Transport/Drop Off and Pick Up Arrangements
Welcome back to the beginning of the 2018 school year. We have been contacted by our local transport companies asking us to remind our students about the importance of using their Opal Cards to “tap on and off” each time they use buses and trains to get to and from school. I will include some information from the literature we have received.
“One of the more significant changes created by the recent introduction of the School Opal card is the need for students to tap on and off when they travel to and from school.
Opal data gathered by tapping on and off is used to determine demand for bus services. If students do not tap on and tap off, services may be cancelled due to the lack of recorded patronage.
With this in mind, we ask for your assistance in reminding your students that tapping on and off at the beginning and end of each trip is one of the conditions of using a School Opal card.
Your support helps us ensure we are able to provide the appropriate level of service to your students.”
I reminded all of the students of this important practice at our assembly this week and it would be wonderful to have you reiterate the same message to your daughter as well.
I thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
ATTENTION - DROP OFF AND PICK UP ARRANGEMENTS
If parents are wanting to drop off or pick up their daughter in the College grounds, please use the COLA end gate on St Johns Road. The girls are to be dropped off or collected from the area near the bottom of the Therry Wing, close to the Basketball Courts. Parents will then need to proceed out of the gate at the back of the MSC Carpark onto St Thomas More Road.
Alternatively, you can wait in any of the close side streets and have your daughter walk to meet you. We ask parents not to use the Westview Carpark gate (closest to reception) to drop off and pick up as this is a very busy area and is a safety hazard. Similarly, please do not use the Staff Carpark on the COLA side of the College as a drop off point which creates congestion and is a danger to our community members.
From Monday, 5 February, there will be no entry to the College from St Thomas More Road from 2.30pm to 3.30pm. All parents wanting to collect their daughter must use the St John's Road entry and drive through.
We thank you for your support and cooperation in this matter.
Katherine Power - Acting Assistant Principal Students