Supporting our community

You can support our community in many different ways:

• Resource Centre News: Skate Lessons. (a Skateboarding Come and Try day in November will be run by Gippsport, with primary school aged children in the morning and secondary school aged children from lunch time). Contact the Resource Centre for all information.

• Tennis Club. social nights

• Basketball

• Cricket

• Cricket Blast

• Heyfield Primary School Transition Program

• Swooping Season information

• Police information

Police information

eScooters

 There are several rules that govern the use of these scooters and where they can and CAN NOT be ridden.  I have attached the information from Vic Roads to this email,  The fines can range in the hundreds of dollars for the offences.  Can you please share this information in your newsletter to the students and parents so we can minimise the risk of injury to our community .

It is an offence for any person under the age of 16 to ride one and they are not to be ridden on the footpath at all.

 E-scooter trial extended over summer : VicRoads

 Scooters & wheeled recreational devices : VicRoads

Road rules

Constable Boothman and Constable Butler visited our school to inform us about possible drive by from VicPol to support your child's safety travelling to and from school. We welcome this idea very much and would like to make you aware too. This aligns with our school values of respect and aspire to support others in our community and be good role models.

The police will be looking out for:

• drivers respecting the speed limit, especially at school times.

• children being safe in cars, with the appropriate car seats and restraints.

• cars parked in correct parking spaces (checking intersections, double parking and bus spaces).

• pedestrians crossing roads at the appropriate school crossings.

• U-turns performed safely.

• riders with helmets on.

• other normal driving rules.