a responsible person."
• Added "Monitor and record when students are collected by an authorised parent or caregiver."

Violent Intruder on School Grounds

• Added more information about moving away from danger, staying hidden, and silencing your cellphone.

Guidelines: Reverse Evacuation or Lockdown Plan

• These planning guidelines are only available on the Demo site. We updated them so schools can consider shelter in place when developing their reverse evacuation plans.

Create a Plan

• These planning guidelines are only available on the Demo site. We updated them so schools can consider shelter in place when developing their reverse evacuation plans.

School Security

• We strengthened this topic by adding a couple of bullet points.

Quick Links for Parents

• Added a section on Emergency Planning and Procedures so that schools can easily make the school community aware of emergency policies and procedures.