2a Dumas Street Mount Barker South Australia 5251
(08) 8391 1241
dl.0285.info@schools.sa.edu.au

Keeping our Students Safe

Mount Barker Primary School is keen to ensure your children are safe.

Sickness & Health

If your child is unwell, we ask that you keep them home. This gives your child the rest and recuperation needed to be well again, and also prevents other students and staff from potentially catching any unwanted illness.

Knowing When to Stay Home
In accordance with SA Health, some illnesses require your child to stay home for certain periods. We refer to SA Health Fact Sheets and other information on the SA Health website. These Fact Sheets provide all the information including...

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Parent and Family visitors to our School

If you need to visit the school during the day please, come to the front office in the first instance. We can sign you in and provide assistance in locating your child.

There may be times in your child's schooling when issues arise. We encourage you to call in to the office and make an appointment to see your child's class teacher so we can ensure that the appropriate support is put in place in a timely manner.

We can only release students to adults that are identified...

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Medication at School

Where possible we encourage students to take medicines when at home.  This enables parents to keep a close eye on any reactions and to get access to further medical support if necessary.

We appreciate there are times when medication is required to be kept at school for emergencies and also times when medication such as antibiotics are required during the school day.

School staff are unable to administer regular medications unless accompanied by a medication...

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Allergy Alerts

A number of our students at school have allergies to food items.  We encourage students to be responsible to self manage these allergies and discourage food sharing among our students.

Some of our students have an extreme reaction called anaphylaxis. For this reason we ask that parents do not send nuts to school.  Although our school is not a 'nut free' school we do ask that you are considerate to the needs of our school community. Food containing traces of nuts are...

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Bullying Resolution Flow Chart

Put a Stop to Bullying!

Bullying is an ongoing and deliberate misuse of power in relationships through repeated verbal, physical and/or social behaviour that intends to cause physical, social and/or psychological harm.

It can involve an individual or a group misusing their power, or perceived power, over one or more persons who feel unable to stop it from happening.

Bullying can happen in person or online, via various digital platforms and devices and it can be obvious (overt) or hidden...

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Emergency Management Plan

Fire danger season information for families

Families are encouraged to read the Bushfires and Your Child’s School or Preschool brochure which provides advice to families and caregivers on how to prepare for the fire danger season, and what to do if a bushfire is burning near their child's site.

The brochure also highlights the need for families to understand the site Emergency Management Plan for their child’s site. Ask your site for a copy of their plan.

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Kiss and Go Zone Map

Kiss and Drop Zone

Our Kiss and Drop Zone is located on Apollo Street.

This zone allows parents the convenience of not having to find a park, in preference to being able to swiftly and safely drop (or pick up) their children at the kerbside and then immediately drive away.

Please note the following information

The solid yellow line in front of the Staff Car Park (pictured here) means cars are not permitted to stop where there is a solid yellow line. Please do not drive through or park...

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