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Term 1 2023 Release Notes - Safety on and Off School Grounds (2) - Scheduled Review

Safety On and Off School Grounds (2)

Getting to School Safely

  • Updated the title of this topic to "Getting to and from School Safely".
  • Brought content in from the Wheels, Walking, and Parking topics.
  • Added a section on road safety at and around school, and added content about the Health and Safety at Work Act and board traffic management responsibilities.
  • Added more optional school-specific wording.

Road Patrol (O)
(optional topic)

 

  • Added a new dropdown that explains the operational differences between school patrols and school wardens.
  • Added school-specific wording about delegations.
  • Added information about legislation, risk management and hazard identification, and reporting.
  • Added wording about responsibilities around equipment, which can be removed for schools that don't use equipment.

Wheels

Walking

Parking

  • These topics are no longer being used. School-specific wording has been moved to the Getting to and from School Safely topic.

Student Drivers

(optional topic for secondary/composite schools)

  • Changed the first bullet point to read: "have an appropriate licence and obey all road rules" and added a resource section linking to the road code.

School Bus Transport

  • We are clarifying important policy details for these topics with the Ministry of Education and will share updated content with schools as soon as possible.

Topic Number: 47612

Last Modified Date: 16/04/2024 13:17:10

Topic Version: 1

Published Date: 30/01/2026

 

 

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