Now we are back into the flow of school, I would like to remind everyone about pick up and drop off. The school tries hard to maintain positive relationships with our neighbours and the one thing I hear more complaints about from them than anything else, is the behaviour of some of our parents at drop off and pick up times.
Firstly, I would like to thank those of you who do the right thing by being patient or are willing to do your bit to ease our congestion problems i.e those who may park a little further away and walk, or utilise our walking school buses.
I would now like to remind some that as adults we are role models to all our CPDS children when we are around the school grounds and especially when you are with children in our school uniform. It is not OK to be rude and aggressive to other parents and/ or our neighbours when you are dropping off or collecting your children. It is not OK to park over, or in driveways, preventing our neighbours access to or from their properties.
I understand drop offs and pick ups are not an easy time around schools and our school is no different from others around Auckland and New Zealand. That is why there is a common phrase ‘Chaos at the school gate’ applied to schools specifically. I know we are proud of our school’s reputation and we do want to maintain it. To do that all of us have a part to play; we just need to choose whether our contribution will be positive or not.
Some ways you can help moving forward:
If you use the top car park by the tennis courts you need to factor in a wait time especially when it is wet.
Consider parking away from the school and walking in / or get your children to meet you at a predetermined spot each afternoon away from the school
Join a walking school bus. Information on this is at the office
Only park in legal parking spots and obey the NZ road rules e.g not parking on yellow lines. (N.B The council and police do random monitoring and issue tickets)
Consider how your actions may be impacting on others
Be good role models to our children. How they see adults deal with difficult situations, may influence how they may react in similar situations now and in the future
Let’s work together to make this better for all !
Kind regards
Janine
亲爱的家长们您们好
现在我们又回到了学校的正常运行状态中，我想提醒大家有关接送的信息。学校努力保持与邻居的积极友好关系，但是我听到关于邻居的抱怨比其他任何事情都多，而且都是上下课接送时间发生的问题。
首先，我要感谢那些耐心并且做正确的事或愿意为减轻我们的交通拥堵问题做出贡献的人，例如那些停车在远一点的地方然后走路过来学校，或者是使用我们学校的走路队伍的家长们。
我现在想提醒一些人，作为成年人，当我们在学校周围时，尤其是当您与您的孩子一起，并且穿着校服时，我们是所有 CPDS 儿童的榜样。当您上下车或是接送孩子时，对其他父母和 / 或我们的邻居说话不客气，不尊重是不行的。不能将车停在邻居们的出入口或车道上，防碍我们的邻居进入或离开他们的住宅。
我知道在学校附近接送不是件容易的事，我们的学校与奥克兰和新西兰的其他学校没有什么不同。这就是为什么会有一个通用短语 “ 学校门口的混乱 ” 专门使用于学校的原因。我知道我们为学校的声誉感到自豪，并且确切希望保持良好的声誉。为此，我们所有的人都应该发挥良好的作用；对此，我们只需要选择我们的行为是否为正确的即可。
可以帮助您改善情况的一些方法：
如果您使用网球场上面的停车场，则需要考虑等候时间的长短，尤其是在下雨天的时候。
考虑将车停在远一点的地方然后走过来学校 / 或者每天晚上约好，让您的孩子在预定的地点与您见面。
参加学校路队，走路上学。信息在办公室。
只能在合法的停车位停车并遵守NZ道路规则，例如,不要在黄线上停车。 （ 请注意，交通人员和警察会进行随机监控并开出罚单 ）
考虑一下您的行为是否会影响他人。
为我们的孩子树立好榜样。他们如何看成年人应对困难的情况，这会影响到他们现在和将来在类似的情况下所做出的反应。
让我们共同努力，使所有人都能够受益！
亲切的问候
Janine
