More than one parent has, understandably, contacted us this afternoon extremely concerned about a car which was parked on the pedestrian crossing point at the main car park. There have also been cars parked (no driver inside) on the roundabout and cars with no ‘blue badge’ in the disabled spaces.
Can we please ask drivers to think of the safety of all the children, and indeed adults, when entering the school?
Many thanks.
Mr McDowell and Mr Stewart organise iCycle training for our Primary 6 children each year. This training is delivered after school from 3.30 until 4.30pm over 8 weeks commencing w/b 9th March. This year, we have 47 children interested in taking part. We are absolutely delighted with the level of interest but this means we will need to deliver the training in 2 groups. Mr McDowell and Mr Stewart are happy to offer their time to lead the training on a Wednesday and a Thursday after school but we need your help to ensure it can go ahead.
Please indicate on the drop down below if you could offer your time to support our children in their iCycle training. We welcome help from parents / carers from any stage in the school.
Thank you
We would like to remind all parents and carers that there is
no parking
in the staff car park.
Thank You.
Unfortunately this afternoon, once again, we had an issue with inconsiderate parking drawn to our attention.
An upset, elderly resident of Woodside Avenue came into the school to report an incident. Four cars were parked right on the bend of the corner approaching Woodside from Moorfield Avenue direction. This meant she had to blindly use the wrong side of the road and she met an oncoming vehicle whose driver kept coming forward, as he was on the correct side. The lady had to reverse and was very aware that children were walking on and around the pavements as she did so. She was very concerned about the safety of the children, hoping they would not attempt to cross the road behind her.
Can we please take this opportunity to ask for drivers to be considerate to our local residents? This lady was genuinely worried about the safety of our children too.
Particularly with the brighter days now coming, could we suggest parking slightly further away and allowing our hard-working lollipop man and lady to help you safely across the road? We are aware that some of our older children now do this, which does ease a little bit of the congestion.
Many thanks for your assistance and co-operation in this important matter, and ask you to pass this on to any other adult who may be collecting your child.
Unfortunately today we had a complaint from a Dundonald Road resident who said he was unable to get into his runway as two cars were parked across the entrance to it. Also, parking on the pavement across the road from the school makes manoeuvring in and out the school entrance much more hazardous.
We also had cars parked on the roundabout this afternoon – one with no driver in the car.
We would like to ask all parents to be courteous drivers and park in allocated car park bays or allow an extra few minutes to park slightly further away and walk in. This would greatly help the congestion on these darker, wet days and help keep the children safe.
Many thanks for your cooperation.
A new crossing is being installed at Dundonald Rd / Mount Village.
EAC is hoping to have the civils aspect completed during the October week.
The signals will be installed by a specialist contractor shortly after
which will have minimal disruption.
We encourage parents to use their new facility when it is up and running.
The crossing will be slightly to the right of the old site,
this is due to the proximity of the bus stop.
