School Timetable 2023

Crisis and Emergency

At Rangi Ruru we take the safety of our students and staff very seriously. Our responsibility for our school community includes identifying and mitigating potential risks, hazards, preparing for and responding to emergencies, and managing the recovery from crisis situations that affect our students, staff and the school environment.

It is prudent for the school to plan for emergency events so that you will know where your child will be and how we will be looking after them. During the year we undertake a number of evacuation, earthquake and lockdown drills. We also have processes for dealing with severe weather and personal crisis involving our students, staff or people close to the school community.

Further information on Crisis and Emergency procedures can be found on The Hub.

Do We Have Your Correct Details?

We need your help in ensuring that we have up to date information on any issues that may affect your child’s wellbeing or that of our school community, and how to get hold of you in the case of emergency or school closure. You should notify us of:

• Changes to your contact details to the School Office

• Medical information to the School Office, your daughter’s tutor or Dean

• Emotional concerns to the School Psychologist or your daughter’s tutor or Dean

When you enrolled your daughter, you provided information on how to contact you and the name of an emergency point of contact in case we cannot contact you. Your daughter should know who you have listed as your alternative emergency point of contact.

Updated Contact Details

Whether a school emergency is of a personal or environmental nature, it is essential that we are prepared, able to contact each other and you know where your daughter will be.

To ensure that this can happen we require:

Up to date contact details for you – address, phones and email addresses; and

If we cannot contact you that you have identified and advised us of a Christchurch based contact who has your authority to make decisions relating to your daughter in an emergency situation. Please ensure that your daughter and the crisis contact are aware of this.

It is essential that, if you live outside Christchurch or are based or visiting overseas, you have guardians and caregivers based in Christchurch who will look after your daughter(s) should the school close.

Please discuss these matters with your immediate family. Planning ahead will help alleviate concern during emergencies.